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  • Courtship in Drosophila

    Various courtship songs produced by Drosophila species

  • Consequences of HD-ZIPIII dysregulation

    How do organisms create such complex and beautiful shapes? And how do they do it so reproducibly? Plants are an excellent system to study these questions. For instance, the HD-ZIPIII family of transcription factors are >700 million years old and regulate nearly all aspects of plant development. Consequences of HD-ZIPIII dysregulation on plant morphology are severe (pictured here). Understanding how HD-ZIPIII proteins work is a central theme of the lab.

  • Telomeres

    Giant ‘polytene’ chromosomes (white) from a fruit fly with a fluorescent probe (red) that hybridizes to a telomere-restricted DNA repeat.

  • Sea Anemone

  • ERK1/2 signaling pathway

     ERK1/2 signaling pathway regulates exocytosis and tumor invasion through phosphorylation of the exocyst complex. 

Biology is fundamental to our changing world. The 21st century challenge for our students, our scholars, and the greater society is to understand our place in this changing world and to create fundamental knowledge for informed policies, economies, and social structure.

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On The Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics of Inefficient Viral Infections

Dr. Joshua Weitz, University of Maryland
- | DRL 4C6 and via Zoom

Abstract: Viral infections transform the fate of microbial cells, populations, and ecosystems. The infection and lysis of individual microbes releases new virus particles and redirects carbon…



Transparent Artificial Intelligence in Biomedicine: Advancing Personalized Health, Aging, and Disease Analysis with Explainable AI

Wei Qiu
- | Fagin 116 and Zoom

Abstract: In the midst of ongoing challenges such as aging and disease management, which are as multifaceted as they are critical, lies a common computational challenge—how to effectively…



Seminar with Ullas Pedmale

Dr. Ullas Pedmale
- | Leidy 109 and via Zoom.