Date |
Speaker |
Seminar Topic |
Host |
Wednesday,
Jan. 11
12:10 to 1 p.m.
122 Briggs |
Denise Ferkey, assistant professor, State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
|
"Regulation of Chemosensory Signaling in C. elegans."
(Note: this seminar will not be recorded) |
Hosts: Valerie Williamson, professor of nematology, and Ed Lewis, professor of nematology and entomology and acting chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology |
Wednesday,
Jan. 18
12:10 to 1 p.m.
122 Briggs
|
Anurag Agrawal, professor of ecology at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
|
"Evolutionary Ecology of Plant Defenses." |
Host: Andrew Merwin of the Michael Parrella lab |
Wednesday,
Jan. 25
12:10 to 1 p.m.
122 Briggs |
Mary Louise Flint, Cooperative Extension specialist and associate director for Urban and Community IPM, UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program
|
"Educating the Urban Public about Insect Pests and their Management." |
Host: None |
Wednesday,
Feb. 1
12:10 to 1 p.m.
122 Briggs
|
T’ai Roulston, research associate professor and curator, State Arboretum of Virginia |
"Pollen as a Resource for Pollinators: What Governs Quality?"
|
Host: Neal Williams, assistant professor of entomology |
Wednesday,
Feb. 8
12:10 to 1 p.m.
122 Briggs
|
Damian Elias, assistant professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management |
"Multimodal Communication in Jumping Spiders." |
Host: Leslie Saul of the Neal Williams lab |
Wednesday,
Feb. 15
12:10 to 1 p.m.
122 Briggs |
Jamesina J. Scott, district manager and research director, Lake County Vector Control District
|
"Aedes japonicus -- Tracking an Invasive Mosquito We Knew Very Little About." |
Host: Brittany Mills of the William Reisen lab |
Wednesday,
Feb. 22
12:10 to 1 p.m.
122 Briggs |
Jennifer Thaler, associate professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
|
"Interactive Effects of Host Plant Quality and Predation Risk." |
Host: Billy Krimmel of the Jay Rosenheim lab |
Wednesday,
Feb. 29
12:10 to 1 p.m.
122 Briggs |
Jay Rosenheim, professor of entomology at UC Davis
|
"Insect Ecology in Natural and Agricultural Systems." |
Host:Kelly Hamby of the Frank Zalom lab
|
Wednesday,
March 7
12:10 to 1 p.m.
122 Briggs |
Candice Stafford, graduate student researcher in the Diane Ullman lab
|
"A Virus at the Helm: Infection with Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus Modifies Thrips Feeding Behavior." |
Host: Diane Ullman, professor of entomology and associate dean for undergraduate academic programs in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences |
Wednesday,
March 14
12:10 to 1 p.m.
122 Briggs |
Ulrich Mueller, W. M. Wheeler Lost-Pines Professor of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin |
"Ant-Microbe Interaction and Evolution. |
Host: Marek Borowiec of the Phil Ward lab |
Wednesday,
March 21
12:10 to 1 p.m.
122 Briggs |
Stephen Welter, professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, UC Berkeley, and associate dean of instruction and student affairs |
"Pheromone Mating Disruption Systems for Management of Insects in Perennial Crops: New Successes with Old Problems."
(Note: this seminar will not be recorded) |
Host: Steve Seybold, UC Davis Department of Entomology affiliate |
Contact information: Louie Yang: (530) 754-3261 or lhyang@ucdavis.edu
Joanna Chiu: (530) 752-1839 or jcchiu@ucdavis.edu |
