Dr. Lyric Bartholomay, University of Wisconsin Title: “96 hours in the mosquito ovary” Host: Dr. Patricia Pietrantonio

Dr. John Tooker, Professor of Entomology and Extension Specialist, Pennsylvania State University “Toxic slugs chart a path back to IPM” Host: Dr. Anjel Helms

Dr. John Beckmann, Assistant Professor, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University “Wolbachia Cytoplasmic Incompatibility Enzyme CidB Targets Nuclear Import and Protamine-Histone Exchange Factors” Host: Dr. Adela Oliva Chavez

Dr. Andrew Suarez, Professor and Head, Department of Animal Biology and Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois “Biomechanics and evolution of power-amplified systems in ants” Host: Invited by students (Kyle Gilder)

Dr. Mike Kaspari, Presidential Professor of Biology, George Lynn Cross Research Professor, University of Oklahoma “Grasshoppers, Ants, and Vials Full of Slugs: Notes from the Insect Apocalypse.”

Dr. Mary Jane Epps, Department of Biology, Mary Baldwin University Title: TBA

Graduate Recruiting Event Pierre Lau – Title “Honey bee macronutrient regulation: A rational approach on honey bee ecology and physiology” Xiaotian Tang – Title “Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ inhibits apoptostis in Bactericera cockerelli gut to facilitate its acquisition and colonization” Jennifer Rhinesmith – Carranza – Title “Inter- and intraspecific effects on carrion volatile emissions and attraction […]

Dr. Jiaxin Lei, Department of Entomology, TAMU Title: Circadian clock and plant defense

Dr. Alisa Huffaker, Division of Biological Sciences, UC San Diego Title: Identifying components of Panicoid defense responses using association mapping

Dr. Pierre-André Eyer, Department of Entomology, TAMU The title of his seminar will be “Colony structures and mating strategies of different invasive ant species”