April 23, 2009
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| Noah Whiteman |
DAVIS—Molecular biologist Noah Whiteman of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, will lecture on "Mining Plant and Insect Herbivore Genomes: Insights into the Molecular Basis of Plant Defense and Insect Counter-Defense" on Thursday, April 30 in 122 Briggs Hall.
The lecture, open to all, is set for 12:10 to 1 p.m. with 30 minutes available for any extended discussion. Host is Peter Cranston, UC Davis professor of entomology.
The postdoctoral scholar studies the molecular, ecological and evolutionary basis of host-parasite interactions.
Whiteman received his bachelor's degree, cum laude (with distinction) , from St. John's University, Minn.; his master's in entomology, University of Missouri-Columbia; and his doctorate in biology from the University of Missouri, St. Louis.
For more information, contact Cranston at (530) 754-5803 or e-mail him at pscranston@ucdavis.edu.
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--Kathy Keatley Garvey
Communications specialist
UC Davis Department of Entomology
(530) 754-6894
