Entomology

Seminar Schedule

Seminar Speaker Information Form

Spring 2012 Seminar Schedule

All seminars take place Monday from 11:15 am-12:05 pm in Room 404A of the Biological Sciences Building, unless otherwise noted.

January 9

First Day of Class, (orientation/syllabi)

January 16

Holiday - MLK

January 23

Dr. Patricia Moore, Department of Entomology, UGA "The Role of Reproductive Physiology in Ameliorating the Effects of Food Stress"

January 30

Dr. Brian Forschler, Department of Entomology, UGA
"An Entomological Perspective on the Tsunami-torn Cities in Tohoku, Japan"

February 6

Dr. Kevin Clark, Department of Entomology, UGA
"Tyr'd of Melanization? A New Look at an Old Reaction in Insects"

February 13

Dr. Julian Hilyer, Department of Biology, Vanderbilt University
"Physiological Interaction Between the Mosquito Circulatory and Immune Systems: Cellular Immunology from an Organismal Perspective"

February 20

Dr. Jim Tumlinson, Department of Entomology, Penn State University
"Insect Herbivore-Produced Elicitors of Plant Volatiles: Chemistry and Biological Activity"

February 27

Dr. David Shapiro, USDA ARS
"Beneficial Trait Enhancement and Stabilization in Entomopathogenic Nematodes"

March 5

No Seminar - SE Branch ESA Meeting

March 12

Spring Break

March 19

Dr. Benjamin Normark, Department of Entomology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
"Extreme Polyphagy and the Evolutionary Biology of Armored Scale Insects"

March 26

Dr. Babu Srinivasan, Department of Entomology, UGA Tifton Campus
"Characterization of Thrips-Host Plant Interactions in Two Tospovirus Pathosystems"

April 2

TBA

April 9

Dr. Will Hudson, Department of Entomology, UGA
"Atherigona reversura (Diptera: Muscidae) in Georgia hay fields - an invasive problem from an Extension perspective"

April 16

Dr. Lynn Riddiford, Janelia Farm Research Campus HHMI, Ashburn, VA
"Roles of Juvenile Hormone in Drosophila Metamorphosis and Reproductive Behavior"

April 23

H.O. LUND SEMINAR
Dr. David Maddison, Department of Zoology, Oregon State University
"Molecular and Morphological Surprises: Unexpected Clades and Hidden Species in the Ground Beetle Genus Bembidion"

April 30

Last Day of Classes
No Seminar

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