TITLE: Avian migration, physiology, and speciation at elevational extremes ABSTRACT: Dr. Williamson will discuss her research on birds that make extreme seasonal shifts in elevation during migration, and will talk […]
Speaker: Zhao Xuan, Ph.D., Assistant professor of neurobiology, School of Biology and Ecology, UMaine About the speaker: Dr. Zhao Xuan is an assistant professor of Neurobiology at the University of […]
Quantitative skills are an essential core competency for undergraduate life science students. As part of their undergraduate curriculum, students should be learning how to interpret and construct graphs, apply statistical […]
TITLE: Building Quantitative Skills in Biology Students ABSTRACT: Quantitative skills are an essential core competency for undergraduate life science students. As part of their undergraduate curriculum, students should be learning […]
Name: Kwaku Agyekum Toitle: Unraveling the intracellular transport and local regulation of endocytic factors in C. elegans neurons Advisor: Dr. Zhao Xuan Location: Nutting Hall 257 Date: 25 March, 2025 […]
Name: Mandana Askarizadeh Title: Investigating the efficacy of Bacillus velezensis BAC03 in promoting plant growth and enhancing defense against powdery scab in potato plants Advisors: Jianjun Hao Location: Roger's Hall […]
Name: Nahida Kabir Title: Impact of Mummy Berry and Red Leaf Diseases on Physiology of Wild Blueberry in Maine Advisors: Co-advisor Dr. Seanna L. Annis and Co-advisor Dr. YongJiang (John) Zhang […]
Name: Elijah Bradshaw Title: Investigating the Spatiotemporal patterns of Asimina trilby since the Last Glacial Maximum Advisors: Jacquelyn Gill Location: Bryand Hall 300 Date: April 4, 2025 Time: 9:00 AM
TITLE: Tangled up in blue: Understanding carbon movement in trees during water stress ABSTRACT: Plants take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and convert it into sugars through photosynthesis. Once […]
Shehnaz Munnaf Chowdhury MS Thesis Defense Title: Assessing the overwintering and impact of augmentorium on populations of the Samba Wasp (Ganaspis Kimorum) in Maine Date: April 14 Location: Nutting Hall 204 […]
Title: Exploring the Impacts of Repeated or Successive Fumigation with Metam Sodium on Verticillium Wilt of Potato and Soil Microbial Community Date: April 17 Location: Rogers Hall 202 Time: 10AM […]
Title: Exploring Concentrations, Exposure Routes, and Trophic Transfer of Per-and Polyfluoroalkl Substances (PFAS) in Wood Turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) in an Impacted Area of Maine Date: April 18 Location: Williams Hall […]
Title: Investigating wildlife hosts and tick densities across an urban to rural gradient Date: April 18 Location: Norman Smith Hall 107 Time: 11AM Advisor: Dr. Thomas Rounsville Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/j/87492998112. Meeting […]
Title: Investigating Cross Disciplinary Tools for Improved Mosquito Detection, Control and Management Date: April 21 Location: 107 Norman Smith Hall Time: 10AM Advisor: Allie Gardner
Title: Invasion Buckthorn and the Ecology of Tick-Borne Disease Location: 107 Norman Smith Hall Date: April 29 Time: 2PM Advisor: Allie Gardner
Title: Larval Winter Tick Questing Success in Wind and Rain Conditions Location: 106 Nutting Hall Date: May 5 Time: 12PM Asvisor: Allie Gardner
Title: Understanding the Effectiveness of Tick Control Measures on Maine Properties Location: 104 Murray Hall Date: May 6 Time: 10AM Advisor: Allie Gardner
