September 3
Antonino Cusumano, University of Palermo, Italy
“Extrinsic and intrinsic competition between
two egg parasitoids of a true bug”
Hosted by: Raul Medina
September 10
** NOTE: Perry Adkisson Distinguished Speaker **
Gregory Sword, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney
“Its what’s inside that counts: the central role of
nutritional ecology in locust and Mormon cricket mass migration”
Hosted by: Paul Lenhart
September 17
Jason Rasgon, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute,
and The W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
“Heritable microbes for malaria control”
Hosted by: Michel Slotman
September 24
Nicole Gerado, Dept. of Biology, Emory University
“The pea aphid immune response in
relation to both pathogens and symbionts”
Hosted by: Cecilia Tamborindeguy
October 1
David Soderlund, Dept. of Entomology, Cornell University
“Mechanisms of insecticide action and
resistance at the voltage-gated sodium channel”
Hosted by: Patricia Pietrantonio
October 8
Tony Joern, Division of Biological Sciences, Kansas State University
“Grasshoppers in food webs: context-dependence,
resources, and the ecology of fear”
Hosted by: Spence Behmer
October 15
Ginger Carney, Dept. of Biology, Texas A&M University
“Modulating Drosophila melanogaster reproduction:
genes, experience, and hormones”
Hosted by: Spence Behmer
October 22
Andrea Joyce, Dept. of Entomology, Texas A&M University
“The role of geography and host-plant species
in the vibrational communication of braconid parasitoid wasps”
Hosted by: Raul Medina
October 28
** NOTE: This seminar is on a WEDNESDAY, and located
in the Horticulture Building (HFSB room 102) **
Michael Parrella, Dept. of Entomology, University of California, Davis
“An international perspective on sustainable
production in greenhouses”
Hosted by: Kevin Heinz
November 5
Blaine Cole, Dept. of Biology, University of Houston
“Measuring fitness in harvester ants”
Hosted by: Micky Eubanks
November 12
Corbin Jones, Dept. of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
“Genetic and evolutionary consequences of
host specialization in Drosophila sechellia”
Hosted by: Aaron Tarone
November 19
Patrick Abbot, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University
“The evolution of sociality and symbiosis in insects:
tragedies, venoms, and other tall tales from aphids and flies”
Hosted by: Spence Behmer