Fall 2026 Animal Behavior Graduate Group Seminar Series

Animal Behavior Graduate Group Seminar Series (Fall 2026)

Fridays at 9:30AM in Green Hall 1022

Graduate students: ANB 290 CRN: 20811

Undergraduate students: NPB 190C: 38603

For questions, contact Felicity Muth ([email protected])

Date of SeminarSpeakerSpeaker InstitutionTitle of Talk
September 25, 2026Dr. Sarah KocherUC BerkeleyRepeated evolution of sociality in sweat bees provides new insights into the evolution of social behavior
October 2, 2026Dr. Ashley MensingUC DavisRevisiting the aggression-boldness syndrome in a cognitively complex primate
October 9, 2026Dr. Jonas HenskeUC DavisChemical Communication in Orchid Bees
October 16, 2026Dr. Laura SteinUniversity of OklahomaIt's All in the Family: Parents, stress, and plasticity's role in evolution
October 23, 2026Dr. Jenna HulkeTexas Biomedical Research InstituteCauses and Consequences of doing it with oneself: our current understanding of neodermatan hermaphroditic mating systems
October 30, 2026Dr. Anaid Cárdenas-NavarreteUC DavisBehavioral flexibility and resilience to disturbed and novel environments in primates
November 6, 2026Dr. Cathy MarlerUniversity of Wisconsin - MadisonDo Hormones Just Turn Behavior On or Off or is Context Important? 
November 13, 2026Dr. Becca YoungUT AustinNeurotranscriptomic Insights into the Evolution and Development of Complex Behavior
November 20, 2026Dr. Hannah JustenUC DavisWhen tadpoles fight: How early-life experiences shape behavior and the brain in the long-term
November 27, 2026NO SEMINAR  
December 4, 2026Jacob JohnsonUC Davis - Exit SeminarUncovering Bird Behavior in Postfire and Urban Environments
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