The Biology Seminar Series

The Biology Seminar Series occurs every Friday during the fall and spring semester. Lectures begin at 3:00PM in 59/1701.

Spring 2026

Date, Speaker, Institution/Agency 

• January 9th - Class Introduction - no speaker
• January 16th - John Ososky, Smithsonian (retired), Update on Conservation of Gulf of Mexico Whales (aka Rice's Whale)
• January 23rd - Zehra Rahman; UF College of Medicine, Jacksonville, How Tumors Escape the Immune System: PD-1/PD-L1 Signaling in Cancer
• January 30th - Matthew Merritt - UF Biochemistry, Magnetic resonance based metabolic imaging
• February 6th - Cliff Ross, UNF Biology, Rooted in Seagrass, Amplified in Metal: A Scientist’s Double Life
• February 13th - John Hatle, UNF Biology, Role of amino acids in the diet on metabolism upon longevity
• February 20th - Tuhina Gupta, UGA Veterinary Medicine, Development of Tuberculosis vaccines
• February 27th - U-BRI information session (UNF students), Reports from research fellows on their research projects
• March 6th - Ugo Coppolo - FGCU Biology, Conserved regulatory networks in the CV development of chordates
• March 13th - Yuting Huang, Mayo Clinic, Gene Therapy for liver and pancreatic disease
• March 20th - Spring Break - No seminar                                              
• March 27th - Jordyn Barr - UF Entomology, Hypoxia and cold effects on irradiation for control of pest weevil
•  April 3rd- Fouad Chebib, Mayo Clinic, A Novel Pathway Regulating Water Handling in the Renal Collecting Duct
• April 10th - James Churilla - UNF Brooks College of Health, Biological Plausibility in Epidemiology
• April 17th- Evan Judd, Senior Scientist, Oncology, Novartis, Discovery of molecular glues for targeted transcription factor degradation
• April 24th - SOARS (UNF student research symposium), UNF undergraduate research posters