The schedule for the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's online spring seminars has been announced by coordinator Ian Grettenberger, Cooperative Extension specialist and assistant professor.

All seminars will be held on Wednesdays at 4:10 p.m. (Pacific). Join the Zoom seminars by accessing the links below.

March 31 
Bob Peterson 
Montana State University, Land Resources and Environmental Sciences
Title: "Tigers in Yellowstone National Park: Insect Adaptations to Extreme Environments" 
Host: James R. Carey
See seminar at https://youtu.be/z85B0NlmizU

April 14
Swapna Priya Rajarapu
North Carolina State University, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
Title: "Insect-Plant Molecular Interactions: Stories from Invasive Insects to Disease Vectors"
Host: Diane Ullman
Zoom info

April 21 
Chris Hamilton
University of Idaho, Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology and Nematology
Title: "Understanding Aphonopelma Diversity Across the Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Hotspot by Integrating Western Science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK)"
Host: Jason Bond
Zoom info

April 28
Ellen Currano
University of Wyoming, Department of Geology and Geophysics
Title: "Ancient Bug-Bitten Leaves Reveal the Impacts of Climate and Plant Nutrients on Insect Herbivores"
Host: Emily Meineke
Zoom info

May 5 CANCELLED, DUE TO UNAVOIDABLE CIRCUMSTANCES
Gabe Zilnik
USDA-ARS Wapato, Wash., Temperate Tree Fruit and Vegetable Research
Title: "Improving Tobacco IPM with Machine Learning"
Host: Madi Hendrick
(Plans call for a future seminar)

May 12
Margarita López-Uribe
Pennsylvania State University, Department of Entomology
Title: "Ecoevolutionary Consequences of Crop Domestication on Plant-Pollinator Interactions"
Host: Rachel Vannette
Zoom info

May 19
Manuela Ramalho 
Cornell University
Title: "Exploring Connections Among Microbial Community, Ecology and Phylogenetic History of Ants" 
Host: Marshal McMunn
Zoom info

May 26
Javier Ceja Navarro
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Biological Systems and Engineering 
Title:  "The Complex Microbial Life and Interactions in Lilliputian Landscapes: from the Guts of Insects to the Rhizophere"
Host: Rachel Vannette 
Zoom info

June 2 
Alexandra Harmon-Threatt
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Department of Entomology 
Title: "Beyond Flowers; Examining the Role of Soils in Bee Conservation Efforts"
Host: Neal Williams 
Zoom info

For any questions, email Ian Grettenberger (imgrettenberger@ucdavis.edu).