All seminars will be held at 4:10 p.m. on Wednesdays, Pacific Time, and will include both in-person and virtual seminars.
The in-person seminars will take place in Room 122 of Briggs Hall, located off Kleiber Hall Drive. These seminars will be recorded for later viewing.
Both virtual and in-person seminars will be broadcast via the Zoom meeting software package (https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/95882849672).
January 11, 2023 - Virtual Only
Dr. Clément Vinauger
Virginia Tech, Department of Biochemistry
Professional Webpage Link
Title: Neural and molecular basis of mosquito behavior
January 18, 2023
Dr. Quinn McFredrick
UC Riverside, Department of Entomology
Professional Webpage Link
Title: The weird world of pathogens, microbes, and meat-eating bees
Watch Recording
January 25, 2023
Dr. Lisa Chamberland
UC Davis, Department of Entomology and Nematology
Professional Webpage Link
Title: Biogeography and eye size evolution of the ogre-faced spiders
Watch Recording
January 31, 2023 - Special Seminar
Dr. Justin Runyon
US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
Professional Webpage Link
Title: Secrets of a long life: Chemical defense of bark beetles by bristlecone pines
Watch Recording
February 1, 2023
Dr. Chris Fettig
US Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station
Professional Webpage Link
Title: Bark beetles: How tiny insects are transforming western forests with a little help from climate change
Watch Recording
February 8, 2023
Dr. Lauren Ponisio
University of Oregon, Institute of Ecology and Evolution
Professional Webpage Link
Title: Disease in plant-pollinator communities
Watch Recording
February 15, 2023
Christine Tabuloc
UC Davis, Department of Entomology and Nematology
Professional Webpage Link
Title: EXIT SEMINAR: Environmental and anthropogenic impact on insect gene expression and physiology
Watch Recording
February 22, 2023
Kyle Lewald
UC Davis, Department of Entomology and Nematology
Professional Webpage Link
Title: EXIT SEMINAR: Using genomic data to understand and prevent the spread of Tuta absoluta
Watch Recording
March 1, 2023
Dr. Dana Nayduch
USDA-ARS Center for Grain & Animal Health Research
Professional Webpage Link
Title: Can surveying microbial communities of house flies help us understand emerging threats to animal and human health?
March 8, 2023
Dr. Amy Worthington
Creighton University, Department of Biology
Professional Webpage Link
Title: A host of hardships: The costs of harboring a long-lived parasite
Watch Recording
March 15, 2023 - Virtual Only
Dr. Sylvain Pincebourde
University of Tours, Insect Biology Research Institute
Professional Webpage Link
Title: The key role of microclimates in modulating the response of ectotherms to climate change
Watch Recording