Fall QUARTER 2022
September 21, 2022
Nicholas Miller
Illinois Tech
Professional Webpage Link
Title: Adaptation in the cornfield, research in the classroom
Watch Recording
September 28, 2022
Nissa Coit
UC Davis Dept. of Entomology and Nematology
Professional Webpage Link
Title: EXIT SEMINAR: Effects of ethyl oleate pheromone on honey bee (Apis mellifera) overwintering Physiology
Watch Recording
October 05, 2022
Olivia Winokur
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Professional Webpage Link
Title: EXIT SEMINAR: Temperature drives transmission of mosquito-borne pathogens: improving entomological estimates for Aedes aegypti-borne virus transmission risk
Watch Recording
October 12, 2022
Julian Dupuis
University of Kentucky
Professional Webpage Link
Title: Developing genomics-based molecular diagnostic tools for recurrently invading tephritid pests
Watch Recording
October 19, 2022
Dr. Filipa Rijo-Ferreira
UC Berkeley
Professional Webpage Link
Title: Circadian Rhythms in Parasitic Diseases
Watch Recording
October 26, 2022
Yao Cai
UC Davis Dept. of Entomology and Nematology
Professional Webpage Link
Title: EXIT SEMINAR: How do flies tell the time of day?
Watch Recording
November 02, 2022
Dr. Wanhe Li
Texas A&M
Professional Webpage Link
Title: How Time Flies During Lock-down? – Mechanisms Underlying Chronic Social Isolation-induced Sleep Loss in Drosophila
November 09, 2022 - Virtual Only
Dr. Xoaquín Moreira
Biological Mission of Galicia
Professional Webpage Link
Title: Insularity effects on plant-herbivore interactions: searching for biotic and abiotic explanatory variables to promote insular biodiversity conservation
Watch Recording
November 16, 2022
Dr. Cynthia Gleason
Washington State University
Professional Webpage Link
Title: How do we help potato growers combat the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne chitwoodi?
Watch Recording
December 07, 2022 - Virtual Only
Dr. Mônica Ulyssea
Universidade de São Paulo Museu de Zoologia
Professional Webpage Link
Title: Morphology for assessing species diversity and previously unknown biological
traits of the ant genus Hylomyrma
Watch Recording
Spring QUARTER 2022
March 30, 2022
Ziad Khouri
UC Davis
Title:Scoliid wasp evolution and some adventures with posterior predictive simulation
Watch Recording
April 6, 2022 - VIRTUAL
Makedonka Mitreva
Washignton University School of Medicine
Title:Multi-omics applications in helminth research
Watch Recording
April 13, 2022
Tobin Hammer
University of Texas Austin
Title:“Mystery of the missing microbes: why do bees keep losing their symbionts?”
Watch Recording
April 20, 2022
Jared Ali
Penn State University
Title:Chemical Ecology of Plant Defense and Multi-trophic Interactions: Bad Bugs, Pungent Parasites and Toxic Travelers
Watch Recording
April 27, 2022 - VIRTUAL
Heather Bruce
Marine Biological Laboratory; University of California, Berkeley;
Title:Evolution and development of arthropod appendages: novelty and homology
Watch Recording
May 4, 2022 - VIRTUAL
Scott McArt
Cornell University
Title:Pesticide risk to pollinators: What we know and what we need to know better
Watch Recording
May 11, 2022 - VIRTUAL
Mostafa Zamanian
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Title:Combing target and whole-organism paradigms for anthelmintic discovery
Recording Unavailable
May 18, 2022 - VIRTUAL
Corlett Wood
University of Pennsylvania
Title:The conflict beneath your feet: indirect effects in plant-symbiont interactions
Watch Recording
May 25, 2022
James R Carey
UC Davis
Title:“The conceptual sweep of a mathematical discovery in insect demography: From estimation of medfly population age structure to an historical analysis of U.S. Congress incumbency distributions, 1785-2000”
Watch Recording
June 1, 2022
Isgouhi Kaloshian
UC Riverside
Title:Root-Knot nematode perception and immune signaling in Arabidopsis
Watch Recording
Winter QUARTER 2022
January 5, 2022 - VIRTUAL
Randa Jabbour
University of Wyoming
Title:Interdisciplinary collaborations in pest management research - my alfalfa weevil storiesWatch Recording
January 12, 2022 - VIRTUAL
Sylvia Fischer
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Title:Recent expansion of Aedes aegypti distribution¿are the populations adapting to colder climate regions?Watch Recording
January 19, 2022 - VIRTUAL
Megan Meuti
Ohio State University
Title:How do mosquitoes correctly interpret environmental signals into complex seasonal responses?Watch Recording
January 26, 2022
Tobin Hammer
University of Texas, Austin
Title:Diversity and dynamism in social bee microbiomes
February 2, 2022
Simon Niels Groen
UC Riverside
Title:Plant toxins and the evolution of host-parasite interactionsWatch Recording
February 9, 2022
Vince D'Amico
USDA
Title:Monitoring and Ecological Research in the Forests of the BosWash MegalopolisWatch Recording
February 16, 2022 - VIRTUAL
Michelle Heck
Boyce Thompson Institute
Title:Challenge-driven innovation in citrus greening disease researchWatch Recording
February 23, 2022
Adam Steinbrenner
University of Washington
Title:Plant immune recognition of insect herbivoresWatch Recording
March 2, 2022
Erica Henry
North Carolina State University
Title:Insect conservation in an uncertain futureWatch Recording
March 9, 2022 - VIRTUAL
Melissa Mitchum
University of Georgia
Title:The tricks phytonematodes use to modulate plant developmentWatch Recording
Fall QUARTER 2021
September 29
Hanna Kahl, PhD Candidate
Department of Entomology and Nematology, UC Davis
Title: EXIT SEMINAR: Herbivory of Citrus fruit by European Earwigs in California
October 6 - VIRTUAL
María Silvina Fenoglio
National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Argentina
Title: Do green roofs benefit urban arthropod communities? Evidence from a South American city
October 13
Hans R Herren
Millennium Institute, USA
Title: Why is transforming the food system along the agroecology principles an imperative?Watch Recording
October 20
Sergio Hidalgo Sotelo
Department of Entomology and Nematology, UC Davis
Title: Using Drosophila melanogaster to understand complex disorders: insights on the pathophysiology of schizophreniaWatch Recording
October 27
Adler Dillman
Department of Nematology, UC Riverside
Title: Nematode venom contains potent modulators of insect immunityWatch Recording
November 3
NO SEMINAR (ESA Meeting)
November 10
Fatemeh Ganjisaffar
Department of Entomology and Nematology, UC Davis
Title: Addressing an evolving invasive species crisis: insecticide resistance management and behavioral control of Drosophila suzukiiWatch Recording
November 17 - VIRTUAL
Gabe Zilnik
Temperate Tree Fruit and Vegetable Research, USDA
Title: Improving Tobacco IPM with Large Data and Artificial Intelligence Machine LearningWatch Recording
November 24 - VIRTUAL
Monika Egerer
Technical University of Munich, Germany
Title: Entomological investigations in urban gardensWatch Recording
December 1
Fatma Kaplan
Pheronym, Davis
Title: Conspecific and heterospecific pheromones stimulate dispersal of entomopathogenic nematodes during quiescenceWatch Recording
SPRING QUARTER 2021
- March 31, Bob Peterson - Tigers in Yellowstone National Park: Insect Adaptations to Extreme Environments
- April 14, Dr. Priya Rajarapu - Insect-plant molecular interactions: stories from invasive insects to disease vectors
- April 21, Dr. Chris Hamilton - TBD
- April 28, Dr. Ellen Currano - Ancient bug-bitten leaves reveal the impacts of climate and plant nutrients on insect herbivores
- May 5, CANCELLED
- May 12, Dr. Margarita López-Uribe - Ecoevolutionary consequences of crop domestication on plant-pollinator interactions
- May 19, Dr. Manuela Ramalho - Exploring connections among microbial community, ecology and phylogenetic history of ants
- May 26, Dr. Javier Ceja Navarro - The complex microbial life and interactions in lilliputian landscapes: from the guts of insects to the rhizosphere
- June 2, Dr. Alexandra Harmon-Threatt - Beyond flowers; examining the role of soils in bee conservation efforts
WINTER QUARTER 2021
- January 20, Daniel Hasegawa - Landscape and Molecular Approaches for Managing Thrips and Thrips-transmitted Viruses in the Salinas Valley of California
- January 27, Charissa deBekker - What Makes a Zombie Ant Tick? Connecting Genomes with Behavioral Phenomes in Ants, Manipulated by a Fungal Parasite
- February 3, Shalene Jha - Plant-Insect Interactions and Ecosystem Services in the Context of Global Change
- February 10, Estelí Jimenez-Soto - A Complex Cup of Joe: Biodiversity, Pest Control and Political Ecologies in Mexican Coffee Agroforests
- February 17, Brian Weiss - Metabolic Complementation Between Members of the Tsetse Fly Holobiont
- February 24, Jessica Kansman - To be an Aphid in a Cruel World: How Abiotic and Biotic Stressors Influence Plant-Insect Interactions
- March 3, Monika Gulia-Nuss - Pending (Her research program investigates the fundamental questions related to vector biology and vector-parasite interaction. She is particularly interested in aspects of invertebrate reproductive physiology, nutrient allocation, and vector competence and population genomics)
- March 10, Romina Rader - Pending (Her research deals with community ecology in agroecosystems)
FALL QUARTER 2020
- CANCELLED DUE TO PANDEMIC
SPRING QUARTER 2020
- CANCELLED DUE TO PANDEMIC
WINTER QUARTER 2020
- January 8, Karen Menuz - Molecular Basis of Insect Olfaction
- January 15, Corrie Moreau - Piecing Together the Puzzle to Understand the Evolution of the Ants: Macroevolution to Microbiomes
- January 22, Sebastian Eves-van den Akker - Effector Gene Birth in Plant-Parasitic Nematodes: Furnishing the Immunity and Development-Altering 'Tool Box
- January 29, Elizabeth Crone - Why Are Monarch Butterflies Declining In The West?
- February 5, Andrew Young - The Natural History of Syrphidae: From Pollinators To Parasitoids
- February 12, Kevin Rice - Lasers, Drones, And Plant Growth Promoting Fungi: Novel Technologies For IPM
- February 19, Mercedes Burns - Reproductive Diversity And Sexual Conflict: Opilionid Mating From The Female Perspective
- March 4, Brendon Boudinot - Abdomens and Ants: Evolutionary and Phylogenetic Morphology of the Insects
- March 11, Mary Salcedo - Hydraulics in an insect wing: how venation patterns affects circulation
FALL QUARTER 2019
- September 25, James Nieh - Animal Information Warfare: How Sophisticated Communication May Arise From the Race to Find an Advantage in a Deadly Game Between Honey Bees and Their Predators
- October 2, Nathan Schroeder - Endless Worms Most Beautiful
- October 9, John Mola - Bumble Bee Movement Ecology and Response to Wildfire
- October 16, Rebecca Irwin - The Role of Floral Traits in Pollination and Bee Disease Transmission
- October 23, Julian Hillyer - Not So Heartless: Functional Integration of the Immune and Circulatory Systems of Mosquitoes
- October 30, Takato Imaizumi - Circadian Timing Mechanisms in Plant-Pollinator Interaction
- November 6, Brock Harpur (Not available)
- November 13, Don Cipollini - The Potential for Host Switching via Ecological Fitting in the Emerald Ash Borer-host Plant System
- November 20, NO SEMINAR
- December 4, Jackson Audley - Semiochemical interruption of host selection behavior of the invasive walnut twig beetle, Pityophthorus juglandis