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BIO-Logical Intelligence Meets Artificial Intelligence: A Practical Introduction & Guided Discussion

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming our world, and biology educators are navigating how (and whether) to integrate these tools into their courses. This seminar offers a clear and accessible overview of what AI is, how large language models work, and why understanding their strengths and limitations is essential for effective teaching when using AI tools.

Melinda Denton Endowed Lecture: Pursuing Biologicals for Pest Management and Plant Health: A Lifelong Journey from Scientist to Entrepreneur

Biologicals for crop protection and plant and soil health are going mainstream after decades of being niche products. All categories of biological crop inputs - bioprotection, biostimulants and bionutrients - are growing at double digits annually, outpacing their synthetic chemical counterparts. As a serial bioag entrepreneur starting my first company more than 30 years ago, I had many challenges to being ahead of the market, bringing a higher level of science to biopesticide development, and changing the paradigm of how biologicals are used by farmers.

December Graduate Student Seminars

Join us for our Autumn 2025 grad student seminar series!

Presenting...
Constrained ontogeny in a crocodile-line archosaur with dinosaur-like anatomy
By: Elliott Armour Smith (Sidor Lab)

Representation learning on live cell images
By: Jacob Evarts (Bagheri Lab)

Tiny mouse tails: a new model for studying floral evolution and development
By: Anthony Garcia (Di Stilio Lab)

November Graduate Student Seminars

Join us for our Autumn 2025 grad student seminar series!

Presenting...
Poking pollination networks: a process-driven approach to investigating network rewiring
By: Annie Colgan (Brosi/Theobald Lab)

Functional redundancy of a native and non-native eelgrass
By: Maria Garcia (Ruesink Lab)

The nose knows the right notes
By: Vaibhav Chhaya (Santana Lab)

Title IX: Understanding Your Role in Prevention and Response

This training will provide staff, faculty, and graduate students with an opportunity to deepen their understanding of Title IX. Topics include recognizing sex- and gender-based discrimination, harassment, and violence, understanding employee reporting expectations, accessing support resources, and applying best practices for responding to disclosures. This session will also cover rights and modifications related to pregnancy and related conditions. Additionally, it will include a sneak peek at upcoming changes coming to the UW’s Title IX office.

Postdoc Symposium

Presenting...
To Tame a Songbird: The genomics of the domestication syndrome in a Songbird model species
By: Madza Farias-Virgens (Rico-Guevara Lab)

Wind gates search states in fruit flies
By: David Stupski (Riffell Lab)

Neutrophil morphology dynamically cycles during migration in 3D
By: Aaron van Loon (Theriot Lab)

Advancing the guidance debate: Lessons from educational psychology and implications for biochemistry learning

Halmo SM, Sensibaugh CA, Reinhart P, Stogniy O, Fiorella L, Lemons PP.  2020.  Advancing the guidance debate: Lessons from educational psychology and implications for biochemistry learning. CBE—Life Sciences Education. 19:ar41.

Opportunities for guiding development: insights from first-year life science majors’ use of metacognition

Stanton JDangremond, Halmo SM, Carter RJ, Yamini KA, Ososanya D.  2024.  Opportunities for guiding development: insights from first-year life science majors’ use of metacognition. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education. 25:e00053–24.

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