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Fall 2008
DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY COLLOQUIUM SCHEDULE
1130 Plant Sciences Building, Friday at 12:00 pm
(unless otherwise noted)

 

Date Speaker Title
9/05  Host:  Charlie Mitter Introduction of New Members of the Department/Teaching Awards
9/12 John Wallace. Department of Biology Millersville University.
(Host:  Bob Smith)
The Role of Mosquitoes and Other Arthropods in the Ecology of an Emerging Tropical Mycobacterial Disease
9/19 Angela M. Smilanich. Biology Department. Wesleyan University
(Host:  Pedro Barbosa)
Variation in Plant Chemical Defense and the Physiological Response of Specialist and Generalist Herbivores
9/26 Marcelo Jacobs Lorena. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. Johns Hopkins. Bloomberg School of Public Health
(Host:  Ray St. Leger)
Molecular Studies of Interaction Between the Malaria Parasite and the Mosquito
10/03 Rhoel Dinglasan. Johns Hopkins. Malaria Research Institute
(Host:  Ray St. Leger)
Protein-Glycan Interactions and Plasmodium Development in Mosquitoes
10/10 Andrew Read. Biology and Entomology. Penn State University
(Host:  Ray St. Leger)
How to Build an Evolution-proof Insecticide for Malaria Control
10/17 Betty H. Marose. Department of Entomology. University of Maryland
(Host:  Pedro Barbosa)
When Green Isn't Good--Dealing with Invasive Plants in Maryland
10/24 Matt Greenstone. Insect Biocontrol Laboratory. USDA Beltsville Agriculture Research Center
 (Host:  Cerruti Hooks)
Molecular Predator Species Identification and Gut-Content Analysis: Data From a Maryland Colorado Potato Beetle System
10/31 Lynn Carta. Nematology Laboratory. USDA Beltsville Agriculture Research Center
(Host:  Dan Gruner)
Nematode Nemeses of Bark Beetles, Formosan Termites and Captive Tarantulas
11/7 Gene Robinson. Institute for Genomic Biology. Department of Entomology. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(Host:  Jian Wang)
Exploring the Relationship Between Genes and Social Behavior: Lessons from the Honey Bee
11/14 Scott Creary. Department of Entomology. University of Maryland
(Host:  Mike Raupp)
Building a Better Mite Bomb: Indirect Effects of Imidacloprid on Predators And the Link to Mite Outbreaks
11/21 David Yager Department of Psychology. University of Maryland (Host: Pedro Barbosa) Praying Mantis Hearing:  Neurobehavioral and Evolutionary Studies
12/05 Tammatha O’Brien. Department of Entomology. University of Maryland
(Host:  Ray St. Leger)
Living the Life, a Tale of Metarhizium Anisopliae
12/12 David Richardson. Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies. Millbrook, NY
(Host:  Margaret Palmer)
Stream Seston: Transport, Sources, and Darwin
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