Graduate Institute of Entomology at the National Taiwan University

Seminar Schedule

(Sept. 2011 – Jan. 2012)

Graduate Institute of Entomology at the National Taiwan University

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張俊哲

09/30 / R2 / 莊棨州 / A fungal past to insect color / 張俊哲
R2 / 吳岳樺 / Integrated pest management: historical perspectives and contemporary developments / 石正人
D2 / 邱名鍾 / Climate change and evolutionary adaptations at species' range margins / 許如君
10/07 / R2 / 蘇立中 / Introduction of microbial pest control products for control of arthropods and how to select of a microbial pest control agent / 許如君
R2 / 林育賢 / Developmental characterization of germline genes in the honeybee Apis mellifera / 張俊哲
D2 / 謝瑞凡 / Combining novel monitoring tools and precision application technologies for integrated high-tech crop protection in the future / 石正人
10/14 / R2 / 王億傑 / Fifty years of the integrated control concept: moving the model and implementation forward in Arizona / 石正人
R2 / 陳柏宏 / Mass production and product development of a microbial pest control agent / 許如君
R2 / Pierre Hirsch / Caudal and posterior development in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus / 張俊哲
10/21 / R2 / 鄭佳豪 / Hox genes in the honeybee Apis mellifera / 張俊哲
石 4/R2 / 劉廷彥 / Fire ant decapitating fly cooperative release programs (1994-2008) / 石正人
許4/D2 / 王泰權 / Quality control of a microbial pest control agent / 許如君
10/28 / 台灣昆蟲學會年會 (停課一周)
11/04 / R2 / 王信夫 / Registration of microbial pest control agents and products and other related regulations / 許如君
R2 / 廖保成 / Aphid RNAi: principle and application / 張俊哲
R2 / 蔡有方 / Biological control of fire ants / 石正人
11/11 / R2 / 陳姵如 / Combining biological and chemical controls for the management of red imported fire ants / 石正人
R2 / 鄭喬浦 / Implementation of a microbial pest control product in an integrated pest management program / 許如君
R2 / 吳芷辰 / Host plant specialization governed by facultative symbionts / 張俊哲
11/18 / R2 / 盧勇仁 / Juvenile hormone regulates extreme mandible growth in male stag beetles / 張俊哲
R2 / 梁兆宏 / Global invasion of fire ants / 石正人
R2 / 石辰唯 / Critical factors in the successful commercialization of microbial pest control products / 許如君
11/25 / R2 / 陳惟德 / Introduction and ecological considerations use of microbes for control and eradication of invasive arthropods / 許如君
R2 / 潘宣任 / Evolution of the dorsal-ventral patterning network in the mosquito, Anopheles gambiae / 張俊哲
D1 / 許弘瑋 / Area-wide suppression of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, and the Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, in Kamuela, Hawaii / 石正人
12/02 / R1 / 吳三和 / A GSM-based remote wireless automatic monitoring system for field information: A case study for ecological monitoring of the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis computers and electronics in agriculture / 石正人
R1 / 黃欣宇 / Eradication of invasive arthropods using of microbes / 許如君
D1 / 王廷碩 / Expression of trunk Hox genes in the centipede Strigamia maritima sense and anti-sense transcripts / 張俊哲
12/09 / R1 / 高士弼 / Bacterial symbionts that protect aphids against parasitoids / 張俊哲
R1 / 黃裕成 / Climate change: a crop protection challenge for the twenty-first century / 石正人
R1 / 翁崧夏 / Some examples of use of microbes for control / 許如君
12/16 / R1 / 余俊瑩 / Safety and public issues in use of microbes for control of invasive arthropods / 許如君
R1 / 王逸荃 / The impact of browsing and grazing herbivores on biodiversity / 張俊哲
R1 / 劉千華 / Ethical, legal and social issues of genetically modifying insect vectors for public health / 石正人
12/23 / R1 / 何欣頤 / Genetically modified microbial symbionts as arthropod pest controllers: risk assessment through the European legislations / 石正人
R1 / 李 豪 / Roadmap to success and future perspective for microbial insecticides and considerations for the practical use of pathogens for control and eradication of arthropod invasive pests / 許如君
R1 / 姜乃瑋 / EGF signaling and the origin of axial polarity among the insects / 張俊哲
12/30 / R1 / 蕭育席 / Early embryo patterning in the grasshopper, Schistocerca gregaria: wingless, decapentaplegic and caudal expression / 張俊哲
R1 / 劉又溪 / A new generation of X Ray irradiators for insect Sterilization / 石正人
R1 / 蘇宥儒 / Are nano particles safe for agricultural uses / 許如君

D: doctoral students; D1: first-year doctoral students; D2: non-first-year doctoral students

R: master’s students; R1: first-year master’s students; R2: non-first-year master’s students

Timetable of the seminar course (2 hours):

Please arrive before 9:55 am
First session / 10:00-10:30 am
10:35-11:05 am
10 minutes break
Second session / 11:15-11:55 am (master)
11:15-12:05 am (doctoral)

The first session includes two talks and there is only one talk in the second session. Please note that the speech length is 18-21 minutes for a master student and 25-28 minutes for a doctoral student.

Contacting information of the course supervisors:

Dr. Cheng-Jen Shih (石正人), 02-33665528,

Dr. Chun-che Chang (張俊哲), 02-33665578,

Dr. Ju-Chun Hsu (許如君), 02-33665526,

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