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Our weekly seminar includes student research presentations, as well as alumni and other professionals talking about their work and life beyond NCC. Biology majors take:

  • BIOL 290 (0 cr; click for course information) once as a seminar participant/evaluator
  • BIOL 390 (2 cr) once, including seminar participation and career preparation
  • BIOL 490 (1 cr; click for course information) once as a presenter, capping off their research experience

Seminars are open to the campus community and you don't have to be in the course to attend.

9 Jan
Organizational Meeting
North Central College
Link to Practice Evaluation Form
16 Jan
Happy Martin Luther King Day!
NCC's MLK Vision Day Events
23 Jan
Where to Find Research Experiences
North Central College
Slides
30 Jan
Dr. Jen Sallee and Dr. Greg Ruthig
North Central College
Title TBA
6 Feb
Amanda De Vos
Seattle Children
Title TBA
13 Feb
Dr. Tim Woods
Physician Assistant Studies, North Central College
Mechanisms of Neural Plasticity & The Anatomage Virtual Cadaver Table
20 Feb
Zack Orban
Northwestern University
The Role of Viruses and Immune Responses in Neurologic Diseases: A Study Coordinator’s Perspective
27 Feb
Zoe Diaz-Martin
Chicago Botanical Gardens
Dr. Diaz-Martin's Website
Using micro-evolution to inform restoration, in situ, and ex situ management of plant populations in a changing world
6 Mar
Luis Aguilar
University of Illinois - Chicago
What’s Next? Post-College Careers and One Graduate’s Spontaneous Plan
13 Mar
Spring Break
20 Mar
Christiana Lenzer
North Central College
Seminar Evaluation Form
Utilization of Spent Coffee Grounds as a Fuel SourceClick to see seminar abstract
27 Mar
Esther Lim
North Central College
Seminar Evaluation Form
Phenotypes of yeast with A174T or F209L mutations in Cox10p and their implications in Leigh SyndromeClick to see seminar abstract
3 Apr
Sarah Smith
North Central College
Seminar Evaluation Form
The effect of nutrient intake on Gryllodes sigillatus reproductionClick to see seminar abstract
3 Apr
Bailey Bloom
North Central College
Seminar Evaluation Form
Human COX10 mutations in yeast models and their phenotypical association to Leigh SyndromeClick to see seminar abstract
10 Apr
Olga Giza
North Central College
Seminar Evaluation Form
Effect of Exhausted Coffee Ground Particle Size on Lead Ion Adsorption Rates and CapacitiesClick to see seminar abstract
10 Apr
Egypt Moyenda
North Central College
Seminar Evaluation Form
Effects of Nutrition on Calling Behavior of male Gryllodes sigillatusClick to see seminar abstract
17 Apr
Fredy Favela
North Central College
Seminar Evaluation Form
Finding the Oomycetes’ Zoospore Death RateClick to see seminar abstract
17 Apr
Fatima Alauddin
North Central College
Seminar Evaluation Form
Functionality of Mutations in Human COX10, linked to Leigh Syndrome, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae​ Click to see seminar abstract
24 Apr
Brett Stogsdill
North Central College
Seminar Evaluation Form
ClpB as a possible protein "partner" with PCM in long-term stationary phase Escherichia coliClick to see seminar abstract
24 Apr
Amy Adduci
North Central College
Seminar Evaluation Form
Investigating DnaK as a possible ‘partner’ to PCM in Escherichia coliClick to see seminar abstract