Agricultural Extension specialist Ian Grettenberger, coordinator of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's seminars, has announced the list of the virtual seminars for the winter quarter.

All seminars will be held on Wednesdays at 4:10 PM (PST). Zoom links will be accessible via a Google form link. 

Wednesday, Jan. 20 
Daniel Hasegawa, Ph.D  
USDA-ARS, Crop Improvement and Protection Research: Salinas, Calif.
Title: "Landscape and Molecular Approaches for Managing Thrips and Thrips-transmitted Viruses in the Salinas Valley of California."  
Website link  
Host: Ian Grettenberger
Google form link to access the seminar

Wednesday, Jan. 27
Charissa deBekker, Ph.D  
University of Central Florida, Biology Department 
Title: "What Makes a Zombie Ant Tick? Connecting Genomes with Behavioral Phenomes in Ants, Manipulated by a Fungal Parasite."
Website link 
Host: Ian Grettenberger
Google form link to access seminar

Wednesday, Feb. 3 
Shalene Jha, Ph.D 
University of Texas, Austin, Department of Integrative Biology
Title: "Plant-Insect Interactions and Ecosystem Services in the Context of Global Change"
Website link 
Host: Charlie Nicholson, postdoctoral researcher, Neal Williams lab and Elina Lastro Niño lab
Google form link for Zoom info

Wednesday, Feb. 10 
Estelí Jimenez-Soto, Ph.D 
UC Santa Cruz, Environmental Studies Department
Title: "A Complex Cup of Joe: Biodiversity, Pest Control and Political Ecologies in Mexican Coffee
Agroforests"
Website link 
Host: Marshall McMunn, postdoctoral fellow, Rachel Vannette lab
Google form link for Zoom info

Wednesday, Feb. 17 

Brian Weiss, Ph.D
Yale University, Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
Title: "Metabolic Complementation Between Members of the Tsetse Fly Holobiont"
Website link 
Host: Geoff Attardo, assistant professor 
Google form link for Zoom info

Wednesday, Feb. 24 
Jessica Kansman, Ph.D
Pennsylvania State University, Department of Entomology
Title: "To be an Aphid in a Cruel World: How Abiotic and Biotic Stressors Influence Plant-Insect
Interactions"
Website link 
Host: Ian Grettenberger 
Google form link for Zoom info

Wednesday, March 3 
Monika Gulia-Nuss, Ph.D
University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 
Title: Pending (Her research program investigates the fundamental questions related to vector biology and vector-parasite interaction. She is particularly interested in aspects of invertebrate reproductive physiology, nutrient allocation, and vector competence and population genomics)
Website link 
Host: Geoff Attardo, assistant professor 
Google form link for Zoom info

Wednesday, March 10
Romina Rader, Ph.D
University of New England, School of Environmental and Rural Science
Title: Pending (Her research deals with community ecology in agroecosystems)
Website link 
Host: Neal Williams, professor 
Google form link for Zoom info

For questions, contact Grettenberger at imgrettenberger@ucdavis.edu.