All seminars will be held at 4:10 p.m. on Mondays, Pacific Time, and will include both in-person and virtual seminars.
The in-person seminars will take place in Room 122 of Briggs Hall, located off Kleiber Hall Drive. These seminars will be recorded for later viewing.
Both virtual and in-person seminars will be broadcast via the Zoom meeting software package (https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/95882849672).
September 30, 2024
Dr. Kyle Wickings
Cornell University, Department of Entomology
Title: Composition and function of soil invertebrate communities in residential greenspaces
Watch Recording
October 07, 2024
Dr. Juliana Rangel Posada
Texas A&M University, Department of Entomology
Title: Don’t compromise: food lipid content shapes protein-lipid regulation in honey bee (Apis mellifera) nurses
Watch Recording
October 14, 2024 - Thomas and Nina Leigh Distinguished Alumni Award Seminar
Dr. Michael Hoffmann
Cornell University, Department of Entomology, Professor Emeritus
Title: Our Changing Menu: Using the Power of Food to Confront
Climate Change
Watch Recording
October 21, 2024
Dr. Andrew Corbett
UC Davis, Department of Entomology and Nematology
Title: In silico experiments with the effect of natural habitats in agricultural landscapes on biological control
Watch Recording
October 28, 2024
Dr. Jo'lene Saldivar
UC Davis Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, Yang Lab
Title: Disturbance in coastal sage scrub and the implications for migratory butterflies
Watch Recording
November 04, 2024
Eliza Litsey
USDA-ARS, Invasive Species and Pollinator Health
Title: Developing a Novel Queen Honey Bee Treatment to Support Reproduction
Watch Recording
November 18, 2024 - In Person Only
Dr. André Franco
Indiana University Bloomington, Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Title: Deciphering the Soil Macrobiome: Belowground communities driving ecosystem responses to global change”
November 25, 2024
Dr. Christine Sprunger
Michigan State University, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
Title: Nematodes as bioindicators of soil health and climate resiliency
December 02, 2024
Dr. Inga Zasada
USDA-ARS, Horticultural Crops Research Unit
Title: How an applied nematolgists uses genomic tools to address plant-parasitic nematode research