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DALLAS TWP. &mdash; Misericordia University will launch it&rsquo;s free, four-part biology seminar Thursday with &ldquo;A Look Inside Dinosaur Paleohistology.&rdquo; Histology is the study of biological tissues under a microscope; paleohistology is using the technique on fossils.
				The Department of Biology is presenting the series via Zoom every other week. The seminar &ldquo;provides students and the public with the opportunity to learn more about scientific research. The Oct. 1 event will be presented by Misericordia Assistant Biology Professor Mateusz Wosik. The link to join is https://misericordia.zoom.us/j/96085313602
				The topics and presenters for the other three events were also announced Monday:
				&#8226; Oct. 15, &ldquo;From the Bench to Beira: applying laboratory science as an applied epidemiologist,&rdquo; presented by Olivia McGovern, United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
				&#8226; Oct. 29, a panel discussion, &ldquo;The Language of Water: characterizing water quality parameters in lakes and streams in Northeast PA,&rdquo; with members of the academic department lead by Biology Professor Cosima Wiese.
				&#8226; Nov. 12, &ldquo;Characterizing the Past, Present, and Future Niche Space of Asclepias spp.(milkweed) of the Americas,&rdquo; presented by David Kunkel, student, department of plant biology, ecology, and evolution, Oklahoma State University.

Misericordia offering free bi-weekly biology seminar online