Justin Whitaker
M.S. Program with Dr.Szalanski
Insect Genetics
ADDRESS :
Department of Entomology
319 Agriculture Building
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
PHONE: 479.575.4214
FAX: 479.575.2452
E-MAIL: jtwhitak@uark.edu
EDUCATION:
- B.S. Biology, 2007, Ohio State University
RESEARCH PROJECT:
- Molecular diagnostics of the honey bee pathogens Nosema ceranae and N. apis in the United States and Turkey.
RECENT PRESENTATIONS:
- Szalanski, A.L., J. Whitaker, and P. Cappy. 2010. Molecular diagnostics of Nosema ceranae and N. apis from honey bees in New York. North American Beekeeping Conference, Orlando, FL.
- Whitaker, J., and A.L. Szalanski. 2009. Distribution and molecular detection of Nosema ceranae in US honey bees. 57th Annual ESA Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana.
- Whitaker, J., and A.L. Szalanski. 2009. Molecular detection and occurrence of Nosema ceranae from Turkish honey bees. Third Annual Arthropod Genomics Symposium, Kansas
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
- Whitaker, J., A.L. Szalanski, and M. Kence. 2010. Molecular detection of Nosema ceranae from Turkish honey bees. Apidologie (in press).
- Szalanski, A.L., J. Whitaker, and P. Cappy. 2010.
Molecular diagnostics of Nosema ceranae
and N. apis from honey bees in New
York. Proceedings of the American Bee Research Conference, American Bee Journal
150: 508.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
- Entomological Society of America
- International Union for the Study of Social Insects
- American Society for Microbiology