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Event Date: June 24, 2026, 12:10 PM – 12:50 PM
Brown Bag Seminar
Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar Series The 236th Seminar "Suspense in Nature: worker ants manipulated into killing their own mothers and spiders forced to rebuild their webs by parasites"
The Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar Series will start every Wednesday at lunchtime from April 2021. The purpose of this webinar series is to provide opportunities not only to learn research related to SDGs in Asian and Oceanian regions, but also to expand your research network across different academic areas.
The webinar is free, available in English and Japanese, and open to everyone! We hope you all come and join us!
The webinar is free, available in English and Japanese, and open to everyone! We hope you all come and join us!
Details
- Date
- 2026/6/24 (Wed) 12:10－12:50
- Style
- Zoom Webinar
- Language
- Bilingual Japanese-English support (simultaneous interpretation)
- Admission Fee
- Free
- The maximum number for the webinar participants
- 500 people
- Contact
- Kyushu University Q-AOS Administrative Office
TEL：+81-92-802-2605
E-mail：aoevent★jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp
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Abstract
Nature is teeming with parasites. Moreover, beyond simply parasitizing specific hosts to steal their nutrients, a phenomenon known as "host manipulation" in which parasites control their hosts at will, forcing them to perform actions that benefit the parasite is observed across a wide variety of species. These ingenious strategies truly make them the strategists of the natural world.
In this seminar, I will focus on "parasitoid wasps", often considered the quintessential parasitic insects, and "socially parasitic ants", which infiltrate other colonies to cleverly exploit their labor, introducing a range of astonishingly cunning and diverse host manipulation tactics.
While the word "parasite" might conjure images of horror-movie creatures, their ecology is actually fascinating. Let's take a look together at the ruthless battles played out in nature, where lives are at stake.
In this seminar, I will focus on "parasitoid wasps", often considered the quintessential parasitic insects, and "socially parasitic ants", which infiltrate other colonies to cleverly exploit their labor, introducing a range of astonishingly cunning and diverse host manipulation tactics.
While the word "parasite" might conjure images of horror-movie creatures, their ecology is actually fascinating. Let's take a look together at the ruthless battles played out in nature, where lives are at stake.
Program
12:10 – 12:15 Introduction
Associate Professor, Kun Qian (Q-AOS Coordinator)
12:15 – 12:40 Seminar
Title: Suspense in Nature: worker ants manipulated into killing their own mothers and spiders forced to rebuild their webs by parasites
Speaker: Assistant Professor, Keizo Takasuka (Faculty of Science Department of Biology)
12:40 – 12:50 Q&A
Associate Professor, Kun Qian (Q-AOS Coordinator)
12:15 – 12:40 Seminar
Title: Suspense in Nature: worker ants manipulated into killing their own mothers and spiders forced to rebuild their webs by parasites
Speaker: Assistant Professor, Keizo Takasuka (Faculty of Science Department of Biology)
12:40 – 12:50 Q&A
Material
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