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Date

Speaker

Title

Sept 4

Thien Sam
Dept. of Entomology
University of Minnesota

Role of motility and outer surface protein expression in tick transmission of Borrelia burgdoferi.

Sept 11

CANCELLED

Mike Strand
Dept. of Entomology
University of Wisconsin

Cellular defense responses in insects and counter-defensive strategies by parasitoids

Sept 18

Kamal Ghandi
Dept. of Entomology
University of Minnesota

The responses of sub-boreal beetles to a severe wind-disturbance event and silvicultural activities in northeastern Minnesota

Sept 25

Greg Hunt
Dept. of Entomology
Purdue University

Quantitative trait loci that influence behavior in honey bees and the prospects for cloning the genes

Oct 2

Diana Cox-Foster
Dept. of Entomology
Penn State

Killing what ails you: The biochemistry and role of reactive oxygen species produced by insect hemocytes in response to pathogens and parasitoids

Oct 9

Henrique Paprocki
Dept. of Entomology
University of Minnesota

A revision of the subfamily Mcronematinae (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae)

Oct 16

Stephen Foster
Dept. of Entomology
North Dakota State University

Pheromone biosynthesis in the moth, Epiphyas postvittana: Two synthetic routes and possible consequences for regulation

Oct 23

Val Cervenka
Great River Greening

Entomology and death: Solving mysteries with maggots

Oct 30

Deb McCullough
Dept. of Entomology
Michigan State University

Gypsy moth: Can we count on cold weather and natural enemies?

Nov 6

Mi-Sook Kim
Dept. of Entomology
University of Minnesota

Characterization of the DNA sequence upstream of ribosomal protein rps6 in a mosquito cell line.

Nov 13

Min Zhu
Dept. of Entomology
University of Minnesota

The effect of weather pattern on seasonal abundance of green peach aphid and spread of potato virus in Red River Valley

Nov 20

Rocco Ross
Dept. of Entomology
University of Minnesota

Effect of the octopamine antagonist epinastine on olfactory sensitivity in the honeybee Apis mellifera L.

Nov 27

Dan Hansen
Dept. of Entomology
University of Minnesota

The Genus Axarus (Diptera: Chironomidae) Roback Life Histories, Classification & Diversity.

Dec 4

Student Practice Talks for ESA

Dec 11

No Seminar - ESA