SCHEDULE OF LECTURES

LECTURE

DATE

TOPIC

 

 

 

1

26 August

Introductory comments

Movement:

Energy metabolism

2

28 August

Movement:

Physiology of muscles

 

2 September

Labor day holiday

No laboratory this week

3

4 September

Movement:

Gas exchange during flight

No laboratory this week

4

9 September

Adaptation to environment:

Water balance

5

11 September

Adaptation to environment:

Osmoregulation in terrestrial insects

6

16 September

Adaptation to environment:

Osmoregulation in aquatic insects

7

18 September

Adaptation to environment:

Malpighian tubules and hindguts

8

23 September

Adaptation to environment:

Adaptation to extreme cold

9

25 September

Adaptation to environment:

Physiology of diapause

10

30 September

Adaptation to environment:

Respiration in aquatic insects

TAKE HOME MID-TERM EXAMINATION

11

2 October

Physiology of circulation:

Transporting energy metabolites

12

7 October

Physiology of circulation:

Regulating body temperature

TAKE HOME MID-TERM EXAM DUE 9:00am

13

9 October

Insect immunology:

Humoral immunity

14

14 October

Insect immunology:

Hemocytic immunity

15

16 October

Insect endocrinology:

Post-embryonic development

16

21 October

Insect endocrinology:

Signal transduction mechanisms

17

23 October

Insect endocrinology:

Signal transduction mechanisms

18

28 October

Insect reproduction:

Anatomy and physiology

19

30 October

Insect reproduction:

Embryology

20

4 November

Insect reproduction:

Oviposition behavior in crickets

 

6 November

MID-TERM EXAMINATION – IN CLASS

21

11 November

Organismal integration:

The insect fat body

22

13 November

Nutritional metabolism:

Nitrogen metabolism and excretion

23

18 November

Nutritional metabolism:

Dietary requirements

24

20 November

Nutritional metabolism:

Regulating feeding feeding activities

25

25 November

Sensory physiology:

Insect nervous systems

No laboratory this week

 

27 November

Thanksgiving holiday

No laboratory this week

26

2 December

Sensory physiology:

Insect vision

27

4 December

Sensory physiology:

Chemical communication

28

9 December

Sensory physiology:

Chemical communication

29

11 December

Insect physiology in the future:

Visions and speculations

 

16 December

FINAL EXAMINATION

10 am- - - - - - - -> NOON: Tuesday

 

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