| Hexapod Herald |
| Department of Entomology | University of Nebraska - Lincoln | |
| Volume 16 | Number 2 |
March 31, 2004
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• Federico Ocampo Defense Seminar
2:00 p.m., Nebraska East Union
April 9, 2004
• Entomology Seminar - Symbioses Among Ant Species
Lisa Franzen - 3:30 p.m., Nebraska East Union
April 16, 2004
• Entomology Seminar - Foraging Strategies, Territory, and Population Regulation
Eliseu Pereira, 3:30 p.m. , Nebraska
East Union
April 16-17, 2004
• Insect Biodiversity on the Prairies - 80th Annual Meeting of the Central States Entomological Society - Kansas Entomological Society
April 23, 2004
• Entomology Seminar - Symbioses between Ants and Plants
Sasi Maliphan, 3:30 p.m. , Nebraska East Union
April 30, 2004
• Entomology Seminar - Weaver Ants
Bea Siriwetwiwat, 3:30 p.m., Room 203, NRH
May 3-7, 2004
• Second Semester Final Exams
May 8, 2004
• Second Semester Commencement
May 17, 2004
• Pre-Session and Eight-Week Sessions Begin
June 7, 2004
• First Five-Week Session Begins
June 18-19, 2004
• Value-Added Products Beekeeping Workshop
Agricultural Research and Development Center, Mead, NE
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New Distance Masters Students: Summer 2004: Brian Mount, Merchantville, NJ; Keith Love,Star, ID.
Alex Cunningham is beginning work this semester that will transition into a M.S. degree program on June 1, 2004. Some may know Alex from his previous affiliations with our department as he has worked for some professors in the department in the past and has maintained contact, even though he hasn't been directly involved in programs here since the mid- to late 1990s. Drs. Steve Danielson and Jim Brandle will serve as Alex’s advisors. His M.S. research project will focus on the synchronization of harvest and the development of insect predators in alfalfa.  Congratulations
Joan Christen, science instructor at Beatrice High School in Beatrice, NE, is a recipient of a Ciba Specialty Chemicals High School Science Teaching Award from the National Science Teachers Association’s (NSTA) 2004 Teacher Awards Program. The awards will be presented at a special banquet and ceremony at the NSTA National Convention in Atlanta, April 1–4, 2004. Joan received the award for creating a program that features real-life applications of scientific experiences involving insects and uses an interdisciplinary approach, problem-solving activities, the Internet, novel scientific methodology, and cutting-edge technology. Joan received her M.S. degree through the Entomology Distance Program and is working towards her Ph.D. under the supervision of Drs. John Foster and Steve Skoda. Nick Aliano won first place in the student paper competition at the American Bee Research Conference held in San Antonio, TX, in January. Nick is working towards him M.S. degree under the supervision of Dr. Marion Ellis. Rod and Jessica Madsen are the proud parents of a boy, Austin Russell, born February 21, 2004. He was 8 lbs., 5 oz., 20" long, and has LOTS of hair. A Value-Added Products Workshop for beekeepers will be conducted June 18-19, 2004, at the University of Nebraska Agricultural Research and Development Center (near Ithaca and Mead, NE). Program details and registration information are available at: http://entomology.unl.edu/beekpg/index.htm The 12th Annual Nebraska Urban Pest Management Conference was held January 22-23, 2004, in Lincoln, NE. Dr. Shripat Kamble, coordinator for the conference, reported a total of 115 pest management professionals were trained emphasizing pest management in and around homes/buildings, stored grain and food processing plants, and public health settings. The conference had 34 speakers (from industry, universities, consulting companies, state and federal agencies) who covered 45 pest management topics. Seventeen exhibitors displayed the latest pest management products. Thanks to the faculty, staff, and graduate students who contributed to the success of this conference.
Allen, M.L., A.M. Handler, D.R. Berkebile, and S.R. Skoda. 2004. piggyBac transformation of the New World screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax, produces multiple distinct mutant strains. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 18: 1-9. Eickhoff, Thomas, E., Frederick P. Baxendale, Tiffany M. Heng-Moss, and Erin Blankenship. 2004. Turfgrass, Crop, and Weed Hosts of Blissus occiduus (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 97(1): 67-73. Heng-Moss, Tiffany M., Frederick P. Baxendale, Terrance P. Riordan, Linda Young, and Kit Lee. 2003. Chinch Bug-Resistance Buffalograss: An Investigation of Tolerance, Antixenosis, and Antibiosis. J. Econ. Entomol. 96(6): 1942-1951. Madsen, Rodney A., Thomas E. Hunt, and Leon G. Higley. 2004. Simulated Clover Leaf Weevil Injury and Alfalfa Yield and Quality. Agron. J. 96: 224-228. Miller, Jon S. and David W. Stanley. 2004. Lipopolysaccharide evokes microaggregation reactions in hemocytes isolated from tobacco hornworms, Manduca sexta. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., Part A 137: 285-295. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2003. The Dynastine Scarab Beetles of Costa Rica and Panama (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 16: 1-506. Royer, Tom A., Phillip E. Sloderbeck, Noel Troxclair, Jr., and Robert J. Wright. 2004. Corn Insects, pp. 631-667. In: C. Wayne Smith [ed.], Corn: Origin, History, Technology, and Production. John Wiley and Sons Inc., Hoboken, NJ. Thomas, John A. and Gary L. Hein. 2003. Influence of volunteer wheat plant condition on movement of the wheat curl mite, Aceria tosichella, in winter wheat. Experimental and Applied Acarology 31: 253-268. Nowatzki, Timothy M., Bradley Niimi, Kelli J. Warren, Sean Putnam, Lance J. Meinke, David C. Gosselin, F. Edwin Harvey, Thomas E. Hunt, and Blair D. Siegfried. 2003. In-Field Labeling of Western Corn Rootworm Adults (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) with Rubidium. J. Econ. Entomol. 96(6): 1750-1759. Phelps, Pamela K., Jon S. Miller, and David W. Stanley. 2003. Prostaglandins, not lipoxygenase products, mediate insect microaggregation reactions to bacterial challenge in isolated hemocyte preparations. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., Part A 136: 409-416. Zhou, Xuguo, Michael E. Scharf, Lance J. Meinke, Laurence D. Chandler, and Blair D. Siegfried. 2003. Characterization of General Esterases from Methyl Parathion-Resistant and -Susceptible Populations of Western Corn Rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 96(6): 1855-1863. Zhou, Xuguo, Michael E. Scharf, Gautam Sarath, Lance J. Meinke, Laurence D. Chandler, and Blair D. Siegfried. 2004. Partial purification and characterization of a methyl-parathion resistance-associated general esterase in Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 78: 114-125.
Dr. Meg Allen, a post-doc research associate in the USDA-ARS Midwest Livestock Insects Research Unit, attended a Keystone Symposium in Taos, NM, in February called "Genetic Manipulation of Insects". Meg was awarded a $1,000 travel reimbursement scholarship from the Keystone organizers and gave an oral presentation. Dr. Andrew Smith and Matt Paulsen traveled to Chile for three weeks in February and early March for collecting and museum work.
Dr. Marion Ellis received a grant of $8,000 from the Nebraska Beekeepers Association that will go to the Foundation Account for Apicultural Research. Drs. Tiffany Heng-Moss, Leon Higley and Gautam Sarath will receive Hatch funds from the Agricultural Research Division for their proposal entitled, “Differential Gene Expression of Barley in Response to Aphid Injury” in the amount of $15,000, with second year contingent funding of $20,000. Dr. Mary Liz Jameson received a grant of $600 from the University of Nebraska Research Council to host Visiting Scholar Dr. Stephan Buchmann (President of "The Bee Works", Tucson, AZ). Dr. Andrew Smith received a grant of $300,000 from the National Science Foundation to conduct work on the scarabs of southern Chile and Argentina. The Office of Extended Education & Outreach will be funding the grant proposal, “Developing and Implementing an Advising Center for College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources Distance Students” in the amount of $25,000. The grant proposal was submitted by Dr. Deana Namuth, Connie Reimers-Hild, Drs. James Partridge, John Foster, and James King. Dr. Bob Wright presented an invited talk "Biological Control of Insects" at the joint meeting of the Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society and the Organic Crop Improvement Association in Lincoln on February 14, 2004. Dr. Bob Wright was interviewed for UNL's Market Journal webcast program on February 28, concerning the new refuge requirements for Bt corn for corn rootworms. The interview is available on the Web at http://marketjournal.unl.edu Dr. Tiffany Heng-Moss was awarded a “Certificate of Recognition for Contributions to Students” from the UNL Parents Association. A reception and program was held January 23, 2004. Dr. Bob Wright has been elected to the Academic Senate. This position will begin April 27, 2004, and continue through April 2007. Federico Ocampo will present his dissertation defense on Wednesday, March 31, 2004, at 2:00 p.m. His dissertation title is “Phylogenetic analysis of the scarab family Hybosoridae and monographic revision of the New World subfamily Anaidinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)." Fede will start his permanent, full time job as Collections Manager in the Division of Entomology in the Museum on April 1, 2004. André Crespo has been awarded graduate fellowship funding of $5,000. The funds are to come through the Mary and Charles C. Cooper/Emma I. Sharpless Fellowship Fund. André is working towards his Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. Blair Siegfried. Analiza Alves’ thesis defense was held March 19, 2004. Her title was "Characterization of the inheritance of resistance to the Cry1Ab toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis in Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)." Ana’s advisor is Dr. Blair Siegfried, and Ana will continue under the supervision of Dr. Siegfried in the Ph.D. program. Bill Allgeier received $200 in travel support from the Myron H. Swenk Memorial Fund to attend the “Expanding the Arc and the Emerging Science and Practice of Invertebrate Conservation” meeting in New York City, NY, March 24-25, 2004. Shauna Hawkins received $200 in travel support from the Myron H. Swenk Memorial Fund to study museum specimens in Paris, France, this coming July. Laura Campbell, Pete Clark, Tim Huntington, Jeff Krumm, Diana Londono, Sasi Maliphan, and Neil Spomer were awarded $200 each in travel support from the Myron H. Swenk Memorial Fund to attend the North Central Branch Entomological Society of America meetings in Kansas City, MO, March 28-31, 2004.
Social Security Number Removed From Pay Advice and Pay Stub As part of an ongoing effort to protect privacy and reduce risk of identity theft, the University of Nebraska has removed your social security number from your printed pay advice. This was another phase in a larger strategy to replace social security numbers with personnel numbers as the primary employee identifier. The change became effective beginning with the February 5 biweekly pay date and on the February 27 monthly pay date. P.O. Numbers Purchasing has notified the department that when an Entomology staff person requests a verbal P.O. number, Barb still needs to contact a buyer for approval before providing the number to the person placing the order. The turn around on approval may be up to 24 hours. All purchases made using a Purchase Order--either verbally or with a hard copy--must be approved in Purchasing before the order is placed with the vendor. Change in F&A distribution and the Research Infrastructure Fund Dr. Prem Paul, the Vice Chancellor for Research, has notified units that a new strategic fund, the Research Infrastructure Fund, has been created to address UNL's critical needs related to research facilities and the acquisition of major research instrumentation. The first 10 percent of the total F&A return each year will be reserved in this fund to be used strategically to enhance UNL's research infrastructure. The remaining 90 percent of F&A will be distributed according to the current practice. The Research Infrastructure Fund will be managed by the Vice Chancellor for Research. Processing Proposals Sponsored Programs has reminded units that when processing a proposal--if the project requires a certification number (Hazardous Materials, Radiation, etc.)--it should be listed on the routing form near the check box for the particular approval. The certification check boxes are near the top of the second page on the routing form. In the future, if the number isn't provided, Sponsored Programs will contact you directly for the number. Please provide this information to avoid delays in award processing. If you have any questions, please see Allen Specht.
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