Emily Meineke, seminar coordinator

Eight of the 10 seminars are both in-person and virtual, while two will be virtual only. The in-person seminars will take place from 4:10 to 5 p.m. (Pacific Time) on Wednesdays in Room 122 of Briggs Hall, located off Kleiber Drive. All seminars will live-streamed on Zoom and recorded for future viewing. The Zoom link: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/95882849672.

The topics range from bark beetles and meat-eating bees to exit seminars by two UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology doctoral candidates.

Wednesday, Jan. 11--Virtual Only 
Clément Vinauger, Ph.D. 
Assistant professor
Virginia Tech Department of Biochemistry 
Title: "Neural and Molecular Basis of Mosquito Behavior"
Host: Joanna Chiu, professor and vice chair, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

Wednesday, Jan. 18
Quinn McFredrick, Ph.D.
Assistant professor
UC Riverside Department of Entomology
Title: "The Weird World of Pathogens, Microbes, and Meat-Eating Bees"

Wednesday, Jan. 25
Lisa Chamberland, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral fellow, Jason Bond Lab
UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
Title: Pending
Host: Jason Bond, the Evert and Marion Schlinger Endowed Chair, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and associate dean, UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. 

Wednesday, Feb. 1
Chris Fettig, Ph.D.
Research entomologist
U. S. Forest Service
Title: "Bark Beetles: How Tiny Insects Are Transforming Western Forests with a Little Help from Climate Change'

Wednesday, Feb. 8
Lauren Ponisio, Ph.D.
Assistant professor
University of Oregon Department of Biology
Title: "Disease in Plant-Pollinator Communities"
Host: Rachel Vannette, associate professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

Wednesday, Feb. 15
Christine Tabuloc, doctoral candidate
Molecular geneticist, Joanna Chiu lab
UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
Title: (Title pending; this is her exit seminar)
Host: Joanna Chiu, professor and vice chair, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

Wednesday, Feb. 22
Kyle Lewald, doctoral candidate
Molecular geneticist, Joanna Chiu lab
UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
Title: "Using Genomic Data to Understand and Prevent the Spread of Tuta absoluta" (exit seminar)
Host: Joanna Chiu, professor and vice chair, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

Wednesday, March 1
Dana Nayduch, Ph.D.
Research entomologist
USDA-ARS Center for Grain and Animal Health Research
Title: "Can Surveying Microbial Communities of House Flies Help Us Understand Emerging Threats to Animal and Human Health?"

Wednesday, March 8
Amy Worthington, Ph.D.
Assistant professor
Creighton University Department of Biology
Title: "A Host of Hardships: The Costs of Harboring a Long-Lived Parasite"
Host: Joanna Chiu, professor and vice chair, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

Wednesday, March 15 -- Virtual Only
Sylvain Pincebourde, Ph.D.
Researcher
University of Tours, Insect Biology Research Institute
Title: "The Key Role of Microclimates in Modulating the Response of Ectotherms to Climate Change"
Host: Emily Meineke, assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

The Department of Entomology and Nematology, ranked among the top entomology departments in the United States, is chaired by nematologist and professor Steve Nadler. Vice chair is molecular geneticist and physiologist Joanna Chiu.

For further information on the seminars or technical difficulties with Zoom, contact Meineke at ekmeineke@ucdavis.edu.