Waksman Trainee-Invited Seminars
Waksman Trainee-Invited Seminars
The Waksman Trainee-Invited Seminars give graduate students and postdoctoral researchers at the Waksman Institute the opportunity to select and host distinguished scientists whose work is of particular interest to the trainee community. By choosing speakers and hosting them during their visits, trainees play an active role in shaping the scientific conversations taking place at the Institute. Invited speakers represent a broad range of research areas, including molecular biology, genetics, microbiology, neuroscience, plant biology, cell biology, and related disciplines.
Past Trainee-Invited Speakers
April 28, 2026 — Tobias Dörr
Associate Professor of Microbiology, Cornell University
“Molecular mechanisms of beta-lactam tolerance in gram-negative pathogens”
Postdoc-Invited Seminar
May 8, 2025 — Laura B. Duvall
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Columbia University
“Time-of-day regulation of mosquito host-seeking behavior”
Graduate Student-Invited Seminar
March 5, 2025 — Meet Zandawala
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno
“Synaptic and peptidergic pathways governing feeding and metabolism in Drosophila”
Postdoc-Invited Seminar
February 28, 2024 — Laura Gunn
Assistant Professor, Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University
“Harnessing Nature's Solutions for More Efficient Biological CO2 Carbon Capture”
Postdoc-Invited Seminar
February 1, 2023 — Daniel J. Dickinson
Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin
“Cell Polarity: From molecules to embryos”
Postdoc-Invited Seminar