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