Author: Meris Carte

The Department of Biological Sciences’ fall 2026 seminar series continues from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26 in 231 Hubbard Hall with Katie Waugh of the University of Kansas Medical Center. She will give a public lecture, “Inflammation as a Developmental Determinant of Health and Disease in Down Syndrome.”

Seminars are open to the public and undergraduates are encouraged to attend. For more information, visit wichita.edu/biology.

The Department of Biological Sciences’ fall 2026 seminar series continues from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19 in 231 Hubbard Hall with Dr. Molly Reichenborn of Kansas State University. She will give a public lecture, “From Theory to Practice: Translating grassland research to land management change.”

Seminars are open to the public and undergraduates are encouraged to attend. For more information, visit wichita.edu/biology.

The Department of Biological Sciences’ fall 2026 seminar series continues Monday, Oct. 5 with Dr. Keith Harmoney of Kansas State University. He will give a public lecture, “A Silver Lining – Vegetation responses to recent northwest Kansas wildfires,” from 4 to 5 p.m. in 231 Hubbard Hall.

Seminars are open to the public and undergraduates are encouraged to attend. For more information, visit wichita.edu/biology.

The Department of Biological Sciences’ fall 2026 seminar series continues at 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28 in 231 Hubbard Hall, with Dr. Chuan-Ju Lin of Yale School of Medicine. He will give a public lecture, “Transforming Musculoskeletal Medicine: From biological discover to novel therapeutics.”

Seminars are open to the public and undergraduates are encouraged to attend. For more information, visit wichita.edu/biology.

The Department of Biological Sciences’ fall 2026 seminar series continues Monday, Sept. 21 with Dr. Anna Zinovyeva of Kansas State University. She will give a public lecture, “BControl of microRNA Gene Regulatory Activity: From Molecular Mechanisms to Disease,” from 4 to 5 p.m. in 231 Hubbard Hall.

Seminars are open to the public and undergraduates are encouraged to attend. For more information, visit wichita.edu/biology.

The Department of Biological Sciences’ fall 2026 seminar series continues from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14 in 231 Hubbard Hall with Dr. Nick Miller of the Illinois Institute of Technology. He will give a public lecture, “Bugs, Fish, Sequences and Students: Using ‘omics and population genetics to study evolution, manage populations, and support undergraduate research.”

Seminars are open to the public and undergraduates are encouraged to attend. For more information, visit wichita.edu/biology.

The Department of Biological Sciences’ fall 2026 seminar series continues Monday, Aug. 31 with Dr. Gavin Rice of Kansas State University. He will give a public lecture, “Drosophila Evolutionary Biology,” from 4 to 5 p.m. in 231 Hubbard Hall.

Seminars are open to the public and undergraduates are encouraged to attend. For more information, visit wichita.edu/biology.

The Department of Biological Sciences’ fall 2026 seminar series begins Monday, Aug. 24 with Barrett Houchen of Montrose Environmental Group. He will give a public lecture, “Unraveling the Ecology of Macrophomina phaseolina in Native Grassland Soils,” from 4 to 5 p.m. in 231 Hubbard Hall.

Seminars are open to the public and undergraduates are encouraged to attend. For more information, visit wichita.edu/biology.

Wichita State’s Microscopic Imaging Core is hosting an open house from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Friday, May 8 in 521 Hubbard Hall, to showcase the new Zeiss LSM 910 Airyscan confocal microscope. This is a come and go event that encourages potential users to learn more about the equipment and the reservation process. For additional information or questions, email biomicfac@wichita.edu.

The Department of Biological Sciences’ spring 2026 seminar series continues at 4 p.m. Monday, April 13 in 218 Hubbard Hall with Dr. Jack Bolton of Sterling College. He will give a public lecture titled, “Inhibition of Nitrous Oxide Reductase Translation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae by RNA Secondary Structure.”

Seminars are open to the public, and undergraduates are encouraged to attend. For more information, visit wichita.edu/biology.