Past Huck Distinguished Lectures

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2026 One Health Microbiome Symposium

Symposium for Reproductive Health and Aging

David Keefe, University of Massachusetts

Penn Stater Conference Center
University Park

Multiscale imaging of neuronal cytoskeleton by cryo-ET and simulation

Matthew Swulius, Penn State Hershey Medical School

W203 Millennium Science Complex
University Park

Poster Deadline – industryXchange 2026: Engineering Innovation with AI

The Nittany Lion Inn 200 W. Park Avenue State College, Pennsylvania 16803
University Park

CMIND Retreat

Keri Martinowich, Johns Hopkins University

Hintz Family Alumni Center
University Park

Evolutionary and Functional Genomics of Parasitic Plants

Claude dePamhilis, Penn State University

108 Wartik Laboratory
University Park

Virology@PSU Meeting–May 2026

W-203 Millennium Science Complex, University Park, PA 16802, USA
University Park

AI-Powered Materials Seminar Series: Day 3

Pollock Dining Commons Room 204
University Park

Seminar: Decoding Plant Disease Outbreaks

Neha Potnis, Auburn University

106 AVBS
University Park

Center for Chemical Ecology Research Showcase

Jonathan Gershenzon, Director of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute

118 Ag Sci & Industry Building (9:00–11:00) and 107 Forest Resources Building (11:15–12:30)
University Park

Genesis Mission Workshop

3rd Floor Millennium Science Complex Commons
University Park

Modulation of hippocampal structure and function by ovarian hormones

Michael Goard, University of California, Santa Barbara

102 Benkovic Building
University Park

CIDD Seminar with Dr. Max Lau

Max Lau, Emory University

W203 Millennium Science Complex
University Park

From learning to leveraging graphs in bioinformatics

Ritambhara Singh, Brown University

501 Wartik Lab
University Park

Industry Strategies for Responsible Research

Michele Lim, Agilent

Cryogenic electron imaging of macromolecules, cells and tissues

Wah Chiu, Stanford University

100 Life Science Building
University Park

AI-Powered Materials Seminar Series: Day 2

Pollock Dining Commons Room 204
University Park

Biobehavioral Health Colloquium - Dr. Lisa Christian

Lisa Christian, Ph.D., The Ohio State University

110 Henderson
University Park

The integrative nature of biodiversity: thinking holistically about plant form and function

Chelsea Specht, Cornell University

108 Wartik Laboratory
University Park

Career Panel Discussion: Being a Core Facility Director at a Research-Focused Institution

Dr. Tatiana Laremore, Director of the Penn State Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Core

342 Food Science Building
University Park

AI for Nature: From Science to Action

Tanya Berger Wolf, Ohio State University

107 Forest Resources Building
University Park

Seminar: From Disturbance to Resilience: Harnessing Soil Microbiomes for One Health and Sustainable Land Recovery.

Eglantina Lopez Echartea, North Dakota State University

106 AVBS
University Park

Food Security and Access for Healthy Futures Symposium

Julie Simmons Ivy, University of Michigan

Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub, 123. S. Burrowes St.
University Park

Exploring the mechanisms of addiction vulnerability (and resilience) using multigenerational animal models of substance use

Mathieu Wimmer, Temple University

102 Benkovic Building
University Park

Image Classification for Beginners

209 Thomas Bldg
University Park

AI-Powered Materials Seminar Series: Day 1

Pollock Dining Commons Room 204
University Park

The use of historical land survey records for studying past Indigenous land use in the eastern US

Stephen Tulowiecki, SUNY Geneseo

Steidle 114
University Park

Chemobiology, a tool box for studying plant cell wall pectic polysaccharides

Arnaud Lehner, Université de Rouen Normandie

108 Wartik Laboratory
University Park

Seminar: Following My Microbial Path: Luminescence Variation, Water Bottle Buddies, and Predatory Bacteria.

Mark O. Martin, University of Puget Sound

106 AVBS
University Park

Frontiers of Mathematical Biology

Wartik Lab 501
University Park

CRRB Monthly Networking Meeting

W201 Millennium Science Complex
University Park

Multisensory integration in insect flight

Sanjay Sane, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Bangalore, India

Millennium Sci Complex W-306
University Park

LGBTQ+ in STEM Leading the Way: Perspectives on Identity

114 McAllister Building
University Park

RShiny for Beginners

209 Thomas Bldg
University Park

A Modular Metagenomics Analysis Pipeline and Microbiome-in-a-Bottle

Iman Hajirasouliha, Weill Cornell Medicine of Cornell University

Unsupervised Deep Representation Learning and Foundation Models for Cryo-Electron Tomography Analysis

Min Xu, Carnegie Mellon University

W203, MSC
University Park

Pride in Every Field: A STEM Mixer with Rainbow Networks and Allies

Noontime Lounge, HUB-Robeson Center
University Park

Invasive plant removal in ecosystem restoration: Beat em? Join em? Give up?

Carla D'Antonio, UC Santa Barbara

Steidle 114
University Park

Elucidating Context-Specific Receptor Kinase Signaling

Michelle (Hongqing) Guo, Iowa State University

108 Wartik Laboratory
University Park

Microbes in Action: Decoding Their Chemistry with Metabolomics

AVBS 106
University Park

Seminar: Systematic Characterization of Phage-Host Interactions to Build Predictive Models of Phage Susceptibility

Vivek Mutalik, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

106 AVBS
University Park

Object Detection for Beginners

W-201 MSC
University Park

Mechanisms and therapeutic targets in C9orf72-associated ALS/FTD

Junjie Guo, Yale University

102 Benkovic Building
University Park

CIDD Seminar with Jie Zhu

Jie Zhu, University of Missouri

W203 Millennium Science Complex
University Park

Do Computational Biologists Dream of Electric DNA

Artem Babaian, University of Toronto

501 Wartik Lab
University Park

Fisher Scientific Supplier Show

3rd Floor Bridge, Huck Life Sciences Building
University Park

Penn State Biorenewables Symposium 2026

123 S Burrowes St., 603 Eric Barron Innovation Hub
University Park

Brain Dynamics Workshop

Patrick Drew, Pennsylvania State University

MSC W203
University Park

Biobehavioral Health Colloquium - Dr. Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson, Ph.D., The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH)

110 Henderson
University Park

Evolutionary ecology of nitrogen-fixing symbioses: theory and application

Maren Friesen, Washington State University

108 Wartik Laboratory
University Park