September 6
Andrew Birt, Dept of Entomology, TAMU
“Population dynamics of insects in landscapes: risk, hazard and exposure ”
Hosted by: Spence Behmer
September 20
Larry Hanks, Dept. of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
“Decoding pheromone channels of the longhorned beetles”
**CANCELED – TO BE RESCHEDULED FOR SPRING 2008**
Hosted by: Micky Eubanks
September 27
Jay Siegel, Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis“Chemistry and crime: the analysis of evidence of forensic interest”
Hosted by: Jeff Tomberlin
October 4
Que Lan, Dept. of Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Cholesterol transport in the midgut: more than just sterol carrier protein-2”
Hosted by: Spence Behmer
October 18
Steve Franks, Dept. of Entomology, TAMU
“The consequences of omnivory and alternative food
for the strength of trophic cascades”Hosted by: Micky Eubanks
October 25
Raymond St. Leger, Dept. of Entomology, University of Maryland
“Using genomics, the insect immune system and a scorpion neurotoxin to make entomopathogenic fungi hypervirulent to mosquitoes, caterpillars and beetles”
Hosted by: Raul Medina
November 8
Larry Murdock, Dept. of Entomology, Purdue University
“Cowpea grain storage in Africa: the villain, the victim
and the happy (or at least Hopeful) ending”Hosted by: Keyan Zhu-Salzman
November 15
Michael Stout, Dept. of Entomology, Louisiana State University
“Using induced plant defenses to manage pests in rice”
Hosted by: Spence Behmer