The School of Life Sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa holds regular seminar series that are open to students, faculty, and the public. The featured guest speakers come from local, national, and international institutes. Please see our seminar information from the School of Life Sciences and check this page regularly to see any updates on seminars. If you would like to share a special seminar announcement with our group please email us at lifesci@hawaii.edu
| Date and Time | Seminar Series | Location | |
| Mondays 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Microbiology 690 Seminar | TBA | |
| Fridays 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | EECB Evoluncheon | Gilmore 306 | |
| Fridays 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm | School of Life Sciences Seminar | BIL150 / HOT |
Upcoming Events
| Dates | Event | Information | Host |
| Nov. 4 2022 | Isabella Aiona Abbott Lecture Series | UH Events Calendar | SoLS |
| Spring 2023 | Tester’s Symposium | https://manoa.hawaii.edu/lifesciences/tester-symposium/ | SoLS |
Upcoming Seminars
School of Life Sciences Seminar
| Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Host |
| 8/26 | Linking traits and resource use to understand species interactions in a novel lizard community in Hawai’i | Amber Wright | Associate Prof, SoLS, UHM | Chong |
| 9/2 | The Power of Poop: Insights into Hawaiian Honeycreeper Conservation through DNA Metabarcoding | Maria Costantini | Zoology PhD candidate, SoLS UHM | Reed |
| 9/9 | Public Health and Epidemics (TB and COVID) | Edward Desmond | Hawai‘i Department of Health | Douglas |
| 9/16 | Identifying and evaluating threats to Pacific Island Cetaceans | Kristi West | Associate Researcher, HIMB | Hunter |
| 9/23 | Phytotelmata and phylloplane: Leaf traits mediate biotic interactions | Kadeem Gilbert | Assistant Prof, Michigan State University | Heyduk |
| 9/30 | Foodscapes, Well-being, and Resilience in Solomon Islands | Eleanor Sterling | Director, HIMB | Ticktin |
| 10/7 | Biological invasions in coral reef connected insular estuaries | Kimberly A. Peyton | Research Scientist, Hawai‘i DNLR & DAR | Daehler |
| 10/14 | Understanding reciprocal relationships between people and place for resilient social-ecological systems | Rachel Dacks | Researcher, HIMB | Smith |
| 10/21 | Came for the capitulum, stayed for the pappus: flower development, diversity and evolution in the Asteraceae | Daniel Jones | Assistant Prof, Auburn University | Muir |
| 10/28 | From the Landscape to the Lab: Investigations of Anthrax | Michael H. Norris | Assistant Prof, University of Florida | Hoang |
| 11/4 | Dynamic Human-Environment Interactions in Island Ecosystems: The Contribution of Archaeology | Patrick Kirch Luminary Speaker | Professor, Anthropology, UHM | Donald Drake |
| 11/11 | HOLIDAY: Veterans’ Day | – | – | – |
| 11/18 | From Bad to Worse: Zinc Limitation and Tuberculosis | Sladjana Prišić | Associate Prof, SoLS, UHM | Prišić |
| 11/25 | HOLIDAY: Thanksgiving | – | – | – |
| 12/2 | TBA | Mykle Hoban | Marine Biology PhD candidate, UHM | Toonen |