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Penn State University's Center for Chemical Ecology is pleased to announce a two-week summer course in Insect Chemical Ecology called ICE 20 that will be conducted on the Penn State campus June 1–15, 2020.
Graduate students, post-doctoral and faculty researchers/teachers, as well as other professionals are welcome.
ICE 20 will feature guest lectures by, and discussions with, 15 different internationally recognized experts in insect chemical ecology, including: Cam Oehlschlager, ChemTica International, Costa Rica; John Pickett, Cardiff University, England; Christer Löfstedt, University of Lund, Sweden; Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly, INRA, Paris, France; Jocelyn Millar, University of California, Riverside; Silke Sachse and Ian Keesey, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany; Sharon Hill, Rickard Ignell, Ylva Hillbur and Teun Dekker, Swedish Agricultural University, Alnarp, Sweden; Clare Casteel and Rob Raguso, Cornell University; Don Thomson, Pacific Biocontrol, Vancouver, WA.
Fourteen expert faculty members from Penn State's Center for Chemical Ecology will also deliver lectures and be present for discussions with the students. These lecturers include Flor Acevedo, Jared Ali, Etya Amsalem, Tom Baker, Gary Felton, Christina Grozinger, Sara Hermann, Kelli Hoover, Greg Krawczyk, Nina Jenkins, Tanya Renner, Matt Thomas, John Tooker and Rose Zhu.
ICE 20 is a continuation of the highly successful ICE short course series that rotates annually between Penn State, SLU Alnarp, and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany.
There will be a field trip to fruit orchards in southern Pennsylvania to see applied uses of semiochemicals in successful commercial-grower IPM settings. Another day will be devoted to laboratory demonstrations of chemical ecology techniques. In addition there will be an afternoon visit to ConidioTec, a company producing fungal-based products for insect control and an additional afternoon on-campus visit to Penn State's campus-wide microscope facilities supporting chemical ecology research.
June 1st is the student arrival date and hotel check-in. There will be no lectures or events that day. June 15th is the student departure date with again, no lectures or events.
We encourage all participants to keep informed of risks, precautions, and symptoms to assist in making educated decisions about travel and participation in Penn State programs and events.Currently, the university has not made a decision to cancel programs or events. We will keep you updated on any such decisions, which will be made with the health and well-being of our community and event guests as the priority. All registered attendees will be contacted in the event of cancellation. Unless you are contacted regarding cancellation, assume that university programs and events will go on as scheduled.
We appreciate your understanding as we navigate this rapidly evolving situation. If you have questions or would like to change your registration status, please call 877-778-2937 or email csco@psu.edu.
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