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

 

Date Speaker Title
Feb.
1
NO COLLOQUIUM  
Feb.
8

Albrecht Koppenhofer,
Rutgers University
 (Host: Gruner)

 

Alternatives to insecticides for sustainable white grub management in turfgrass

 

Feb.
15

Sean O’Donnell
 (Host: Thorne)

 

Brain plasticity, division of labor, and social complexity in paper wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

 

Feb.
22
 NO COLLOQUIUM  
Feb.
29

Najjib El-Sayed,
Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics,
University of Maryland
 (Host: Nelson)

 

Comparative genomics approaches to the study of surface antigens in trypanosomatid parasites

 

Mar.
7

Michel A. Cavigelli,
Sustainable Agricultural Systems Lab,
Animal and Natural Resources Institute,
BARC-West
 (Host Gruner)

 

Soil Microbial Diversity and Global Change: Is There a Link?

 

Mar.
14

Deborah K. Hoshizake
 (Host: Pick)

 

TBA

 

 

SPRING BREAK— 
Eastern Branch Meetings
 March 18-21

 

 
Mar.
28

TBA

TBA
Apr.
4

Tom Crist,
University of Miami, Ohio
 (Host: Gruner)

 

Habitat heterogeneity, boundary dynamics, and multi-scale patterns of insect biodiversity in fragmented landscapes  
Apr.
11

CANCELLED

 

Apr.
18

John Clark,
 University of Massachusetts
 (Host: Nelson)

 

Human Lice: Send Lawyers, Guns, and Money
Apr.
25
Ellery Vodraska, graduate student, Shrewsbury Lab,
Department of Entomology, University of Maryland
 (Host: Shrewsbury)

 

The influence of native plants on arthropod dynamics: Can natives enhance conservation biological control?

 

May 2

Allen Gibbs
 (Host: Pick)

 

Evolution of insect water balance in natural and artificial deserts.

 

May 9 Sara Pollack,
graduate student, Lamp Lab, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland
 (Host: Lamp)

 

Reproductive and developmental response of the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) to endocrine disruptors in poultry litter.

 

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