Name: May 13 Monday Night Open House
Start: 2024-5-13EDT5:30PM
End: 2024-5-13EDT7:30PM

Events

Department of Entomology Spring 2024 Seminar Series

Seminars are at 4 pm on Mondays in Room 244, Natural Science Building, unless otherwise noted. Snacks are provided at 3:45 pm. Contact the host to make an appointment with speaker. Contact Emma Jernstadt for seminar information at jernsta5@msu.edu.

January 22	Allan Hruska, Michigan State University (Host: Hannah Burrack) Managing Invasive Pests in the Context of Low Resource Farmers: Lessons from the Fall Armyworm.
January 29	Zinan Wang, Michigan State University (Host: Henry Chung) Genetic Mechanisms Underlying Desert Adaptation in Drosophila Species.
February 5	Monique Rivera, Cornell University (Host: DeShae Dillard) Entomopathogenic Nematodes and their Insect Hosts: Decoding Cues Shaping Belowground Tritrophic Connections.
February 12	Monica Mowery, Michigan State University (Host: Zinan Wang) Adaptation to Global Environmental Change: Invasive Spiders as Natural Experiments.
February 19	Kris Giles, Oklahoma State University (Host: Hannah Burrack) Development of Dynamic Economic Thresholds for Cereal Aphids in the Southern Plains: Integrating Parasitoid Biology, IPM Tactics and Socioeconomic Factors
February 26	Spring Break – No Seminar
March 4	David Tarpy, North Carolina State University (Host: Meghan Milbrath) Phenotypic Plasticity of Honeybee Queens and the Consequences of Colony Collective Decision Making.
March 11	Panpim Thongsripong, University of Florida (Host: Hannah Burrack) From Mosquito Bites to Viruses: Interdisciplinary Insights into Environmental and Social Impacts on Mosquito-Borne Diseases.
March 18	Ayodele Dare, Michigan State University (Host: Rufus Isaacs) Calling In Vs. Calling Out: How to Use One Approach Over the Other in the Workplace.
March 25	ESA NCB Meeting – No Seminar
April 1	Post-ESA NCB Student and Post-Doc Showcase NOTE: Students and post-docs interested in participating should contact Meghan Milbrath by March 25.
April 8	Jay Rosenheim, University of California, Davis – Gary Simmons’ Memorial Speaker (Host: Ignatius Andika) The Three E’s of Pesticide Use in California Agriculture: Ecology, Evolution, and Economics

May 13

May 13 Monday Night Open House

May 13, 2024 5:30PM – 7:30PM Room 147 Natural Science Building

Our next open house will be held at the Bug House (room 147 Natural Science Bldg) on Monday, May 13 from 5:30-7:30 pm. This free event is open to all and does not require advance registration.
May 16

Excellence in insect Science Symposium

May 16, 2024 – May 17, 2024 Kellogg Conference Center, 219 S Harrison Rd, East Lansing, MI 48824

The Excellence in Insect Science Symposium is a 2-day event that will connect entomology faculty with industry, government, and other partners, building a community of entomologists focused on the symposium theme.
May 17

Open House with The Ohio State University BUGmobile

May 17, 2024 3:00PM – 5:00PM Room 147 Natural Science Building

The MSU Bug House and the OSU BUGMobile will hold a joint outreach event at the MSU Bug House as part of the Excellence in Insect Science Symposium. All are welcome to this free event!
Sep 14

CANR Tailgate

September 14, 2024 9:00AM – 12:00PM

Join fellow alumni and CANR leadership at a tailgate prior to the MSU v. Prairie View A&M football game.

Fall 2023 Seminar Series

Seminars are at 4 pm on Mondays in Room 244, Natural Science Building, unless otherwise noted.
Snacks are provided at 3:45 pm. Contact the host to make an appointment with speaker.
Contact Emma Jernstadt for seminar information at jernsta5@msu.edu.

September 11	Zainulabeuddin Syed, University of Kentucky (Host: Hannah Burrack) Volatile World of Olfactory Ligands and Reception in Anthropods.
September 18	Anjel Helms, Texas A&M University (Host: Laura Marmolejo) Eavesdropping plants: unraveling plant communication under the threat of herbivore attack.
September 25	Wayne Jiang, Michigan State University (Host: John Wise) Pesticide Study in Africa: Pesticide Residues in Tomato and Maize and Fraudulent Pesticides in Africa.
October 2	Marianna Szucs, Michigan State University (Host: Deb McCullough) Harnessing evolutionary principles to improve weed and insect biological control.
October 9	Ashley Leach, Ohio State University (Host: Natalie Constancio) More with less: benefits of threshold-based pest management in specialty crop production.
October 16	David Shapiro-Ilan, USDA ARS Byron, Georgia (Host: Marisol Quintanilla and Muhammad Usman) Methods to Improve Microbial Control of Insect pests Using Entomopathogenic Nematodes.
October 23	Fall Break – No Seminar
October 30	Marc Johnson, University of Toronto (Host: Hannah Burrack) The Evolution of Life in the Urban Jungle.
November 6	ENTSOC Meeting – No Seminar
November 13	Post-ENTSOC Student Poster Showcase NOTE: Students interested in participating should contact Meghan Milbrath by November 9.
November 20	Thanksgiving – No Seminar
November 27	Suzanne Lang, Michigan State University (Host: Rufus Isaacs) DEI: Where did it come from and where do we go now?
December 4	Jaime Pinero, University of Massachusetts Amherst (Host: Marisol Quintanilla and Muhammad Usman) Attract-and-kill innovations for multi-life-stage management of plum curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).