Marvin Seminars are held on Wednesdays from 1:00-2:00 p.m. in Jeffords 110. Attendees gather afterward from 2:00-2:30 p.m. in Jeffords 111 to socialize and enjoy refreshments.
Seminars this semester will be held in person with a simultaneous livestream via Microsoft Teams. If you would like to attend a seminar remotely, please email plantbio@uvm.edu to request a link to the MS Teams live stream.
The current seminar schedule is posted below. Marvin Seminar schedules for previous academic years can be found here.
Fall 2025 Marvin Seminar Schedule
Spring 2026 Marvin Seminar Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Seminar Title |
|---|---|---|
| January 21 | Prof. Liana Burghardt, Penn State | Picking Partners: Host selectivity and rewards in the legume-rhizobia symbiosis |
| January 28 | TBA | TBA |
| February 4 | TBA | TBA |
| February 11 | TBA | TBA |
| February 18 | Prof. Dominique Gravel, Université de Sherbrooke | TBA |
| February 25 | TBA | TBA |
| March 4 | Prof. John Salogiannis, Larner College of Medicine | TBA |
| March 11 | SPRING BREAK | NO SEMINAR |
| March 18 | Dr. Ari Freedman, UVM Plant Bio | The role of behavior in human and animal infectious disease dynamic: considerations for modeling and control |
| March 25 | TBA | TBA |
| April 1 | Dr. Karsten Fatur, UVM Plant Bio | TBA |
| April 8 | Prof. Guillaume de Lafontaine, Université du Québec à Rimouski | TBA |
| April 15 | TBA | TBA |
| April 15 | TBA | TBA |
| April 22 | TBA | TBA |
| April 29 | TBA | TBA |