Dr. Messelink is a Special Professor in Biological Pest Control in Greenhouse Production Systems and Senior Research Entomologist at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. He has an extensive background in conducting research using predators

Ep. 7. Dr. Anjel Helms, Chemical Cues in Plant Defenses

Sep 8th, 2020 46m 15s

Dr. Helms investigates questions regarding chemical cues between predators, herbivores, and their plants, and how their interact both below and above-ground. In this interview, we learn more about a specific study that looked at how chemical cu

Ep. 6. Dr. Juliana Rangel, Swarm Intelligence

Aug 25th, 2020 57m 47s

Dr. Juliana Rangel is an Associate Professor at Texas A&M University. Her research lab focuses their work on honey bee health, studying subjects such as bee viruses, pesticide residues in bee wax, and honey bee nutrition.For the full research a

Ep. 5: Dr. Patrick Rydzak: High-resolution melting

Aug 11th, 2020 51m 2s

Dr. Rydzak currently works for the F.B.I. He made his way there through studying plant viruses that are vectored by insects. In this episode, we learn about what motivated Dr. Rydzak, how he learned about opportunities to work for the F.B.I., a

Ep. 4: Dr. Astri Wayadande: Electropenetrography

Jul 28th, 2020 41m 8s

Dr. Astri Wayadande is known for her work in our understanding of insect feeding. Using a technique referred to as electrical penetration graph or electropenetrography, sucking insects are integrated into a low-voltage circuit. Upon feeding, th

Ep. 3: Dr. Brent Sinclair: Insect Cold Tolerance (Pt. 2)

Jul 14th, 2020 37m 3s

In this second part, we learn about a recent publication exploring a new potential organism for studying freeze tolerance. Dr. Brent Sinclair is known for his research in low and high temperature tolerance of arthropods, such as fruit flies and

Ep. 2: Dr. Brent Sinclair: Insect Cold Tolerance (Pt. 1)

Jun 30th, 2020 42m 58s

Dr. Brent Sinclair is known for his research in low and high temperature tolerance of arthropods, such as fruit flies and crickets. Some insects can tolerate being completely frozen and thawing out alive, whereas others cannot. Dr. Sinclair sha

Ep. 1: Dr. Jenny Cory - Insect Pathogens

Jun 16th, 2020 26m 46s

Dr. Jenny Cory is a Professor and Thelma Finlayson Chair in Biological Control at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada. She is also the Director of the Masters in Pest Management Program; a research-based masters that has slightl

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Intro: Talking Bugs Trailer

May 26th, 2020 1m 23s

Insects are some of the most important organisms impacting humans every day; from the deadliest animals (mosquitoes) to those eating our agricultural crops. They also have several incredibly fascinating characteristics that we can learn from, s