January 23
Dr. Mary Jane Epps, Department of Biology, Mary Baldwin University
Title: “When butterflies beat the birds and the bees: Cryptic specialization in a pollination mutualism”
Hosted by Joanie King on behalf of the EGSO
January 30
Graduate Recruiting Event
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- Pierre Lau – Title “Honey bee macronutrient regulation: A rational approach on honey bee ecology and physiology”
- Xiaotian Tang – Title “Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ inhibits apoptostis in Bactericera cockerelli gut to facilitate its acquisition and colonization”
- Jennifer Rhinesmith – Carranza – Title “Inter- and intraspecific effects on carrion volatile emissions and attraction of two primary colonizers, Nicrophorus vespilloides (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Silphidae) and Lucilia sericata (Meigen) (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
February 6
Dr. Jiaxin Lei, Department of Entomology, TAMU
Title: Circadian clock and plant defense
Hosted by Keyan Zhu-Salzman
February 13
Dr. Alisa Huffaker, Division of Biological Sciences, UC San Diego
Title: Identifying components of Panicoid defense responses using association mapping
Hosted by Ada Szczepaniec
February 20
No Seminar
February 27
Dr. Hsiao-Hsuan (Rose) Wang, Department of Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, TAMU
Title: Death (Cochliomyia macellaria), disease (Phlebotomus argentipes), quarantine (Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus), and bankruptcy (Melanaphis sacchari): A systems ecologist’s perspective on complex socio-environmental problems involving spineless creatures
Hosted by Aaron Tarone
March 5
Dr. Pierre-André Eyer, Department of Entomology, TAMU
Title: Colony structures and mating strategies of different invasive ant species
Hosted by Ed Vargo
March 12
Spring Break
March 19
Dr. Monika Gulia-Nuss, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno
Title: Cas9-mediated gene-editing in the black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis, by embryo injection and ReMOT
Control
Hosted by Patricia Pietrantonio
March 26
Dr. Will Wetzel, Department of Entomology, Michigan State University
Title: Plant diversity and the ecology of plant-insect interactions
Hosted by Micky Eubanks
April 2
Dr. Aaron Gassman, Department of Entomology, Iowa State University
Title: TBA
Hosted by Spence Behmer
April 9
Dr. Felicity Muth, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin
Title: “New insights into the cognitive ecology of pollination”
Hosted by Anjel Helms
April 16
Dr. M. Deane Bowers, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado
Title: “Caterpillars and chemistry: Host plant consequences for insect defense”
Hosted by Alex Payne on behalf of the Aggie Women in Entomology
April 23
Dr. Wulfila Gronenberg, Department of Neuroscience, University of Arizona
Title: Social insects – social brains?
Hosted by Patricia Pietrantonio