Jugatae (Ithaca) Seminar Series - Spring 2011
All seminars are held in 226 Weill Hall (new location). Refreshments at 3:30 with the seminar at 3:45. These seminars will be available via video conference in 310 Barton Hall in Geneva.
| Date | Speaker and Affiliation |
Host | Title |
| 1/24/11 | Bryan Danforth Cornell University |
Nick Calderone |
"Quantifying the contribution of native bees to apple pollination in the eastern US" |
| 1/31/11 | Steve Wraight USDA, Agricultural Research Service Plant Soils and Nutrition Laboratory |
Ann Hajek |
"Development of an integrated microbial biocontrol program for management of Colorado potato beetle" |
| 2/7/11 | Stewart Gray |
Angela Douglas |
Luteoviruses commandeer their plant host, aphid vector and aphid symbiont to ensure successful transmission and continued existence" |
| 2/14/11 | Lukasz Stelinkski |
Charles Linn |
"Application of chemical ecology in citrus pest management" |
| 2/21/11 | Elson Shields Cornell University |
Ann Hajek |
TBA |
| 2/28/11 | Steve Simpson University of Sydney, Australia |
Angela Douglas |
"Lessons for locusts: a tale of swarms, cannibalism, obesity and ageing" |
| 3/7/11 | Laura Reed |
Brian Lazzaro |
"Phenomics, Transcriptomics, and Metabolomics of Genotype-by-Diet Interactions underlaying Metabolic Syndrome in Drosophila". |
| 3/14/11 | Jesse Litman Cornell University |
Bryan Danforth |
TBA |
| 3/21/11 | Spring Break - No Seminar |
Spring Break - No Seminar |
Spring Break - No Seminar |
| 3/28/11 | Sarah Braun Cornell University |
John Sanderson |
TBA |
| 4/4/11 | Keli Hoover |
Ann Hajek |
"Asian longhorned beetle: trapping using pheromones/plant volatiles and impacts of host plant resistance on beetle gut symbionts" |
| 4/11/11 | David Grimaldi American Museum of Natural History |
James Liebherr (Griswold) |
"How Time Flies for Flies: An Evolutionary History of Diptera" |
| 4/18/11 | No Seminar |
No Seminar |
No Seminar |
| 4/25/11 | Lauren Cator Cornell University |
Laura Harrington |
"The Love Songs of Killers: The Role of Bioacoustics in the Mating Behavior of Medically Important Mosquitoes". |
| 5/2/11 | Undergraduate Research Forum |
Cole Gilbert, Brian Lazzaro & Linda Rayor |
TBA |