Seminars, News & Events

Background & Philosophy

The weekly seminar series named for R. Melville Cramer (Dartmouth 1877) in honor of his interest in promoting graduate education in biology. Towards this end, graduate students, faculty, and associates are encouraged to invite creative and productive scholars from other institutions to visit the Department of Biological Sciences at Dartmouth College, present an open seminar, and engage in scientific discussions. Visits are typically a couple of days with a seminar on Friday. Fall term 2026 seminars will be Fridays at 2:10 pm, unless otherwise noted.  A priority of the seminar series is to engage leading scientists from around the world to participate as outside committee members for Ph.D. students in the Department of Biological Sciences. Because interests within the department range from molecules to ecosystems, we also seek guests whose research seminar will be of interest to a diverse community of biologists.

All seminars are held in the Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center unless otherwise noted. Fall term 2026 seminar location: Room 201, Life Sciences Center.

To inquire about scheduling a Cramer Seminar speaker, please contact Prof. Eric Schaller.

Cramer Series Schedule

Please see the home page events listing for Cramer Series Scheduling or the News and Events page.

 

Date Time Speaker's Name Topic Host(s)
Fri. 09/18/26 2:10 PM No Seminar
Fri. 09/25/26 2:10 PM Shai Pilosof, Ben-Gurion University Predicting Species Interaction Without Ground Truth Kathy Cottingham
Fri. 10/02/26 2:10 PM HOLD - Homecoming - pending hotel TBA
Fri. 10/09/26 2:10 PM Tracy Punshon, Dartmouth College Elemental Imaging From Synchrotron to Shared Resource: Quantifying the Multidimensional Biology of the Elements Mark McPeek/Kathy Cottingham
Fri. 10/16/26 2:10 PM TBA
Fri. 10/23/26 2:10 PM Stephanie Gupton, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill TBA Mike Hoppa
Fri. 10/30/26 2:10 PM Tyler Kartzinel, Brown University Nutritional Modeling Reveals Cryptic Dietary Niche Partitioning Among the Large Herbivores of Yellowstone Mark McPeek
Fri. 11/06/26 2:10 PM Robert Edwards, University of California - San Francisco TBA Cameron Paton/Mike Hoppa
Fri. 11/13/26 2:10 PM Daniel Weissman, Emory University TBA Carey Nadell
Fri. 01/08/27 2:10 PM Tentative TBA
Fri. 01/15/27 2:10 PM Tentative TBA
Fri. 01/22/27 2:10 PM Tentative Michael Welte, University of Rochester TBA Anusha Bhatt/Amanda Amodeo
Fri. 01/29/27 2:10 PM Tentative TBA
Fri. 02/05/27 2:10 PM Tentative TBA
Fri. 02/12/27 2:10 PM Tentative TBA
Fri. 02/19/27 2:10 PM Tentative TBA
Fri. 02/26/27 2:10 PM Tentative TBA
Fri. 03/05/27 2:10 PM Tentative TBA
Mon. 03/08/27 2:10 PM Tentative HOLD - EEES Recruiting TBA Kathy Cottingham/EEES Grad Program
Fri. 04/02/27 2:10 PM Tentatitve TBA
Fri. 04/09/27 2:10 PM Tentative TBA
Fri. 04/16/27 2:10 PM Tentative Eran Meshorer, Hebrew University of Jerusalem TBA Amanda Amodeo
Fri. 04/23/27 2:10 PM Tentative TBA
Fri. 04/30/27 2:10 PM Tentative Allyson Sgro, HHMI Janelia TBA Carey Nadell
Fri. 05/07/27 2:10 PM Tentative TBA
Fri. 05/14/27 2:10 PM Tentative HOLD - UG Thesis TBA
Fri. 05/21/27 2:10 PM Tentative HOLD - UG Thesis TBA
Fri. 05/28/27 2:10 PM Tentative HOLD - UG Thesis TBA

Fri. 09/18/26

2:10 PM

No Seminar

Fri. 09/25/26

2:10 PM

Shai Pilosof, Ben-Gurion University

Predicting Species Interaction Without Ground Truth

Kathy Cottingham

Fri. 10/02/26

2:10 PM

HOLD - Homecoming - pending hotel

TBA

Fri. 10/09/26

2:10 PM

Tracy Punshon, Dartmouth College

Elemental Imaging From Synchrotron to Shared Resource: Quantifying the Multidimensional Biology of the Elements

Mark McPeek/Kathy Cottingham

Fri. 10/16/26

2:10 PM

TBA

Fri. 10/23/26

2:10 PM

Stephanie Gupton, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

TBA

Mike Hoppa

Fri. 10/30/26

2:10 PM

Tyler Kartzinel, Brown University

Nutritional Modeling Reveals Cryptic Dietary Niche Partitioning Among the Large Herbivores of Yellowstone

Mark McPeek

Fri. 11/06/26

2:10 PM

Robert Edwards, University of California - San Francisco

TBA

Cameron Paton/Mike Hoppa

Fri. 11/13/26

2:10 PM

Daniel Weissman, Emory University

TBA

Carey Nadell

Fri. 01/08/27

2:10 PM Tentative

TBA

Fri. 01/15/27

2:10 PM Tentative

TBA

Fri. 01/22/27

2:10 PM Tentative

Michael Welte, University of Rochester

TBA

Anusha Bhatt/Amanda Amodeo

Fri. 01/29/27

2:10 PM Tentative

TBA

Fri. 02/05/27

2:10 PM Tentative

TBA

Fri. 02/12/27

2:10 PM Tentative

TBA

Fri. 02/19/27

2:10 PM Tentative

TBA

Fri. 02/26/27

2:10 PM Tentative

TBA

Fri. 03/05/27

2:10 PM Tentative

TBA

Mon. 03/08/27

2:10 PM Tentative

HOLD - EEES Recruiting

TBA

Kathy Cottingham/EEES Grad Program

Fri. 04/02/27

2:10 PM Tentatitve

TBA

Fri. 04/09/27

2:10 PM Tentative

TBA

Fri. 04/16/27

2:10 PM Tentative

Eran Meshorer, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

TBA

Amanda Amodeo

Fri. 04/23/27

2:10 PM Tentative

TBA

Fri. 04/30/27

2:10 PM Tentative

Allyson Sgro, HHMI Janelia

TBA

Carey Nadell

Fri. 05/07/27

2:10 PM Tentative

TBA

Fri. 05/14/27

2:10 PM Tentative

HOLD - UG Thesis

TBA

Fri. 05/21/27

2:10 PM Tentative

HOLD - UG Thesis

TBA

Fri. 05/28/27

2:10 PM Tentative

HOLD - UG Thesis

TBA

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