Symposium to Honor the Scientific Legacy of Jan O. Washburn (1952-2024)

Organizer(s)

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  L. Philip Lounibos (he/him/his)

  Distinguished Professor Emeritus
  Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory
  University of Florida
  Vero Beach, Florida
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  Eric Haas-Stapleton

  Laboratory Director
  Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District
  Hayward, California

Highlights contributions to entomology of the late Jan Washburn, not only through academic research, but also through mosquito control,
Insect conservation, and citizen science.

Presentations:

• 9:30 AM – 9:40 AM MST

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: L. Philip Lounibos (he/him/his) – University of Florida
• 9:40 AM – 10:00 AM MST

  Recollections from childhood with Jan in West Virginia and later collaboration leading to co-authorship in Science
  

  Presenting Author: Libe Washburn – University of California, Santa Barbara
• 10:00 AM – 10:20 AM MST

  Jan Washburn: Biologist, artist, environmental educator, and friend to all who knew him
  

  Presenting Author: Gordon Frankie – University of California
• 10:40 AM – 11:00 AM MST

  Contributions of Jan Washburn to biological control and mosquito ecology
  

  Presenting Author: L. Philip Lounibos (he/him/his) – University of Florida
• 11:00 AM – 11:10 AM MST

  Break & slideshow of Jan Washburn's insect art
• 11:10 AM – 11:30 AM MST

  Molecular mechanisms in caterpillar baculovirus infections
  

  Presenting Author: Taro Ohkawa (he/him/his) – University of California
• 11:30 AM – 11:50 AM MST

  Contributions of Jan Washburn to mosquito control in California
  

  Presenting Author: Eric Haas-Stapleton – Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District
• 11:50 AM – 12:10 PM MST

  Jan Washburn as insect naturalist, educator, and conservator
  

  Presenting Author: Eric Lyons (he/him/his) – University of Arizona