Past Huck Distinguished Lectures

View Upcoming Lectures

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

CIDD Seminar with Jie Zhu

Jie Zhu, University of Missouri

W203 Millennium Science Complex
University Park

Mechanisms and therapeutic targets in C9orf72-associated ALS/FTD

Junjie Guo, Yale University

102 Benkovic Building
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

COEIB Fermentation Workshop

Ali Demirci, Penn State University

CSL Behring Fermentation Facility
University Park

Self-Advocacy and Empowerment

114 McAllister Building
University Park

Virology@PSU Meeting–April 2026

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

Neurobiology Journal Club

MSC, 306W
University Park

Seminar: Determinism vs. Stochasticity: Which Shapes Soil Bacterial Community Structure Across Terrestrial Ecosystems?

Jingqiu Liao, Virginia Tech

106 AVBS
University Park

Embracing Identity: Why We Can’t "Stick to the Science" (SeED Conference Keynote)

Maddie Sofia, Science Communicator and Journalist

Freeman Auditorium
University Park

Systems drift and the evolution of gene expression

Matt Pennell, Cornell University

501 Wartik Lab
University Park

Integrative Cryo-EM and Structural mass spectrometry reveals a map of the Protein Kinase A reset pathway

Varun Venkatakrishnan, Penn State University

W203 Millennium Sciences Building, 491 Pollock Rd.
University Park

Her STEM Story: A Women in Science Gallery

Verne M. Willaman Gateway to the Sciences, 3rd Floor
University Park

Pathways and Professional Power in STEM

Verne M. Willaman Gateway to the Sciences, 3rd Floor
University Park

Spatial and genomic structure of marine fish responses to environmental change

Rebekah Oomen, University of New Brunswick Saint John

Steidle 114
University Park

How Plants Make Oils: Lessons from Avocado and Opportunities in Moss

Aruna Kilaru, East Tennessee State University

108 Wartik Laboratory
University Park

Seminar: QIAGEN dPCR Demo Session

QIAGEN

106 AVBS
University Park

Applied Evolution Symposium

134 HUB
University Park

Innovating Beyond Electrophysiology: Multimodal Neural Interfaces and Neuromorphic Co-Design

Duygu Kuzum, University of California, San Diego

102 Benkovic Building
University Park

CIDD Seminar with Danielle Tufts

Danielle Tufts, University of Pittsburgh

W203 Millennium Science Complex
University Park

With all good wishes for the future of science: operationalizing the shift from research subjects to participants

Jonathan LoTempio, University of California, Irvine

501 Wartik Lab
University Park

Industry Strategies for Responsible Research

George Kaufman, Corning, Inc.

Mathematical Modeling of Within-host Hepatitis B Virus

Jonathan Forde, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

106 McAllister
University Park

CE Applications for Sequencing and Fragment Analysis

203 Millennium Science Complex
University Park

Medicinal Plants Workgroup Workshop Meeting

Animal, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Building, Room 106
University Park

Conserving genetic diversity of at-risk species across the data-availability spectrum

Brenna Forester, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Steidle 114
University Park

Connections between plant sciences and fermented beverage production: Examples from applied research in cider and wine

Amanda Stewart, Virginia Tech

108 Wartik Laboratory
University Park

CRRB Invited Speaker: Plant Science Seminar

Dr. Arthur Villordon, Louisiana State University

108 Tyson Building
University Park

Seminar: Phages: Architects of the Plant Microbiome?

Britt Koskella, University of California, Berkeley

106 AVBS
University Park

CRRB Monthly Networking Meeting

Emma Rice and Dr. Dhruv Srivastava, Penn State University

W201 Millennium Science Complex
University Park

CIDD Seminar with Dr. Megan Povelones

Megan Povelones, Villanova University

W203 Millennium Science Complex
University Park

From Interoceptive Insufficiency to Computational Cures: Modeling, Mapping, and Modulating Brain Circuits in Affective and Substance-Use Disorders

Martin Paulus, University of Tulsa

102 Benkovic Building
University Park