Research Lab Look In: How Plants Manipulate Pollinator Behavior (Online Lecture Series)

Isabel Emanuel, USBG American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow; Ashley Kim, Graduate Student Researcher, University of California San Diego; Peter Kann, Graduate Student Researcher, Georgetown University
Want to know more about how plants manipulate pollen behavior? Join host Isabel as she and Ashley explore how honeybee shaking signals relate to floral food availability. Then the conversation continues through a discussion with Peter about the intriguing world of carnivorous plant predation.

This program is part of a 2-part “Research Lab Look In” summer online lecture series featuring graduate student speakers and their research as it relates to the Garden’s current exhibit, “Fierce Flora: Tales of Survival and Demise.”

This program is offered as part of the Garden’s partnership with the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The program is connected to our exhibit, “Fierce Flora: Tales of Survival and Demise.”

Dr. Isabel Emanuel, PhD

AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Dr. Isabel Emanuel is a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the United States Botanic Garden, where she focuses on developing research partnerships with academic institutions and supporting science education and outreach initiatives. Originally from B...(read more)

Ashley Kim

Graduate Student Researcher, Biological Sciences

University of California San Diego

Ashley Kim was first introduced to the world of insects in a Zoology course at her local community college, where she was tasked with creating an insect collection and fell in love with the beautiful biodiversity. She is finishing up her doctorate in Biologica...(read more)

Peter Kann

Graduate Student Researcher

Georgetown University

Peter Kann has always been fascinated by insects—their diversity in form, behavior, and evolutionary history is staggering and results in endless new things to learn about them. Naturally, this led him to carnivorous plants, and who among us doesn’t think they...(read more)