NC State UniversityDepartment of EntomologyDepartment Information
Entomology Seminar Series: Spring Semester 2008

Seminar Coordinator:
Dr. Christina Grozinger
Email: christina_grozinger@ncsu.edu
Phone: 513.7857

NOTE: Unless posted otherwise, seminars for Spring 2008 are held on Mondays at 11:15am in 3503 Gardner Hall. Refreshments are served at 11:00am in the adjoining area.

 

Date Seminar Speaker Seminar Title

Jan. 14


Wally Thurman
Agricultural and Resource Economics, NCSU


"The Economics of Honeybee Pollination Markets."

Jan. 21


Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - Holiday

 


Jan. 28

TBA




Jan. 31


John Hildebrand, University of Arizona


Keck Seminar Speaker -
"Explorations of a ‘Simple’ Olfactory System."


Feb. 4


Mike Scharf
Dept. of Entomology & Nematology, University of Florida


"Termite Genomics: New insights into caste differentiation and lignocellulose digestion."

Feb. 11


Mike Rust
Dept. of Entomology
University of California at Riverside


Vince Parman Memorial Lecture -
"In search of a new paradigm in structural pest control."

Feb. 18


Rick Brandenburg
Department of Entomology,
North Carolina State University


"Plant IPM: Where did all the answers go and what does Al Gore know that we don't?"

Feb. 25


Fred Dietrich
Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, Duke University


TBA


Mar. 3


Spring Break



Mar. 10

Kier Klepzig
USDA-Forest Service
Pineville, LA


"Pestis symbiotica: Mutualistic associations in forest pestilence."


Mar. 17


Catherine Hill ,
Department of Entomology,
Purdue University


TBA


Mar. 24


Michael Poulsen,
Department of Entomology,
University of Wisconsin


"Conflict and cooperation in fungus-growing ant mutualisms."


Mar. 31


Francisco Ayala
School of Biological Sciences,
University of California - Irvine


Keck Seminar Speaker -
"The Evolutionary Roots of Moral Behavior."


Apr. 7


Jake Tu
Department of Biochemistry,
VPI &SU


"Mosquito biology and control of mosquito-borne diseases: a genomics perspective."


Apr. 14


Heather Hines
Department of Entomology,
Univ. Illinois Urbana-Champaign


"Historical biogeographic patterns and the evolution of mimetic coloration in bumble bees."


Apr. 21

Dewayne Shoemaker
CMAVE, USDA-ARS
Gainesville, FL


TBA


Apr. 28

Final Exams




May 5

Jim Tumlinson
Center for Chemical Ecology,
The Pennsyvlania State University


TBA

     
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