About PIG
Hosted by the College of Agricultural and Environmental Science (CAES), the University of Georgia’s cross-disciplinary Plant-Insect Group (PIG) brings together researchers across UGA and beyond who are studying any aspect of plant and insect interactions. UGA’s Plant-Insect Group (PIG) is inspired by a similar group at Cornell University.
- Build a community of researchers working in the same field across departments at UGA and internationally.
- Provide an informal space for students and post-docs to receive feedback from the intellectual community on their research plans/design, data analysis, or talks.
- Expose researchers to the diverse world of plant-insect interaction research, methods, and big questions.
- Discuss recent or seminal papers in the field of plant-insect interactions.
This informal group is for researchers working at all career stages, across all UGA departments and campuses on any aspect of plant-insect interactions. Graduate students can take PIG for course credit (with a remote option) but postdocs, research professionals, and faculty are actively encouraged to attend. PIG meets weekly to discuss current themes and problems in the field as well as ongoing projects at UGA. We discuss papers, host guest speakers, and foster a supportive environment for early career scientists to develop their research projects.
Know someone outside of UGA who would love to be a part of PIG? We warmly invite you to spread the word far and wide.
PIG can also be taken for formal credit, as a graduate level course. Offered Fall and Spring.
Interested? Check out the Plant-Insect Group Course Description to learn more OR
If you would like to be included in email announcements of our weekly meeting topics, please use the sign-up below to send an email to Dr. Shayla Salzman with “PIG sign up” as the subject.
Wednesdays at 3 PM
Spring 2026, Cedar Street Building C, Room 417
Need to attend remotely?
We’ve got you! A Zoom link is included in the weekly announcements.