Speaker: Bob Stone
Title:  The Andalusian Connection: Five Centuries of Florida Cattle Ranching
In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month
Affiliation: Florida Cattlemen's Foundation
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. John Krigbaum
Title:  Prehistoric Diet and Migration in Asia and the Pacific
In recognition of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
Affiliation: Department of Anthropology, UF, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Seth Britch
Title:  Disease vector surveillance and control: Developing key elements of public and animal health strategies at CMAVE
Affiliation: USDA-ARS-CMAVE-MFRU, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Eilanwy Slyboom
Title:  Recycling and Waste Management in Alachua County (Earth Day Presentation)
Affiliation: Alachua County Public Works, Waste Management Division
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Mrs. Sarah Childs
Title:  Women in Agriculture, Highlighting Mainly on Florida Women. Women's History Month Seminar
Affiliation: Environmental and Safety Coordinator, Lykes Brothers, Lake Placid, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Chelsea Smartt
Title:  Transcriptomics of differential vector competence: West Nile Virus infection in two populations of Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus linked to ovary development
Affiliation: Associate Professor, University of Florida, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Paul Shirk
Title:  Presentation - Candidate for the Research Leader Position for Insect Behavior and Biocontrol Research Unit
Affiliation: USDA-ARS-CMAVE-IBBRU
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Richard Mankin
Title:  Presentation - Candidate for the Research Leader Position for Insect Behavior and Biocontrol Research Unit
Affiliation: USDA-ARS-CMAVE-IBBRU
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Sandra Allan
Title:  Presentation - Candidate for the Research Leader Position for Insect Behavior and Biocontrol Research Unit
Affiliation: USDA-ARS-CMAVE-IBBRU
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Donna L. Ruhl
Title:  Florida's Ancient Dugout Canoes: Examples of the Impact of Environment on Archaeological Sites. In recognition of Women's History Month
Affiliation: Florida Museum of Natural History, UF, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Matt Aubuchon
Title:  Establishment of a Phlebotomus papatasi sand fly colony and research conducted at CMAVE
Affiliation: USDA-ARS-CMAVE, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Adly Abd-Alla
Title:  Hytrosaviridae: Impact on tsetse rearing and potential virus management strategies
Affiliation: Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Department of Nuclear Application, IAEA, Vienna, Austria
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Durland Fish
Title:  Epidemic Tick-Borne Disease: Lessons from Lyme
Affiliation: Professor of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Ms. Lauren Hannahs
Title:  Observations of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month
Affiliation: Director of LGBT Affairs, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Santiago Plischuk
Title:  Honey Bees and Bumble Bees from Southern South America. Their Pathogens and Parasites
Affiliation: Centro de Estudios Parasitologicos y de Vectores,La Plata, Argentina.
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Uli Bernier Name
Title:  The role of chemistry in protecting US military personnel from mosquito bites
Affiliation: USDA-ARS-CMAVE, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. John Sivinski
Title:  Predictability in Biological Control: Can 2 Millimeters of Ovipositor keeps Extinction at bay in a Tephritid Parasitoid?
Affiliation: Research Leader, USDA-ARS-IBBRU, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Susan DeFrance
Title:  Animals and People in the Ancient Andean Past
EEO Seminar - American Indian Heritage Month
Affiliation: Chair, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: 5 Elements Academy of Acupuncture
Title:  Eastern Medicine: Acupuncture
EEO Seminar - Pacific Asian Heritage Month
Affiliation: 5 Elements Academy of Acupuncture
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Marc Schetelig
Title:  Embryonic Sexing Strains for Insect Pest Control
Affiliation: Post Doc, USDA-ARS-IBBRU, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Mrs. Peggy Hanrahan
Title:  EEO Seminar - Women's History Month
Affiliation: Professional Engineer and Principal of Community and Conservation Solutions, LLC, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Vivian Filer
Title:  History and Restoration of the Cotton Club in Gainesville, Florida.
EEO Seminar - African American History Month
Affiliation: Board of Directors, The Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Emma Weeks Name
Title:  Identification of Semiochemicals for Bed Bug Monitoring and Control
Affiliation: Assistant Research Scientist, Entomology and Nematology Dept., Univ. of Florida, Gainesville
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Susan Gillespie
Title:  The Agony and the Ecstasy: The La Venta Olmec Excavations
EEO Seminar Series in Recognition of American Indian Heritage Month
Affiliation: Department of Anthropology, University of Florida
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Laurie Wilkens
Title:  Personal Experiences in Latin America
EEO Seminar Series in Recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month
Affiliation: Gift Shop Owner (Alternatives), Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. David Kim
Title:  Innovating Public Health Tools in Africa
Affiliation: Trials Manager, Vestergaard Frandsen West Africa
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Eric S. McLamore
Title:  Sensors and Biosensors: Tools for Non-Invasively Quantifying Physiology
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, University of Florida
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Germain Mavah
Title:  Can Local Communities Participate Effectively? Governance and Sustainability of Wildlife in Logging Concessions Adjacent to National Parks in Republic of the Congo
Affiliation: Student at School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Donald Barnard
Title:  Using ground-based methods and global information technology to measure, analyze, and depict activity in adult mosquito populations
Affiliation: MFRU, CMAVE, USDA-ARS, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Reginald Toussaint
Title:  Haiti Earthquake Challenges and Perspectives--Impact on Agricultural Activities
Affiliation: Masters Student, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Gregory Pearce
Title:  Defense Peptide Discovery in the Laboratory of Clarence A. "Bud" Ryan
Affiliation: Washington State University
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Clare Allen
Title:  Baculovirus-driven expression of Solenopsis invicta virus 3
Affiliation: Research Associate, IFAHI, CMAVE, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Movie
Title:  The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars.
Celebration of Black History Month
Affiliation: NPR, 2003.
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Elizabeth Bosak
Title:  From a Developmental Perspective: Priming and Induced Defenses in Maize
Affiliation: Pennsylvania State University.
Candidate for a Post-Doc Position in the Chemistry Research Unit
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Ken Sassaman
Title:  Ancient Shell Mounds of the St. Johns River, Northeast Florida
In recognition of American Indian Heritage Month
Affiliation: Dept. of Anthropology, University of Florida
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: WAMC Public Radio and Dr. Richard Mankin
Title:  Women with Disabilities in Science - National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Affiliation: Public Radio, Albany, New York
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Lynn Huynh
Title:  The population genetics of a chromosomal inversion linked to social behavior in the white-throated sparrow
Affiliation: Department of Human Genetics, Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution Program Emory University
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Martha M. Vaughan
Title:  Unearthing Root Defense: Interactions between Arabidopsis and the Bradysia root herbivore
Affiliation: Molecular Plant Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Candidate for a Post Doctoral position in the Chemistry Unit
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Shoki Al Dobai
Title:  Conserving Natural Enemies with Flowering Plants: Estimating Attractiveness
Affiliation: Ministry of Agriculture, Yemen
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Fabio Manfredini
Title:  Dealing with a changeable environment: host-parasite relationships with insects
Affiliation: Post-Doc Fellow, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Entomology
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Ana Cabrera
Title:  Regulation of female reproduction in mites: A unifying model for the Acari
Affiliation: Candidate for a Post-Doc Position Chemistry Research Unit
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Shoki Al-Dobai
Title:  Plant Pest Control in the Republic of Yemen
Affiliation: Senior Entomologist, Plant Protection, Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, Yemen.  Post-Doc in the Behavior & Biocontrol Research Unit
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Barbara Oberlander
Title:  Eleanor Roosevelt: Our Greatest First Lady
Celebration of Women's History Month
Affiliation: Institute for Learning in Retirement, Oak Hammock, Fl
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Mike Bowie
Title:  Celebration of Black History Month
Affiliation: Director of Recruitment, Retention, and Minority Affairs, Univ. Florida
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dan Kline and Aaron Lloyd
Title:  Culicoides midges: What you need to know about these painful little bloodsuckers!
Affiliation: USDA, ARS, SAA, CMAVE, MFRU
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Ivan Hiltpold
Title:  Tritrophic interactions and below ground biological control - from lab principles to field applications
Affiliation: FARCE Laboratory, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Welson Tremura - Hispanic Heritage Month
Title:  The Music of Brazil: Folk and Popular Traditions & Syncretism in Brazilian Culture
Affiliation: Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Guillermo Logarzo, Project Leader, and Ing. Laura Varone, Research Technician
Title:  Mortality Factors of the Cactus Moth (Cactoblastis cactorum) in the Insects Native Range of Argentina, and the Potential for Biological Control of this Pest in North America
Affiliation: ARS-South American Biological Control Laboratory Hurlingham, Argentina
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Man-Yeon Choi
Title:  Journey of a Neuropeptide: PBAN, Receptor and Pheromone
Affiliation: Research Entomologist, USDA-ARS, CMAVE, IFAHI, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Monica Pava-Ripoll
Title:  The wonders of entomopathogenic fungi: from modes of diversification, through saprophytic competence to genetic enhancement
Affiliation: Ph.D. Student, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Pard, MD
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Jim Tucker
Title:  Impact of Climate Change on Plant and Animal Health
Affiliation: Climate Change Science Program Office, U.S. Global Change Research Program and NASA
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Michael L. Avery - Earth Day Presentation
Title:  Wildlife Damage Management
Affiliation: USDA, APHIS, Florida Field Station, Gainesville
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey R. Bloomquist
Title:  Reduced Expression of Voltage-Gated Chloride Channel Genes in Caenorhabditis elegans by RNAi: Implications for the Mode of Action of Chloride Channel-Directed Toxicants
Affiliation: Professor of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Neurotoxicology Laboratory, Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Riccardo Russo
Title:  Molecular Pathogenesis of Edwardsiella ictaluri
Affiliation: Candidate for a Post Doctoral Position Chemistry Research Unit
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Nicole Dafoe
Title:  Identification and Characterization of Poplar Phloem Proteins
Affiliation: Ph.D. Student, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (Candidate for a Post Doctoral Position, Chemistry Research Unit)
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Barbara Oberlander - Women's History Month
Title:  The Founding Mothers - Martha, Abigail, and Dolley - a very interesting group of women!
Affiliation: Retired Santa Fe Community College Professor
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Mr. Frank Washington - African American History Month
Title:  Family History and My Life in Gainesville, FL
Affiliation: Retired USDA, ARS, CMAVE, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Marc Schetelig
Title:  New molecular technologies to improve the Sterile Insect Technique for the Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata
Affiliation: Post-Doc (Research Molecular Biologist), CMAVE, IBBRU, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Chris Geden
Title:  Recent results from ARS cooperative research on parasitoids and diseases of filth flies in Denmark
Affiliation: Research Entomologist, USDA-ARS-SAA-CMAVE, MFRU, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Moses Jumper, Jr. - American Indian Heritage Month
Title:  Storyteller, Poet, Historian
Affiliation: Mr. Moses Jumper is a Seminole tribal member, cattleman, Recreation Director, and poet laureate from the Big Cypress Reservation. He is well known for his writing, poetry, and horsemanship.
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: David Maxwell Suckling, Ph.D., FRSNZ
Title:  Behavioural Control of Invasive Species: Beyond IPM to "Integrated Pest Eradication"
Affiliation: Science Leader, Biosecurity, Principal Scientist at Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Ltd (HortResearch), New Zealand
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Movie - Gay & Lesbian Pride Month Observance
Title:  History, Vision, Legacy
Affiliation: USDA Documentary
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Liming Zhao
Title:  Using mutant approaches to understand arbuscular mycorrhizal development of Medicago truncatula and genetic control of abscisic acid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana
Affiliation: Candidate for a research position with the Chemistry Research Unit, USDA-ARS-CMAVE, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Eva Czarnecka-Verner
Title:  A Strategy for Elimination of Human Pathogen-Contaminated Raw Produce from the Food Supply
Affiliation: Candidate for a research position with the Chemistry Research Unit, USDA-ARS-CMAVE, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Alisa Huffaker Name
Title:  Using Endogenous Peptide Hormones to Improve Plant Disease Resistance
Affiliation: Candidate for a research position with the Chemistry Research Unit, USDA-ARS-CMAVE, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Peter Teal
Title:  Abiotic regulation of pheromone production by Anastrepha fruit flies
Affiliation: Research Leader, USDA-ARS-CMAVE, CRU, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Mirian Hay-Roe
Title:  Coping with cyanide is a delicate matter: A lesson from Heliconius butterflies
Affiliation: Post-Doc, Behavior & Biocontrol Research Unit, CMAVE, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Derric Nimmo
Title:  Insect population suppression using engineered insects
Affiliation: Head of Public Health Research, Oxitec Limited, Abingdon, Oxford
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 125), Building 1

Speaker: Philipp Kirsch
Title:  Technology development and implementation for insect bioactivity research
Affiliation: President and Chief Scientist, APTIV Inc., Portland, Oregon
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 125), Building 1

Speakers: Dr. Gary Clark
Title:  An update on DWFP research at MFRU
Affiliation: Research Leader, USDA-ARS-CMAVE, MFRU, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speakers: Dr. Julia Pridgeon
Title:  Development of molecular pesticides for mosquitoes
Affiliation: Research Entomologist, USDA-ARS-CMAVE, MFRU, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speakers: Dr. Sandra Allan
Title:  Behavioral responses of mosquitoes to pesticide-treated surfaces
Affiliation: Research Entomologist, USDA-ARS-CMAVE, MFRU, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speakers: Dr. Seth Britch
Title:  Evaluation of barrier treatments on natural and artificial substrates in a southern California desert habitat
Affiliation: Research Entomologist, USDA-ARS-CMAVE, MFRU, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Lee Cohnstaedt
Title:  I. The population genetics of Lutzomyia verrucarum, a sand fly disease vector in the Peruvian Andes. II. An improved method for sand fly capture
Affiliation: School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Mrs. Pam Maneerata
Title:  The Art of Thai Fruit and Vegetable Carving
Affiliation: Recognition of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: USDA Vendor Show
Title:  Demonstrations from various vendors
Affiliation: A.Daigger, Binder, Becton Dickinson, Mettler Toledo
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Alisa Huffaker
Title:  The AtPep Peptide family: Regulators of Pathogen Defense Responses in Arabidopsis
Affiliation: Candidate for a PostDoc Position, Chemistry Research Unit
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Lukasz Stelinski
Title:  Mechanisms of Pheromone-based Mating Disruption And Current Applications
Affiliation: Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Ms. Cheryl Peterson
Title: The Conservation Program at Historic Bok Sanctuary
Affiliation: Conservation Manager, Historic Bok Sanctuary
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Susan Addis
Title: You’ve Come A Long Way (EEO Sponsored Seminar)
Affiliation: Licensed Psychologist
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Mr. Jeff Schmidt
Title:  Cooperative Resolution Program and Crucial Conversations Training
(click for more information on the Cooperative Resolution Program)
Affiliation: USDA, ARS, Administrative and Financial Management
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Fatma Kaplan
Title:  A synergistic blend of small molecules differentially regulates both mating behavior and population density in Caenorhabditis elegans
Affiliation: Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Candidate for the the Post Doctoral Research Chemist position - CMAVE Chemistry Unit)
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Andrew M. Bouwma
Title: Wolbachia Infections in Fire Ants: Testing for Phenotypic Effects
Affiliation: Postdoc, USDA, ARS, CMAVE, IFAHI, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Mr. Jimmie Williams
Title: Diversity Matters! EEO Seminar - Black History Month
Affiliation: Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity, City of Gainesville, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Jimmy Becnel
Title: Mosquito Pathogenic Viruses: Model Systems for Investigating Viral-Mosquito Interactions
Affiliation: Research Entomologist, USDA, CMAVE, MFRU, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Vasana Maneeratana and Robert Van Etten - Recognition of Disability Employment Awareness Month
Title: An Insider's View of Summer Internships for Science Students with Disabilities
Affiliation: Vasana Maneeratana (Doctoral Student, Univ. of Florida), Robert Van Etten (Rehabilitation Engineer, Adaptive Living, Inc., Stuart, FL)
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Mr. Willie Johns - Recognition of American Indian Heritage Month
Title: The Seminole Tribe: 400 Years of History
Affiliation: Tribal Member and Community Outreach Specialist of the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum at the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation, Clewiston, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Rob Meagher
Title: Capture of Noctuid and Pyralid Moths Using Feeding Attractant Lures
Affiliation: Research Entomologist, IBBRU, CMAVE, ARS, USDA
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Peter Teal
Title: Multitrophic Interactions between Insects, Fungi and Plants: Using Naturally Produced Chemicals to Solve an Invasive Species Problem
Affiliation: Research Leader, Chemistry Research Unit, CMAVE, ARS, USDA
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
Title: Film: Latino Influence in the United States
Affiliation: Sponsored by the USDA-ARS-SAA-CMAVE EEO committee
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Marina Ascunce
Title: Tracking the invasion of Diaprepes abbreviatus L. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from the Caribbean to the United States
Affiliation: Research Geneticist, CMAVE, IFAHI, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Summer Student Presentations
Title: Varied
Affiliation: CMAVE, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Lan and Ryan Larson
Title: Cholesterol Metabolism and Novel Insecticides
Affiliation: US Navy-funded student, University of Wisconsin
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Farida Mahmood (Candidate for DWFP Project Manager)
Title: Effects of time after infection, mosquito genotype, and infectious viral dose on the dynamics of Culex tarsalis vector competence for western equine encephalomyelitis virus
Affiliation: Formerly with the NY City of Health, Office of Vector Surveillance and Control; New York, NY
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Matthew Aubuchon (Candidate for DWFP Project Manager)
Title: From fire ants to flies: A broad perspective for DWFP
Affiliation: UDSA/ARS/CMAVE; Gainesville, Florida
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Jerry Zhu (Candidate for DWFP Project Manager)
Title: Discovery and development of novel botanical-based insect repellents for the improvement of urban pest management
Affiliation: Department of Entomology/MSTRS Tech; Iowa State University
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Rod Nagoshi
Title: Following the migration of fall armyworm in North America
Affiliation: Research Geneticist, BBRU, CMAVE, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speakers: Sebastian Schoene: Lateral gene transfer? An unusual Lepidopteran venom protein. Adam Williams: RNAi in Helicoverpa armigera.David Heckel: Genetic divergence and reproductive isolation in Spodoptera frugiperda.
Affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Department of Entomology, Jena, Germany
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Movie - Women's History Month
Title:  Mystery of the Senses - Smell
Affiliation: NOVA Series
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Rui Pereira
Title:  Effect of Methoprene and Protein on Reproductive Development of Sterile Mexican Fruit Fly Males
Affiliation: Entomologist, Portugal
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Fathi Halaweish (candidate for the Chemist position, Chemistry Research Unit)
Title:  Role of Natural Products in Biological Systems
Affiliation: South Dakota State University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Brookings, South Dakota
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Al Broce
Title:  History and Progress of the Screwworm Eradication Program
Affiliation: Professor, Department of Entomology, Kansas State University
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Hans Alborn (candidate for the Chemist position, Chemistry Research Unit)
Title:  Insect Produced Elicitors of Induced Plant Responses: Moderators of Agriculturally Important Tritrophic Interactions
Affiliation: USDA-ARS-Chemistry Research Unit, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Kamlesh Chauhan (candidate for the Chemist position, Chemistry Research Unit)
Title:  Chiral Chemical Signals: Discovery to Product Development
Affiliation: USDA-ARS-Chemicals Affecting Insect Behavior Laboratory, Beltsville, MD
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Henry Hagedorn
Title:  Open Access: The Revolution in Academic Publishing
Affiliation: Office of Scholarly Communication and Publication, Adjunct Professor of Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Uli Bernier
Title:  Blood, Sweat, Tears, and Mosquito Attraction
Affiliation: Research Chemist, MFRU, CMAVE, Gainevsille, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Nicole Benda
Title:  Host location and oviposition behavior of specialist moth Heliothis subflexa
Affiliation: Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Henrick Skovgard
Title:  Flies and Campylobacter infection of broiler flocks.
Affiliation: The Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Plant Biology and Pests, Pest Infestation Laboratory, Lyngby, Denmark
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Tove Steenberg
Title:  Poultry red mite (Dermanyssus gallinae) in egg-layers in Europe: development of a new control method.
Affiliation: The Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Plant Biology and Pests, Pest Infestation Laboratory, Lyngby, Denmark
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Herve Bossin
Title:  Will sterile male mosquitoes ever fly again?
Affiliation: Molecular Biologist; International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Agency's Laboratories Seibersdorf, A-2444 Seibersdorf; Austria
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Peter W. Atkinson
Title:  The structure and function of hAT transposons in insects
Affiliation: Professor; Department of Entomology & Institute for Integrative Genome Biology; University of California; Riverside, CA
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Peter Collings
Title:  Changing Family Relationships and Culture Change in the Central Canadian Arctic - In recognition of Native American awareness month
Affiliation: Professor; Department of Anthropology; University of Florida; Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Yasmin Cardoza
Title:  Insights into the spruce beetle microcosmos
Affiliation: Research Entomologist, IFAHI, CMAVE, Gainesville, Fl
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Capt. Stanton Cope
Title:  Yellow Fever: The Scourge Revealed
Affiliation: Research Liaison Officer, Armed Forces Pest Management Board
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Mark Carroll
Title:  Induced plant volatiles as orientation cues for herbivores: attraction of fall armyworm to herbivore-damaged plants
Affiliation: Research Entomologist, Chemistry Research Unit, CMAVE, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Robert Van Etten
Title:  Utilizing Assistive Technology in the Workplace (Disability Employment Awareness Seminar)
Affiliation: President, Adaptive Living Inc., Stuart, FL.
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Richard Mankin
Title:  Field Testing of a Prototype Acoustic Device for Detection of Mediterranean Fruit Flies Flying into a Trap
Affiliation: Research Entomologist, IBBRU, CMAVE, Gainesville, FL.
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Desmond Foley
Title:  GIS and mosquitoes: from gene flow to biogeography
Affiliation: Postdoctoral Researcher at WRAIR (Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit; Smithsonian Institution)
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Bruce Kimball
Title:  Infrared Heating for Temperature Free-Air Controlled Enhancement (T-FACE) of Open-Field Plots (plus some History)
Affiliation: USDA-ARS, Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center, Maricopa, AZ
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Summer Student Presentations
Title:  Various Titles
Affiliation: CMAVE, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Renate C. Smallegange
Title:  Host-seeking behavior of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae ss in response to synthetic host odors
Affiliation: Wageningen University, Netherlands
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Yu Tong Qiu
Title:  Making sense of a mosquito's nose
Affiliation: Wageningen University, Netherlands
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. Donald Barnard
Title:  Mosquito Sampling, Vector Surveillance, GIS, GIT, and GIGO
Affiliation: Research Entomologist, Mosquito and Fly Research Unit, CMAVE, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. David Heckel
Title:  No Title At This Time
Affiliation: Director of Entomologist, Max Planck Institute, Jena, Germany
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Dr. David Oi
Title:  Factors of Transmission and Spread of a Microsporidian Pathogen of Fire Ants
Affiliation: Research Entomologist, Imported Fire Ant and Household Insects Research Unit, CMAVE, Gainesville, FL
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Movie
Title:  Secrets of the Dead: Amazon Warrior Women
Affiliation: Women's History Seminar
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Myriam Cooperband
Title:  Carbon Dioxide-Baited Traps and Bird-Associated Odors: Orientation Behavior and Chemical Ecology of Host-Seeking Culex Mosquitoes
Affiliation: Candidate for the Department of Defense sponsored Physiology position, Mosquito and Fly Research Unit, CMAVE, Gainesville, Fl
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11

Speaker: Eric Schmelz
Title:  Phytohormone analyses and the elucidation of how plants perceive insect attack
Affiliation: Research Plant Physiologist, Chemistry Research Unit, CMAVE, Gainesville, Fl
Location: Main Conference Room (Room 102), Building 11