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University of Florida Department of Entomology and Nematology
1880 Natural Area Drive, University of Florida
FALL 2005 GUEST LECTURER SEMINAR SERIES
September 1 –“The importance of wild birds to arboviral transmission in Florida” Dr. Jonathan Day (Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory - Vero Beach, Fla.)
September 8 –“Switch to the Dark Side - Biology of Entomopathogenic Algae” Dr. Verena Blaeske (Department of Entomology and Nematology - University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.)
September 15 –“Utilization of an EST library created from the red imported
fire ant, }{\i Solenopsis invicta, for discovery of new microbial
control pathogens” Dr. Steven Valles (USDA-ARS-CMAVE - University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.)
September 22 –“Subject to be announced” Dr. Chris Braman
September 29 –“Early detection of exotic invasive species and the Cooperative
Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) Program.” Dr. Adam Silagyi
September 29–“TMOF - A Journey from Physiological to Bioengineering Studies” Dr. Dov Borovsky (Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory - Vero Beach, Fla.)
October 6 –“Why Fossils Matter: Examples from the Insects” Dr. David Grimaldi
October 13 –“Phylogenesis of host plant associations and larval behaviors in
the Apameini Lepidoptera: Noctuidae” Dr. Paul Goldstein (McGuire Center for Lepodoptera Research
Gainesville, FL)
October 20 –“Using Farmer Field Schools to Learn about Integrated Pest
Management in Beans: A Case Study from the Chota Valley in Northern
Ecuador” Dr. Susan Poats
October 27–“The monarch butterfly migratory and overwintering phenomenon in
North America: can it survive?” Dr. Lincoln Brewer
November 3 –“ESA meeting week; no seminar”
November 10 –“Subject to be announced” Dr. Larry Duncan (Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC) Lake Alfred)
November 17 –“Thanksgiving”
November 24 –“Host Fruit Odor Discrimination, Habitat Specific Mating, and
Sympatric Speciation in Rhagoletis Fruit Flies” Dr. Jeff Feder
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