Postdoctoral scholar Younghwan Kwak of the lab of Professor Gordon Bennett University of California, Merced, will speak on "Evolution and Stability of Interdependence in Insect–Microbe Symbioses" at the Oct 21st seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.

Her seminar begins at 12:10 in 122 Briggs Hall. It also will be remote. The Zoom link: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/95882849672

Postdoctoral fellow Rachel Thayer of the lab of UC Davis Distinguished Professor David Begun, Department of Evolution and Ecology, will present the next UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar.

Mackenzie Yedlin, a doctoral candidate, The Rockefeller University, will speak on "Choreographing Reproduction: Redefining Sex Steroid Hormone Mechanisms in Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes" at the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar on Wednesday, Oct. 7.

She will speak at 12:10 p.m. in 122 Briggs Hall. Her seminar also will be on Zoom. The link: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/95882849672.

UC Davis postdoctoral  scholar Godwin Nutifafa Gidiglo will speak on "Citrus Entomology and the Impact on Global Fruit Production" at the UC Davis Entomology and Nematology seminar at 12:10 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 30 in 122 Briggs Hall. 

His presentation, the first of the department's fall seminar series, also will be on Zoom. The Zoom link: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/95882849672.

Professor David Holway of the UC San Diego Department of Ecology, Behavior and Evolution will speak on "Large-Scale Removal of Introduced Ants as a Test of Community Reassembly" at the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar at 12:10 p.m. Wednesday, May 27 in 122 Briggs Hall.

His seminar also will be on Zoom. The link: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/95882849672.

Plant breeder, geneticist and nematologist Bao-Lam Huynh of UC Riverside will speak on "Genetic Analysis and Marker-Assisted Breeding for Host Plant Resistance to Root-Knot Nematodes and other Stresses in Cowpea" at the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (ENT) seminar on Wednesday, May 20.

UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow Magda Argueta-Guzmán of UC Merced will speak on "More Than Just Flowers: Resource Use in Native Bees" at the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar at 12:10 p.m., Wednesday, May 13 in 122 Briggs Hall.

Her seminar also will be on Zoom. The Zoom link: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/95882849672

Iris Rivera, a Chancellor Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Santa Cruz, will speak on "Uncovering the Complexities Behind Ecosystem Services: Pest and Disease Control" at the next seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.

Her hybrid seminar begins at 12:10 p.m., Wednesday, April 15 in 122 Briggs Hall. The Zoom link: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/95882849672. Urban landscape entomologist Emily Meineke, associate professor, is the host. 

UC Davis doctoral alumnus Mohammad Amir Aghaee, the entomology program leader at the California Polytechnic University Strawberry Center, will discuss "Berries vs Bugs: Challenges in Integrated Pest Management in California Strawberry Production" at a seminar hosted by the Department of Entomology and Nematology on Wednesday, April 8.

Evolutionary ecologist and UC Davis alumna Jessica M. Aguilar, a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University who studies the evolution of diet detoxification in insects, will be the speaker at the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar on Wednesday, Feb. 25.