UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGY AND NEMATOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Entomology and Nematology Department Seminar Series

archived seminars


Fall, 2006

Fall, 2003 - Spring, 2005

 

Fall 2007

September 6 - Dr. Peter Teal, USDA. Gainesville, FL. "Multitrophic Interactions Between Insects, Fungi and Plants: Using Naturally Produced Chemicals to Solve an Invasive Species Problem". (Organizer: Murugesan Rangasamy)

September 13 - Dr. Mirian Medina Hay-Roe, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity. Gainesville, FL. "Chemical Ecology and Behavioral Studies of Neotropical Butterflies" (Organizer: Seth Bybee)

September 20 - Dr. Christine Miller, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana. Missoula, MT. "Maternal Effects and Sexual selection in the Heliconia Bug (Leptoscelis tricolor)". (Organizer: Amit Sethi)

September 27 - Dr. Gene Kritsky, College of Mount St. Joseph. Cincinnati, OH. "Periodical Cicadas, the Plague and the Puzzle". (Organizer: Murugesan Rangasamy)

October 4 - Dr. Jessica Light, Florida Museum of Natural History "Evolutionary History of Host-parasite Associations: Mammals and their Ectoparasitic Lice". (Organizer: Jennifer Zaspel)

October 11 - Dr. Fiona Goggin, Department of Entomology, University of Arkansas. Fayetteville, AR. "Plant-aphid interactions: Molecular and Ecological Perspectives." (Organizer: Murugesan Rangasamy)

October 18 - Dr. Mike Strand, Department of Entomology, University of Georgia. Athens, GA. "Polydnaviruses: Symbionts and Potent Immunosuppressive Pathogens of Insects." (Organizer: Craig Roubos)

October 25 - Dr. Ron Cherry, IFAS, Everglades Research and Education Center. Belle Glade, FL. "Insects in Aboriginal Mythologies around the World". (Organizer: Murugesan Rangasamy)

November 1 - Dr. Alex Wilson, Department of Biology, University of Miami. "Superclones: A Functional Genomics Approach". (Organizer: Amit Sethi)

November 8 - Dr. Judith Becerra, Department of Entomology, University of Arizona. Tucson, AZ. "The Impact of Plant-Herbivore Coevolution on the Chemical Structure of Tropical Plant Communities". (Organizer: Amit Sethi)

November 15 - Dr. Alfred Handler, USDA. Gainesville, FL. "Development of Transgenic Insects for Functional Genomics and Biological Control". (Organizer: Amit Sethi)

November 29 - Dr. Ken Fedorka, Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL. "Sexual Conflict, Immune Function and the Evolution of Insect Mating Strategies." (Organizer: Amit Sethi)


Seminar Committee: Murugesan Rangasamy (Chair), Amit Sethi, Craig Roubos, Seth Bybee, Andrew Derksen, Corraine Scott and Jennifer Zaspel.

 

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