Events
Biology Seminar Series
Each semester, The Program in Biology invites diverse scholars of international distinction from institutions all over the globe to deliver talks, and engage in collaborative conversations with our faculty, researchers, students, and staff.
In response to the global pandemic, these talks migrated online throughout 2020-2021 and continued to be a huge success, allowing conversations and collaborations to continue online despite the distance.
Our Previous Seminar Speakers
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February 24, 2022
Professor Marco Sandri, University of Padua, Italy
Mitochondria Network as a Central Hub in the Control of ProteostasisFebruary 28, 2022
Post-doctoral Series
Dr. Dareen Almojli, Evolutionary Genomics Lab, NYUAD
Population Genomics of the Allotetraploid African Clawed Frog X. Laevis from South AfricaDr. Priyam Narain, Chaudhury Lab, NYUAD
Mechanisms Underlying Rhythmic Excitability in Mammalian Clock NeuronsMarch 3, 2022
Professor Khalil Ramadi, NYUAD
Speaking to the Brain through Inorganic InterfacesMarch 10, 2022
Dr. Fabrizio d'Adda di Fagagna, IFOM, The FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy
Cellular Senescence in Aging: Telomere Biology Offers Novel Opportunities for InterventionsMarch 24, 2022
Professor Adrian Marchetti, UNC-Chapel Hill, USA
Shedding Light on the Phytoplankton Response to Ocean Upwelling DynamicsMarch 28, 2022
Post-doctoral Series
Dr. Tiago Capote, Genetic Heritage Group, NYUAD
Date Palm and Wild-relatives Genome Sequencing: Towards Evolutionary Comparative Genomics in the Phoenix GenusDr. Ahmed Shibl, Marine Microbial Ecology Lab, NYUAD
May 12, 2022
Professor Jillian Banfield, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Unusual, Large and Alternatively Coded Phages, Obligate Symbionts and Other Intriguing Members of Human Microbiomes -
Monday, September 20, 2021
Dr. Terry Harrison, Silver Professor, NYU
Human Evolution and the Importance of PaleoecologyMonday, September 27, 2021
Dr. Niti Dhutia, Visiting Assistant Professor, NYUAD
“Would you Like a Free Cardiac Assessment with your Cappuccino?”: Rapid, Reliable, Automated Quantification of EssentialCardiac MeasurementsThursday, September 30, 2021
Post-doctoral Series
Dr. Ashutosh Rastogi, Chaudhury Lab, NYUAD
Misalignment of Circadian Clock in the Mouse Model of StressDr. Sebastian Kirchhof, Boissinot Lab, NYUAD
Adaptive Evolution in a Group of Mountain FrogsMonday, October 4, 2021
Professor Luca Pagani, The University of Padua, Italy
West Eurasian Genomic Layers: The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its PartsMonday, October 11, 2021
Dr Joseph Azar, Reneco International Wildlife Consultants, LLC, UAE
Carryover Effect of Migration on Asian Houbara Breeding Performances in Central AsiaMonday, October 25, 2021
Professor Sanjairaj Vijayavenkataraman, NYUAD
3D Printing and Bioprinting for Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Drug Testing, and Medical DevicesThursday, October 28, 2021
Post-doctoral Series
Dr. Anjana Ramdas Nair, Kirsten Sadler Edepli Lab, NYUAD
A Permissive Epigenetic Landscape Facilitates Distinct Transcriptional Signatures of Atf6 in the LiverDr. Carly Moreno, Shady Amin Lab, NYUAD
Molecularphysiology of Antarctic Diatom Natural Assemblages Reveal Multiple Strategies Contributing to their Ecological SuccessMonday, November 1, 2021
Dr. Thierry Hoareau, Reneco International Wildlife Consultants LLC, UAE
Genetics in Conservation: A Case Study of the Houbara BustardMonday, November 15, 2021
Professor Janelle Thompson, Nanyang Technological University, USA
Wastewater-based Surveillance for COVID-19, and BeyondMonday, November 22, 2021
Professor Marco Mangone, Arizona State University, USA
miRNAs and Alternative PolyadenylationMonday, November 29, 2021
Post-doctoral Series
Dr. Nadine Hosny El Said, Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, NYUAD
Mechanisms of Chromatin Regulation during DifferentiationDr. Daniele D'Agostino, Marine Biology Lab, NYUAD
Phenotypic Responses of Coral Reef Fishes to the Gulf’s Extreme Environment -
Monday, February 8, 2021
Dr. Noa Shenkar, Tel Aviv University, Israel
When the Sea Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade!
Monday, February 15, 2021
Dr. Moni Nader, Khalifa University, UAE
The STRN/Cav-3/CaM Complex in Cardiomyocyte Contraction and Cardiac HypertrophyMonday, February 22, 2021
Post-doctoral Series
Dr. David Nelson, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, NYUAD
AlgalCODE: Opening the Pandora’s Box of Microalgal GenomicsDr. Bhavani Madakashira Pranesh, Sadler Edepli Lab, NYUAD
Uhrf1 Loss Restricts Organ Expansion during Zebrafish DevelopmentMonday, March 1, 2021
Dr. Sumeet Pal Singh, MISU Fellow, IRIBHM ULB, Belgium
Diversity in Endocrine Communities
Monday, March 8, 2021
Dr. Arnab Barik, Centre for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Supraspinal Circuits in Nocifensive BehaviorsMonday, March 22, 2021
Dr. Jorge Rodriguez, Khalifa University UAE
Microbial Prospecting from Pathway Modelling and Bioenergetics
Monday, March 29, 2021
Dr. Reem Khalil, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Development of Visual Cortical Circuits in Ferrets
Monday, April 12, 2021
Dr. Thulani Makhalanyane, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Disentangling Microbial Ecology and Functional Processes in Hyperarid Deserts
Monday, April 19, 2021
Dr. Hiroki Ueda, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan
Systems Biology of Mammalian Sleep/Wake CyclesMonday, April 26, 2021
Instructors of Biology, NYUAD, UAE
Ashley Isaac, NYUAD
Ecological Niches of Algal Bloom Associated Roseobacters
Mona Kalmouni, NYUAD
pH-Responsive Nanocarriers for TherapyMonday, May 3, 2021
Professor Daniel Sher, University of Haifa, Israel
Mortality – and Survival through Microbial Interactions - in Abundant Marine CyanobacteriaMonday, May 10, 2021
PhD Student Seminars
Wael Said Abdrabou, NYUAD
Metabolome Modulation of the Host Adaptive Immunity in Human Malaria
Raza Mahmood, NYUAD
Understanding the Role of β-actin in Genome Organization
Patrice Delaney, NYUAD
Novel Insights into Arsenite Methyltransferase Activity -
Monday, October 5, 2020
Professor Timothy Dore, Associate Professor of Chemistry, NYUAD, UAE
Ras Converting Enzyme (Rce1) and Other Adventures in Target-Based Discovery
Monday, October 12, 2020
Professor Kartik Sreenivasan, NYUAD, UAE
Towards a Distributed Component Model of Human Working Memory
Monday, October 19, 2020
Dr. Maryam R. Al Shehhi, Khalifa University, UAE
Identifying Algal-bloom ‘Hotspots’ in the Indian Ocean
Monday, October 26, 2020
Dr. Yassir T Makkawi, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Potentials of Waste-to-Energy in the UAE
Monday, November 2, 2020
Professor Mohammed Uddin, Mohammed Bin Rashid University Of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE
Single Cell OMICs and Their Role in Neurological Diseases
Monday, November 16, 2020
Post-doctoral Seminar Series
Dr Diana Charles El Assal, Laboratory of Algal, Synthetic, and Systems Biology, NYUAD
Repurposing Drugs to Treat COVID-19 by Reversing the Metabolic Phenotype in Computational Models of SARS-CoV2 Infected Cell Lines
Dr. Sandra Goutte, Evolutionary Genomics Lab, NYUAD
Coloring Inside the Lines: The Genomic Architecture of Stripe Polymorphism in FrogsMonday, November 23, 2020
Professor Lijian Hui, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, China
Cell Plasticity and Liver Regeneration
Monday, November 30, 2020
NYUAD Post-doctoral Seminar Series
Elena Magnani, Sadler Edepli Lab, NYUAD
UHRF1 Overexpression Causes Liver Cancer Through Senescence Escape
Bushra Saeed Dohai, Laboratory of Algal, Synthetic, and Systems Biology, NYUAD
Combinatorial Drug Repositioning Predictions to Rescue SARS-CoV2 Infected Cells
Monday, December 7, 2020
Professor Rafael Song, NYUAD, UAE
Biophysical Phenotyping of C. elegans in a Microfluidic Chip
Monday, December 14, 2020
Post-doctoral Seminar Series
Dr. Matthew Mitchell, Marine Biology Lab, NYUAD
Swimming in Hot Water. How do Fish Cope with Living on the World's Hottest Coral Reefs?
Dr. Palanikumar Loganathan, Magzoub Lab, NYUAD
pH Sensitive Peptide Functionalized Upconversion Nanoparticles for Targeted Photodynamic and Photothermal Cancer Therapy