By Dan Papaj
  
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Arizona		  
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Our lab meeting morphed recently into a Plant-Insect Group (PIG), composed of members of a number of UA laboratories who share a common interest in plant-insect interactions, broadly defined.

Participants in the weekly meeting explore the biology of plant-insect interactions at all levels of analysis, including mechanism, ontogeny, function, and evolution. Both plant-herbivore and plant-pollinator interactions are considered in our presentations and discussions.

Graduate students have the option of participating for independent study credit.

We meet onf Fridays from 2 :30-4 in BioSciences West 115. The schedule for Spring 08 is posted below. If you are interested in participating, email Dan Papaj (papaj [at] email.arizona.edu).
 
 

By Dan Papaj

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by Dan Papaj red caterpillar

 

 

 

 
Date
Presenter
Topic
Treats By:
Feb 1
Jeremy Davis
Talk: Practice job talk on habitat preference induction
Nicole
Feb 8
Carolina Reisenman
Talk: Title TBA
Dan
Feb 15
Dan Papaj
Discussion: Thermal ecology of butterfly and host
Steve
Feb 22
Kristen Potter
Talk: Consequences of oviposition choice in Manduca sexta
Joe
Feb 29
Nicole Ferguson
Talk: Can parasitoids mitigate the endosymbiont-mediated resistance of their hosts through learning?
Nicole
March 7
Senior Members
Discussion: Choosing a dissertation topic
Jeremy
March 14
SPRING BREAK BEGINS; NO MEETING
March 21   SPRING BREAK CONTINUES; NO MEETING  
March 28
Steve Foldi
Talk: Coevolution between mesquite and insect seed predators
Jeff
April 4
Joe Deas
Talk: Title TBA
Kristen
April 11
Jeff Riffel
Talk: Title TBA
Jeremy
April 18
Jeremy Davis
Talk: Mind-blowing data on walnut flies
Bryan
April 25
Various
Datablitz
Craig/Anna
May 2
Ellen Suurmeyer
 Talk and Discussion: Investigating mechanisms of gall induction in the fig-fig wasp system


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All photos © Dan Papaj. From top left then down: Rhagoletis juglandis males boxing on walnut fruit, Danaus gillippus queen butterfly at Sarcostemma flowers, Datura wrightii flower, Bombus impatiens bumble bees, red form of Aristolochia watsonii, giant mesquite bugs on Prosopis and red morph of Battus philenor caterpillar