Here is the list of the 2015 fall seminars hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. All seminars will take place from 12:10 to 1 p.m. on Wednesdays in 122 Briggs Hall, except for the Tom and Nina Leigh Distinguished Alumni Seminar, which will be held in the evening,  date and place to be announced. 

Sept. 30
Ola Lundin
Postdoctoral scholar, Department of Entomology and Nematology, UC Davis
Title: Ecology and Management of Crop Pollination and Pest Control
Host: Neal Williams, associate professor

Oct. 7
Saul Cunningham
Researcher, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)
Title: Future Crop Pollination: the View from Down Under
Host: Neal Williams. associate professor

Oct. 14
Luke Alphey
Visiting Professor, University of Oxford
Title: Genetic Control of Pest Insects
Host: Diane Ullman, professor
GS3 seminar speaker, sponsored by the Storer Endowment

Oct. 21
Isgouhi Kaloshian
Professor of Nematology, Department of Entomology and Nematology, UC Davis
Title: Unraveling How Aphids and Associated Microbes Modulate Plant Immunity
Host: Diane Ullman, professsor

Oct. 28
Nicolas Svetec 
Postdoctoral Fellow, Begun Lab, UC Davis
Title: The Adaptive Significance of Natural Genetic Variation in the DNA Damage Response of Drosophila melanogaster
Host: Joanna Chiu, assistant professor

Nov. 4
Paul Pratt
Research Entomologist, USDA
Title: Florida's Melaleuca Invasion: The End of an Error
Host: Michael Parrella, professor and chair of the department

Dec. 2 (Leigh Seminar)
Tim Paine, Tom and Nina Leigh Distinguished Alumni Speaker
Professor of Entomology, UC Riverside
Title: Insect Invasion Biology and California Landscapes
This special event will be held in the evening: more details to be announced.

For further information, contact coordinator Diane Ullman at deullman@ucdavis.edu