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.

Fall 2025

Date, Speaker, Institution/Agency 

• August 22: Orientation - No outside speaker
• August 29: Dr. Sylvia Ganda, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic, Science without borders - Bridging disciplines to advance medicine.
• September 5: Dr. Jennifer Cowart, M.D., Mayo Clinic, Internal Medicine & Pharmacologist; Andreas Ink, UNF Alumni & iOS Engineer at Rune Labs; Deepika Karki, M.B.B.S, Research Fellow, Department of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep and Respiratory Medicine, Mayo Clinic - AI in Healthcare: Modeling Non-invasive mechanical ventilation failure
• September 12: Dr. Candice Tahimic, Ph.D., UNF, Biology Assistant Professor - Beyond Earth, for Earth: Insights into cardiovascular health from rodent models of spaceflight
• September 19: Dr. Laura Habegger, Ph.D., UNF, Biology Assistant Professor - Functional Implications of Morphological Variation in Fishes
• September 26: Dr. Carolyn Lewis, Ph.D., Flagler College, Natural Sciences, Assistant Professor - A new hope: The role of vegetated marine ecosystems in global carbon cycling
• October 3: Dr. Karna Ramachandraiah, Ph.D., UNF, Biology, Postdoctoral Researcher - Driving Innovation in Food and Pharmaceutical Applications
• October 10: Dr. Adrienn Varga, Ph.D., UF, Department of Neuroscience - Role of a brainstem circuit in opioid-induced respiratory depression
• October 17: Dr. Louise Ball, Ph.D., UF, College of Medicine, Postdoctoral Researcher - 
  Effects of Osmolarity on Pathogenic and Nonpathogenic Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia
• October 24: Dr. Elise Morrison, Ph.D., UF, Environmental Engineering Sciences, Assistant Professor - Biogeochemistry Across Aquatic Systems
• October 31: Dr. Orlando Laitano, Ph.D., UF, Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, Assistant Professor, Mechanisms of Sepsis-Induced Myopathy
• November 7: Dr. David Waddell, Ph.D., University of North Florida, Biology, Professor, In Search of the Post-Translational Modification Code for Regulating Skeletal Muscle Size and Function
• November 14: Dr. Annalaura Mancia, Ph.D., UNF, Biology, Assistant Professor, Dive into Marine Mammal Genomics: Understanding Environmental Threats
• November 21: Matz Indergard, M.S., USF Ph.D. Candidate, Marine Biologist, Patterns and mechanisms of intraspecific variation in thermal tolerance within the cnidarian holobiont
• December 5: Dr. Emily Setton, Ph.D., UF, Whitney Lab for Marine Sciences, Postdoctoral Researcher