- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
They are coordinated by assistant professors Brian Johnson and Joanna Chiu.
Wednesday, Oct. 2 (cancelled, due to government shutdown)
Jay Evans
Research entomologist, USDA-ARS Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville, MD
Title of talk: "Bee Disease Resistance and Colony Health"
Wednesday, Oct. 9
Rob DeSalle
Curator of entomology, American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)
Affiliated with AMNH Division of Invertebrate Zoology and leads a group of researchers at the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics,
Title of talk: “The Tree of Life is Dead, Long Live the Tree of Life”
Host: Joanna Chiu, assistant professor
Wednesday, Oct. 16
Sandra Gillespie
Postdoctoral researcher
Neal Williams lab
Department of Entomology and Nematology, UC Davis
Title of talk: "Parasites and Pesticides: Indirect Effects on Pollination Service"
Wednesday, Oct. 23
Ivan Schwab
Director of Cornea and External Disease Service
Professor of Ophthalmology
Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science
UC Davis Health System, Sacramento
Title of talk: "Vision from Trilobites to Trichogammatids: How the Arthropods See"
Wednesday, Oct. 30
Robert Reiner
Post-doctoral research fellow
Thomas Scott lab and Fogarty International Center
UC Davis
Title of talk: “A Quantitative Method for Estimating Spatio-Temporal Mosquito Abundance”
Host: Thomas Scott
Wednesday, Nov. 6
Patrick Abbot
Associate professor
Department of Biological Sciences Vanderbilt University, Nashville Tenn.
Title of talk: “Cooperation and Conflict at the Plant/Insect Interface”
Host: Brian Johnson, assistant professor
Wednesday, Nov. 13
Gregory Lanzaro
Professor
Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Title of talk: "Anthropogenic Forces Drive the Breakdown of Reproductive Isolation between Incipient Species of the African Malaria Mosquito."
Wednesday, Nov. 20
Thomas and Nina Leigh Distinguished Alumni Lecture
6 to 7 p.m. in Memorial Union II. A reception from 5 to 6 p.m. will precede the seminar.
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Kenneth Haynes
Professor
Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.
Title of talk: "Life Undercover: Behavioral Characteristics of a Stealthy Blood Feeder"
Host: Michael Parrella, professor and chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
Wednesday, Nov. 27
No speaker (Thanksgiving Week)
Wednesday, Dec. 4 (Due to midwest storms and a flight delay, his seminar will be from 4:10 to 5 p.m. instead of at 12:10)
George Heimpel
Professor and director of Graduate Studies
Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul
Title of talk: "Specificity and the Process of Biological Control Using Aphid Parasitoids"
Host: Jay Rosenheim, professor
Wednesday, Dec. 11
Gerben Messelink
Entomologist at Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture, Rotterdam Area, Netherlands
Title of talk: "Generalist Predators and Biological Pest Control in Greenhouse Crops"
Host: Michael Parrella, professor and chair, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
The seminars are scheduled to be video-recorded and posted on a later date on UCTV in a project coordinated by professor James R. Carey.
