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Department's Fall Seminar Schedule Announced

Ian Grettenberger
Ian Grettenberger
UC Cooperative Extension specialist Ian Grettenberger, assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is coordinating the department's fall seminars, held virtually on Wednesdays at 4:10 p.m. Zoom links will be accessible via the Google form link. 

The schedule:

Oct. 7
Myfany Turpin, Ph.D
University of Sydney, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Title: Grub's Up!  The Category of Edible Insect Larvae in Central Australian Aboriginal Languages
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Hosts: Scott Carroll and Jenella Loye

Oct. 14
Amanda Koltz, Ph.D
Washington University, Department of Biology
Title: Species Interactions and Ecosystems in a Changing World
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Host: Emily Meineke

Oct. 21
Maria Onyango, Ph.D
New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Centre
Title: The Impact of Zika Virus Infection on the Metabolites and Microbiome of Aedes albopictus 
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Host: Geoffrey Attardo

Oct. 28
Anjel Helms, Ph.D
Texas A&M University, Department of Entomology
Title: The Smells of Dinner, Death, and Danger: How Organisms Navigate Multitrophic Interactions in a Chemical World
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Host: Ian Grettenberger 

Nov. 4
Xianhui (Nitrol) Liu, Ph.D
UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
Title: How Does the Time of Eating Affect our Circadian Physiology? (exit seminar) 
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Host: Joanna Chiu

Dec. 2
Peter DiGennaro, Ph.D
University of Florida, Entomology and Nematology Department
Title: Gaps in Molecular Plant Nematology 
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Host: Shahid Siddique

Dec. 9 
Andre Kessler, Ph.D 
Title: Chemical Information Driving Plant Interactions and Community Dynamics 
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Host: Rick Karban

For more information or for technical issues, contact Grettenberger at imgrettenberger@ucdavis.edu