Format: Zoom Speaker: Mike Grbic Affiliation: University of Western Ontario, Canada Title: Whole genome sequencing of spidermites: from genome evolution to biotechnology and new biomaterials Host (contact for individual meetings):  Jim Walgenbach (jim_walgenbach@ncsu.edu) Website  

Format: In-Person Location: Stephens Room, 3503 Thomas Hall Speaker: Barbara Blanco-Ulate Affiliation: UC Davis Title/Topic:Why fruit become susceptible to fungal pathogens when they ripen and in postharvest? Host (contact for individual meetings):  Ralph Dean (ralph_dean@ncsu.edu) Website Zoom link:  Meeting ID: Passcode:

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Format: Zoom Speaker: Javier Ceja-Navarro Affiliation: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Title: Insects are empowered by microbes Host (contact for individual meetings):  Aram Mikaelyan (amikael@ncsu.edu) Website

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Format: Zoom Speaker: Baldwyn Torto Affiliation: International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya Title: An invasive weed and vectorial attributes of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae Host (contact for individual meetings):  Coby Schal (coby@ncsu.edu) Website

Format: Zoom Speaker: Bart Thomma Affiliation: University of Cologne Title/Topic: Microbiome manipulation by a fungal plant pathogen using effector proteins Host (contact for individual meetings):  YeonYee Oh (yoh2@ncsu.edu)

Format: ZoomSpeaker: Prasanna JoglekarAffiliation: NC StateTitle: Engineering bacteriophage S.W.A.T. teams against pathogenic members of plant microbial communities Website: Host (contact for individual meetings):  Jennie Fagen (jrfagen@ncsu.edu)Zoom link: Meeting ID: Passcode: 

Vince Parman Memorial Lecture Format: In-person and Zoom Location: Stephens Room (3503 Thomas Hall) Speaker: Pam Marrone Affiliation: Marrone Bio Innovations, CA Title: Tales of an Entomologist Entrepreneur – from startup to IPO and beyond Host (contact for individual meetings):  Coby Schal (coby@ncsu.edu) […]

Format: Zoom Speaker: Ksenia Krasileva Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley Title/Topic: "Plant immune receptors, pathogen effectors and the evolutionary game of 'Go' that they play" Website: https://krasilevalab.org/ Host (contact for individual meetings):  Peter Balint-Kurti (pjbalint@ncsu.edu) Zoom link:  Meeting ID: Passcode: