September 5
Dr. Sanford Eigenbrode, University of Idaho
“Chemical Ecology and Vector Manipulation by Plant Viruses”
Hosted by: Dr. Kevin Heinz
September 12
Estelle Martin (Hamer Lab), Texas A&M University
“Suitability of “South Texas” to support local transmission of Zika virus”
September 19
Dr. Diane Wiernasz Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston
“Consequences of multiple mating in harvester ants”
Hosted by: Dr. Ed Vargo
September 26
Dr. Christine Merlin, Department of Biology, Texas A&M University
“Monarch butterfly, migration and magnetoreception: from behavior to molecules”
Hosted by: Dr. Michel Slotman
October 3
Dr. Kirsten Stelinski, Associate Center Director and Associate Professor Entomology, University of Florida – Gainesville, FL
“Microbial Ecology of the Asian Citrus Psyllid: Interactions and Applications”
Hosted by: Dr. Cecilia Tamborindeguy
October 10
Dr. Aaron Tarone, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University
“Ten years of molecular decomposition biology at Texas A&M”
October 17
Dr. Lyric Bartholomay, University of Wisconsin
“96 hours in the mosquito ovary”
Host: Dr. Patricia Pietrantonio
October 24
Dr. John Tooker, Professor of Entomology and Extension Specialist, Pennsylvania State University
“Toxic slugs and plants that can smell: unexpected drivers of herbivore populations in agricultural and natural systems”
Host: Dr. Anjel Helms
October 31
Dr. John Beckmann, Assistant Professor, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University
“Wolbachia Cytoplasmic Incompatibility Enzyme CidB Targets Nuclear Import and Protamine-Histone Exchange Factors”
Host: Dr. Adela Oliva Chavez
November 7
Dr. Andrew Suarez, Professor and Head, Department of Animal Biology and Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois
“Biomechanics and evolution of power-amplified systems in ants”
Host: Invited by students (Kyle Gilder)
November 14
No Seminar – Student ESA Practice Seminar
November 21
No Seminar – ESA Annual Meeting
November 28
Thanksgiving Holiday
December 5
Dr. Mike Kaspari, Presidential Professor of Biology, George Lynn Cross Research Professor, University of Oklahoma
“Grasshoppers, Ants, and Vials Full of Slugs: Notes from the Insect Apocalypse.”
Host: Dr. Spence Behmer