January 28
Jessica E. Light, Associate Professor and Curator of Mammals
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections, Texas A&M University
Are Lice Really That Lousy? Using Lice as Indicators of Host Evolutionary History
Hosted by: Dr. Greg Sword
February 4
Dr. Tom Walsh, Chemical Response Genomics, CSIRO Land & Water Flagship – Australia
Title: “The Old World Bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera: Resistance Management, Resistance Mechanisms, Population Genetics and Genomics”
Hosted by: Greg Sword
February 11
No seminar
February 18
**Graduate Student Recognition & Award Seminar**
Chong Chin Heo
Title: “Ecosystem resilience of carrion experiencing delayed Diptera colonization”
Xanthe Shirley
Title: “Phylogenetic relationships among species in Aphelinus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)”
Wei “Ivy” Chen
Title: “New Aspects of Sterols in Plant-Insect Interactions”
February 25
Jennifer White, Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky
Title: ”Trophic Interactions of Aphids as Mediated by Bacterial Symbionts” Hosted by: Spencer Behmer
March 3
Jonathan Cammack, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University
Title: ” Decomposition Ecology: Beyond Bugs and Bodies “
Co-hosted by: Jeff Tomberlin
March 10
Michel Slotman, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University
Title: “The Genetics of Human Host Seeking in Mosquitoes”
Hosted by: Michel Slotman
March 17
No Seminar – Spring Break
March 24
Jon N. Seal, Department of Biology, University of Texas at Tyler
Title: “Specificity and Homeostasis in an Obligate Symbiosis: An Experimental Approach” Hosted by:
Hosted by: Ed Vargo
March 31
Ted Wilson, Jack B. Wendt Endowed Chair in Rice Research, Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Beaumont
Title: ” Unravelling the Complexities of Managing Crambid Stem Borers in a Landscape of Cultivated and Weedy Hosts “
Hosted by: David Ragsdale
April 7
**Graduate Student Invited Speaker**
Jeffrey Feder, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame
Title: “The Genomics of Population Divergence: Across the Speciation Boundary in Rhagoletis Fruit Flies” Hosted by: Carl Hjelmen/Graduate Students
April 14
Deborah Finke, Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri
Title: “Beyond Consumption: The Unexpected Benefits of Natural Enemies in Agroecosystems”
Hosted by: Raul Medina
April 21
Steven E. Naranjo, USDA-ARS, Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center
Title: “The Transformational Role of Biological Control in Cotton”
Hosted by: Greg Sword
April 28
Warren Booth, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Tulsa
Title: “Comparative Spatiotemporal Genetic Structuring in Cimicid Insects”
Hosted by: Ed Vargo