Seminars

Fall 2012

Seminars are Thursdays at 4 PM (refreshments at 3:45) in room 230 of the Marley Building.

 

Date Speaker Affiliation Title
Aug. 30 Welcome reception    
Sept. 6* Richard Stouthamer Department of Entomology, University of California at Riverside The role of molecular markers in invasive species research in Southern California
Sept. 13 Noah Whiteman Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona The evolution of host plant specialization in herbivorous insects
Sept. 20 Armin Moczek* Department of Biology, Indiana University On the origins of novelty and diversity in development and evolution: a case study on beetle horns
Sept. 27 Kathleen Walker Department of Entomology, University of Arizona Science on six legs: Using insects to enrich K-12 education
Oct. 4 Heidi Brown Department of Geography, University of Arizona Look what the cat dragged in: how vector-borne diseases get around
Oct. 11 Patricia Stock Department of Entomology, University of Arizona Steinernema nematodes and their bacterial symbionts: Models of animal-microorganism mutualisms
Oct. 18 Jonathan Cox  Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona Dengue virus: The spitting difference
Oct. 25 Martin von Arx Department of Entomology, University of Arizona Something about water: Humidity gradients signal nectar presence to hawkmoths
Nov. 1 David Wagner Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut Barking up new trees: Letting immatures have their say
Nov. 8  

John McCutcheon

Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Montana  

The role of horizontal gene transfer in the functioning and maintenance of insect endosymbionts with extremely reduced genomes

Nov. 29 Anna Himler Department of Entomology, University of Arizona Dynamics of host-symbiont interactions in whiteflies and fungus-growing ants

*Guest of the PERT Program
Center for Insect Science