The Spring 2025 Biology Seminar Series continues with a talk from Dr. Jacobus (Jaap) De Roode, "Migration, microbes and medication in the monarch butterfly."

11 Feb
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Add to Calendar 2025-02-11 12:00:00 2025-02-11 13:00:00 Biology Seminar: Dr. Jacobus (Jaap) De Roode The Spring 2025 Biology Seminar Series continues with a talk from Dr. Jacobus (Jaap) De Roode, "Migration, microbes and medication in the monarch butterfly." BioScience 113 Occidental College info@kwallcompany.com America/Los_Angeles public
Location: BioScience 113
Event Date: Feb. 11, 2025

Monarch butterflies are well-known for their spectacular migration from North America to Mexico, and for their reliance on milkweeds as their larval host plants. I will present on our research to show how parasitism affects monarch migration, and how monarchs may use medicinal milkweeds to fight their infections.

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