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BYU Biology Department Seminar Series: Winter 2026
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DateTimeLocationSpeakerTitleHost
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January 811 am2102 LSB3rd-Year Review: John Sproul
Assistant Professor, Biology Department, BYU
"Recurring Patterns and Processes in Molecular and Organismal Diversity"Blaine Griffen
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January 1511 am2102 LSBCollege Seminar: Jared Parrish
Senior Epidemiologist, Alaska Division of Public Health
Forging New Paths: Applying Data Science and AI in Public HealthPublic Health
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January 2211 am2102 LSB3rd-Year Review: Rachel Wood
Assistant Professor, Biology Department, BYU
"Biogeochemical and Microbial Community Responses in Disturbed Aquatic Ecosystems"Blaine Griffen
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January 2911 am206 EBBIO & PWS Grad Student SocialBIO & PWS Program Managers
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February 511 am2102 LSBMini Stewardship Symposium
Clint Whipple
Professor, Biology, BYU
Marcus Smith
Host of BYUradio’s Constant Wonder podcast
"A Constant Theophany"

"Wonder: Philosophical and Spiritual Dimensions"
Clara Smith
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February 1211 am207 MARBCollege Seminar: Neil Shubin
Robert R. Bensley Distinguished Service Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, Committee on Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology, Vice Dean for Academic Advancement, University of Chicago
Biology
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February 1911 am2102 LSBDepartment 3MT CompetitionGraduate Program Manager
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February 2611 am2102 LSBJake Shaffer
Postdoc, Biology Department, BYU
BGSA
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March 511 am2102 LSBJohn Abbott
Director, Museum Research and Collections
Chief Curator, Alabama Museum of Natural History, University of Alabama

Kendra Abbott
Research Technician, Department of Biological Sciences
Senior Fellow, Blount Scholars Program
PhD Student, Science Communication, University of Alabama
"What is Effective Science Communication? With Notes on the eDNA of Rare Species"Judicaël Fomekong Lontchi
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March 1211 am2102 LSBCollege SeminarCELL
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March 136 pmVarsity TheaterFilm Screening: Antarctica Unearthed
Ariel Waldman
National Geographic Explorer, wildlife filmmaker, TED speaker, author
Byron Adams
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March 1911 am2102 LSBC. Riley Nelson
Professor, Alcuin Teaching Fellow, Biology Department, Bean Life Science Museum, BYU
“A Lifetime in Search of​ the Middle of Nowhere and its Biodiversity”BGSA
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March 2611 am2102 LSBEric Merkley
Biochemist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
“Applying Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics to Forensic Science”Humberto Giraldez Chavez
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April 211 am2102 LSBAshley Adams
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Appalachian State University
"The Role of Soil Biodiversity in a Changing World"Abigail Borgmeier
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April 911 am2102 LSBPeter Adler
Professor, Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University
Diego Ardon Betancourt
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