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Spring 2009 Seminar Schedule

Date
Presenter
Seminar Topic
January 15
Rick Foster
Purdue Univeristy Department of Entomology
Whitefly Vectored Viruses on Tomatoes in West Africa: A Collaborative Research Success Story
January 22
Kristi Zurawski
Graduate Student
Purdue University
Department of Entomology
Effect of chemicals on blow fly oviposition, growth and development
January 29
Diana Castillo
Graduate Student
Purdue University
Department of Entomology
Egg Survival and Seasonal Phenology of the Soybean Aphid on its Overwintering Hosts in Indiana
February 5
Marce Lorenzen
USDA, ARS
Manhattan, KS
Beetlejuice: the power of Tribolium genomics
February 12
Matthew Scheuer
Graduate Student
Purdue University
Department of Entomology
The effects of wrappings and coverings on blowfly oviposition, growth and development
February 19
David Umulis
Purdue University
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Drosophila Research
February 26
Gurmukh Johal
Purdue University
Botany and Plant Pathology
Maize Interaction with Western Corn Rootworm: A New Twist and Opportunity
March 5
Emily Shebish
Graduate Student
Purdue University
Department of Entomology
Prevalence of Anaplasma and Babesia Spread by Ticks in Cattle in Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
March 12
Mike Scharf
University of Florida
Department of Entomology
Functional genomic insights into termite caste differentiation and lignocellulose digestion
March 19
Spring Break
No Seminar
March 26
Alisha Johnson
Graduate Student
Purdue University
Department of Entomology
Comparative transcriptomics and functional analysis of secreted salivary gland proteins in Hessian fly from Israel and the United States
April 2
Matt VanWeelden
Graduate Student
Purdue University
Department of Entomology
"The effect of polydomy on intracolony food distribution in ants as revealed by a protein marker"
April 9
No Seminar (CSREES)
No Seminar
April 16
Sujaya Rao
Oregon State University
Department of Entomology
Pollination by native bees
April 23
Capstone
TBA
April 30
Steve Yaninek
Purdue University
Department of Entomology
Invasive species, classical biological control, conservation and tradeoffs

Seminars Scheduled on Thursdays, 3:45 p.m. in the Roy L. Whistler Hall of Agricultural Research, Room 116

Refreshments: 3:15 p.m. Unless otherwise noted