Author: Meris Carte

The Department of Biological Sciences’ spring 2026 seminar series continues Monday, March 2. The seminar is from 4 to 5 p.m. in 218 Hubbard Hall with Dr. Jill Mikucki, University of Tennessee. She will give a public lecture titled, “Journey Below Ice: Highlights from Studies of the Subglacial Microbiome. “

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

The Department of Biological Sciences’ spring 2026 seminar series continues Monday, Feb. 16. The seminar is from 4 to 5 p.m. in 218 Hubbard Hall with Dr. Esben Kjaer of Oklahoma State University. He will give a public lecture titled, “Moo-ving Away from the Middle: Intense Disturbances Promote Rangeland Plant Diversity While Inhibiting Invasive Species.”

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

Applications are now being accepted for undergraduate research support during the summer semester from the Kansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (K-INBRE) program. Students in this program are supported with an hourly wage and mentors are allocated funds for lab supplies.

To be eligible, students must identify a mentor and a research lab in which to work. For full announcement and eligibility requirements, email Meris Carte, research laboratory manager for biological sciences, at meris.carte@wichita.edu. Applications are due at end of day March 12.

The Department of Biological Sciences’ spring 2026 seminar series continues Monday, Feb. 9. The seminar is from 4 to 5 p.m. in 218 Hubbard Hall with Dr. Lauren Goins, Stanford University School of Medicine. She will give a public lecture titled, “How Spatial and Temporal Signals Shape Blood Cell Development.”

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

The Department of Biological Sciences’ spring 2026 seminar series begins Monday, Feb. 2. The first seminar is from 4 to 5 p.m. in 218 Hubbard Hall with Dr. Yuanyuan Gao of the biomedical engineering department. She will give a public lecture titled, “Introduction to Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.”

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 2025 seminar series continues with a seminar from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 3 in 218 Hubbard Hall with Erika Geisbrecht, Ph.D., of Kansas State University. She will give a public lecture titled, “Integration of proteomic and genetic approaches to understand muscle proteostasis.”

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

Applications are now being accepted for undergraduate research support during the spring semester from the Kansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (K-INBRE) program. Students in this program are supported with an hourly wage for a ten-week period and mentors are allocated funds for lab supplies.

To be eligible, students must identify a mentor and a research lab in which to work. For full announcement and eligibility requirements, email Meris Carte, research laboratory manager for biological sciences, at meris.carte@wichita.edu. Applications are due at end of day Nov. 20.

The Department of Biological Sciences’ fall 2025 seminar series continues Monday, Oct. 27. The seminar is from 4 to 5 p.m. in 218 Hubbard Hall with Anuradha Ghosh, PhD, Pittsburg State University. She will give a public lecture titled, “Implementing a One Health Approach in Microbiology 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 2025 seminar series continues at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20 in 218 Hubbard Hall with Dr. George Wang, East Central University. He will give a public lecture titled, “Big vs. small: How mammals and insects can interact indirectly.“

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 2025 seminar series continues from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15 in 218 Hubbard Hall with Sarah Nickel, MS, MLS(ASPCP)CM, of the Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory. She will give a public lecture titled, “Lessons Learned: My Path to Lab Director.”

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