CTREE Seminar Speakers/Workshops

Becoming a Scientist: From Chemistry to Patient-Derived Organoids

with Dr. Victoria Osorio Vasquez, PhD
Salk Institute

Friday, March 6, 2026
2-3:30 PM
MARK 125

Graduate Student Panel: Academic Paths and Careers in Science

with 
Graduate Students and Staff from UCSD

Friday, March 13, 2026
1:30-3:00 PM
MARK 102- NEW TIME and PLACE

Humility as a Design Priciple: Toward Responsible Biological Aging and Human Resilience in Alzheimer's Disease

with Dr. Micah Savin, PhD

Friday, March 20, 2026
2-3:30 PM
MARK 125

Bugged by Bacteria: Factors Influencing Schistocerca Locust Microbiome Composition

with Serena Ferrell, PhD candidate
Texas A&M University

Friday, March 27, 2026
2-3:30 PM
MARK 125

Where I Started, Where I’m Going: My Path to LGBTQ+ Health and Substance Use Research 

with Karissa Tran, PhD Candidate
UCLA

Friday, April 10, 2026
2:00-3:30 PM
MARK 125

From Song to Flight: Frequency-tuned Antennal Projection Neurons AMMC-B1 Differentially Influence Flight Dynamics and Wing Kinematics in Drosophila Melanogaster

with Jocelyne Dates, PhD Candidate
Vanderbilt University

Friday, April 17, 2026
2:00-3:30 PM
MARK 125