October 31, 2022
Víctor Torres, Ph.D., C.V. Starr Professor of Microbiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, “From Puerto Rico to NYC to dissect the tug of war between Staphylococcus aureus and the host.” Download flyer

October 11, 2021
Russell DeBose-Boyd, Beatrice and Miguel Elias Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Science, Professor of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. “The Vitamin K₂ synthetic enzyme UBIAD1 moonlights as a key regulator of cholesterol synthesis.” Watch the lecture video | Download flyer

October 5, 2020
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Distinguished Professor of Environmental and Forest Biology and Director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, State University of New York. “The honorable harvest: indigenous knowledge for biodiversity conservation.” Download flyer

October 21, 2019
Muthama Muasya, Professor and Head of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa. “Disentangling the tree of life: from species discovery in a biodiversity hotspot to the origin of African savannas.” Download flyer

October 15, 2018
Trevor K. Archer. Chief, Epigenetics & Stem Cell Biology Laboratory (ESCBL), National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. “Critical roles for chromatin and epigenetics in transcription and development.” Download flyer

October 23, 2017
Vanessa Ezenwa, Professor, Odum School of Ecology, Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia. “Worms, germs, and buffalo: a coinfection story.” Download flyer

October 24, 2016
Eva Nogales, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. “Cryo-EM for the visualization of structure, interaction, and dynamics.” Download flyer

October 5, 2015
Graciela Unguez, Professor, Department of Biology at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces. “Extreme muscle plasticity in electric fish: cellular and molecular insights.” Download flyer

October 20, 2014
Joaquín M. Espinosa, Associate Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at University of Colorado Boulder and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Early Career Scientist. “Taming the p53 network for effective cancer therapies.” Download flyer

October 21, 2013
Paul Barber, Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Los Angeles. “Advancing Marine Conservation in the Most Amazing Place You've Probably Never Heard of.” Download flyer

October 8, 2012
Cassandra G. Extavour, Associate Professor of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University. “Evolving Immortality: The Origins and Changing Functions of Genes that Control the Germ Line.” Download flyer

October 10, 2011
Adriana D. Briscoe, Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California-Irvine. “The Genetic Basis of Adaptation in the Color Vision Systems of Mimetic Butterflies.” Download flyer

October 4, 2010
Dr. Carlos Bustamante, Professor of Molecular & Cell Biology, Physics, and Chemistry at University of California, Berkeley; and Director of the Advanced Microscopies Department at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. “Grabbing the Cat by the Tail: Discrete Steps by a DNA Packaging Motor and the Inter-Subunit Coordination in a Ring-ATPase.” Download flyer

October 19, 2009
Dr. Harmit Malik Singh, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. “The High-Stakes Evolutionary Game of ‘Rock, Paper, Scissors’ Between Primates and Viruses.” Download flyer

October 20, 2008
Dr. Rick Kittles, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Chicago. “Personalized Genetic History: Science and Cynicism.” Download flyer

October 15, 2007
Dr. Paul Turner, Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University. “Virus Evolution.” Download flyer

October 9, 2006
Dr. Erich D. Jarvis, Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University. “The Evolution of Brain Pathways for Vocal Learning.” Download flyer

October 10, 2005
Dr. Ivette Perfecto, Associate Professor of Natural Resources at the University of Michigan. “Brewing Biodiversity: Birds, Ants, & Beetles in Coffee Farms.” Download flyer

October 11, 2004
Dr. Maydianne Andrade, Assistant Professor in the Division of Life Sciences at the University of Toronto at Scarborough and Research Associate at the Royal Ontario Museum's Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology. “Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Evolution of Self-Sacrificial Male Mating Strategies.” Download flyer

October 13, 2003
Dr. Scott V. Edwards, Professor of Biology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, and Curator of Ornithology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. “From Archaeopteryx to Modern Birds: A DNA Trail.” Download flyer

October 7, 2002
Dr. Tyrone B. Hayes, Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley. “From Silent Spring to Silent Night: The Impact of Modern Day Pesticides on Amphibians.” Download flyer

Nov. 12, 2001
Dr. S. Allen Counter, Director of the Harvard Foundation, Neurophysiologist at the Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital School, and a Scientific Explorer. “Matthew Henson and the North Pole Secret.”

October 16, 2000
Homer A. Neal, the Samuel A. Goudsmit Professor of Physics and Director of the ATLAS Project, University of Michigan. “Science in the New Millennium.” Download flyer