Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Topic/Title

January

24

Dr. Aparna Telang

Department of Biology

University of Richmond

Nutritional and Endocrine Control of Mosquito Egg Development - Using an Autogenous Approach

31

Dr. Jarrod Leland

Novozymes Biologicals, Inc.

Salem, VA

Development of Microbial Biopesticides Based on Entomopathogenic Fungi: Research to Commercialization

February

7

Dr. Mamadou Coulibay

Entomology

Malaria Research and Training Center

Bamako, Mali

Malaria Research and Training Center in Mali: Opportunities

14

Robert Slaughter

Department of Entomology

Virginia Tech

United States’ Role in Rebuilding Iraqi Agriculture

21

Dr. Nannan Liu

Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University

Genes and Mechanisms: How the Mosquito Develops Resistance to Insecticides

28

Dr. Lisa Belden

Department of Biological Sciences

Virginia Tech

Trematode Dynamics in Natural Systems

March

6

Spring Break

13

Rachel Perrott

Virginia Department of Health

Life After Entomology: The Fairfax County Strike Force:  A Unique Look into Code Enforcement

20

Aaron Mullins

Department of Entomology & Nematology

University of Florida

Ecological Succession of the Formosan Subterranean Termite in New Orleans

27

Dr. Yuan Gao

Department of Computer Science

Virginia Commonwealth University

Illuminating the Genome Landscape by Deep Sequencing

April

3

Laura Maxey

Ai Xia

Department of Entomology

Virginia Tech

Graduate Research Proposals

10

Michael Wiley

Department of Entomology

Virginia Tech

Graduate Research Proposal

17

Heather Story

Christine George

Department of Entomology

Virginia Tech

Department of Biological Sciences

Virginia Tech

Graduate Research Proposals

Undergraduate Honors Thesis

24

James McD. Grayson Award Recipient(s)