Virtual Research Seminar Series

Next Seminar

Applying insect welfare principles in an entomology research lab

Aimee will share examples of how she and students in her lab have incorporated current work on arthropod welfare into their research on insects and spiders. Topics covered include the guiding ethos of the lab and how that intersects with training students at different educational levels, some challenges and successes experienced with experimental design, a few experiments with nondestructive sampling, and the process of collaboratively creating working welfare assessments for research on bees and tarantulas.”

Aimee Dunlap, University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA

To be rescheduled

Upcoming Seminars

February 2025 - TBA.

April 2025 - talk title TBA. Miriam Zemanova, PhD; University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Past Seminars on our YouTube

October 2024 - “Identifying trends in reporting on the ethical treatment of insects in research” (Craig Perl, PhD; Insect Welfare Research Society, USA)

August 2024 - “The Sphex story: How humans kept repeating themselves” (Fred Keijzer, PhD; University of Groningen, the Netherlands)

June 2024 - “How honeybees think” (Andrew Barron, PhD; Macquarie University, AU)

April 2024 - “The moral status of insects” (Jeff Sebo, PhD; New York University, USA)

March 2024 - “The needs and means of using non-lethal methods in entomological research” (Gabor Lövei, PhD; Aarhus University & University of Debrecen & Marco Ferrante, PhD; Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany)

February 2024 - “Evaluating electrical stunning as a humane slaughter method for decapod crustaceans: Lessons learned when assessing sensitivity” (Amaya Albalat, PhD; University of Stirling, UK) - view slides here

December 2023 - “How the cricket feels and what the mealworm has to say: The influence of rearing environments on insect welfare in different food and feed production systems” (Alexander Haverkamp, PhD; Wageningen University, the Netherlands)

October 2023 - “Insect Sentience” (Lars Chittka, PhD; Queen Mary University of London, UK) - view recording of comparable talk at UFAW, here

August 2023 - “How Can We Know What is Good for Insects?” (Heather Browning, PhD; Southhampton University, UK)

June 2023 - “Insect welfare: Solid foundations for an emerging field” (Meghan Barrett, PhD; California State University Dominguez Hills, USA)