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 Fall 2009 Seminars

Date Presenter Seminar Topic
August 27
Victoria Caceres
Graduate Student
Purdue Univeristy
Department of Entomology
Effects of varying ratios of the mineral nutrients nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur, on Neotyphodium endophyte-mediated resistance in tall fescue (Schedonorus arundinaceus (Schreb.) Dumort)
September 3
Patrick Tobin
US Forest Service
Northern Research Station, WV
Allee effects and biological invasions: exploiting an Achilles’ Heel in management strategies
September 10
Jason Meyer
Purdue University
Department of Entomology
Tandem Repeats: Great Bait for FISH-ing in the Ixodes scapularis Genome
September 17
Catherine Silva
Graduate Student
Purdue Univeristy
Department of Entomology
Association Mapping of Vector Competence in the Lyme Disease Tick Ixodes scapularis
September 24
Tabatha Carroll
Graduate Student
Purdue Univeristy
Department of Entomology
The Ants of Indiana
October 2 (Friday)
2:30 pm
Dean's Auditorium (PFEN)
Dr. Jeffrey Bloomquist
John Osmun Award Winner
Department of Entomology
Virginia Tech
Reminiscences and Lessons Learned from 30 Years in Entomology
October 8
Cliff Sadof
Purdue Univeristy
Department of Entomology
Managing the emerald ash borer invasion in your community with the EAB Cost Calculator
October 15
Igor Sharakov
Department of Entomology
Virginia Tech
Evolutionary cytogenetics of malaria mosquitoes
October 22
Terri Hoctor
Graduate Student
Purdue University
Department of Entomology
An assessment of fertility and surfactant treatments on the persistence of the entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora.
October 29
Clayton Nolting
Graduate Student
Purdue University
Department of Entomology
The effects of gunshot trauma on rate of colonization by flesh eating insects using pig carcasses.
November 5
John Shorter
Graduate Student
Purdue University
Department of Entomology
Genetic analysis of stinging response threshold in honey bees
November 12
Graduate Student Symposium
TBA
November 19
Graduate Student Symposium TBA
November 26
No Seminar
Happy Thanksgiving!
December 3
Capstone Presentations
Purdue University Entomology Undergraduates
TBA
December 10
Mahsa Fardisi
Graduate Student
Purdue University
Department of Entomology
Influence of Temperature and Biology on Flight Behavior of Cigarette Beetles

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