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RABL Speaker: Love, lies, and lures

Monday, May 20 | 3:10-4:30 p.m.
Warch 204 – Cinema

Dr. Robert Mitchell from UW-Oshkosh will give a talk titled: Love, lies, and lures: Understanding the ecology and evolution of pheromones in beetles.

The Mitchell lab explores the chemical ecology of beetles and the evolution of smell and taste. Recent projects have focused on pheromone discovery, the ecological networks mediated by pheromones, and identifying pheromone receptors, especially within the large family of longhorned beetles.