Seminar Series
Upcoming Seminar
Feeding Dynamics of the California Moray Eel in Two Harbors Catalina Island
Dr. Rita Mehta, UC Santa Cruz
September 10, 2026
5:00pm-6:00pm in HSCI-100
About the Seminar Series
The Seminar Series is a unique opportunity for students to learn about new developments in biology and what biologists do after they graduate. Hosted by the Department of Biological Sciences at California State University, Long Beach, the weekly meetings invite guests from universities, research laboratories, and industry to present and discuss current topics in biology. All students are encouraged to attend.
Seminar Coordinator
For information and suggestions about our Seminar Series, please contact the seminar coordinator:
Dr. Houng-Wei Tsai
Houng-Wei.Tsai@csulb.edu
Schedule
The following schedule is for Fall 2026.
| Date | Title | Speaker and Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| September 10, 2026 | Feeding Dynamics of the California Moray Eel in Two Harbors Catalina Island | Dr. Rita Mehta, UC Santa Cruz |
| September 17, 2026 | TBA | Dr. Tiffany Petrisko, UC Irvine |
| September 24, 2026 | TBA | Dr. Dave Daversa, UCLA |
| October 1, 2026 | What Can Kinetoplast DNA Teach Us About Physics, and What Can Physics Teach Us About Kinetoplast DNA? | Dr. Alexander Klotz, CSU Long Beach |
| October 8, 2026 | Making Muscle: From Human Stem Cells to Regenerative Medicine | Olga Jaime, Ph.D Candidate, UC Irvine |
| October 15, 2026 | TBA | Dr. Huifei (Sophia) Zheng, City of Hope |
| October 22, 2026 | TBA | Dr. Bengt Allen, CSU Long Beach |
| October 29, 2026 | TBA | Dr. Ling Gao, UC Irvine |
| November 5, 2026 | TBA | Dr. Tessa Solomon-Lane, Pitzer College |
| November 12, 2026 | TBA | TBA |
| November 19, 2026 | TBA | Dr. Ashley Peterson, UC Irvine |
| December 3, 2026 | TBA | Kathleen Leon, Ph.D. Candidate, UC Irvine |
| December 10, 2026 | TBA | Dr. Jessica Tingle, Brown University |
Previous Seminars
| Date | Title | Speaker and Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| September 3, 2026 | From microbial gene identification to carbohydrate processing across environments - all biology is computational biology | Dr. Renaud Berlemont, CSU Long Beach |
The Seminar Series Archive has topics from previous semesters.
