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Posts Tagged: Research Scholars Program in Insect Biology

Meet a UC Davis Student Who Is Researching the Cold-Adapted Parnassian Butterflies

Move over, monarchs butterflies. The cold-adapted Parnassian butterflies don't get nearly as much attention as the iconic monarchs that migrate to overwintering spots, but a UC Davis entomology student's research may help change all that.  Gary...

A mating pair of Parnassius clodius, known as cold-adapted butterflies. (Photo by Gary Ge)
A mating pair of Parnassius clodius, known as cold-adapted butterflies. (Photo by Gary Ge)

A mating pair of Parnassius clodius, known as cold-adapted butterflies. (Photo by Gary Ge)

Posted on Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 6:21 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources

It's a Good Day When Nematodes Make the News

In an era when folks say they have no clue what nematology is, it's gratifying to see it make the headlines. At least, the UC Davis headlines! We're delighted to see that UC Davis undergraduate student Juan Amado “Ado” Sales, a member of...

Posted on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 3:55 PM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources, Pest Management

Congratulations, Louie Yang, NACADA's Top Faculty Academic Advisor

Congratulations to community ecologist Louie Yang of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, the newly announced recipient of an international award for his outstanding academic advising activities. What an honor and so...

Community ecologist Louie Yang is the recipient of an international award for his academic advising. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Community ecologist Louie Yang is the recipient of an international award for his academic advising. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Community ecologist Louie Yang is the recipient of an international award for his academic advising. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Monday, May 7, 2018 at 4:13 PM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources, Yard & Garden

Everyone Wins! (Except the Spotted-Wing Drosophila)

It's great to see Jessica West, a member of  Joanna Chiu's molecular genetics lab in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and a member of the Research Scholars Program in Insect Biology. receive the undergraduate student award...

UC Davis undergraduate student Jessica West, who is majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology, has just received the UC Davis undergraduate award President's Global Food Initiative Student Fellowship Program. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis undergraduate student Jessica West, who is majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology, has just received the UC Davis undergraduate award President's Global Food Initiative Student Fellowship Program. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis undergraduate student Jessica West, who is majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology, has just received the UC Davis undergraduate award President's Global Food Initiative Student Fellowship Program. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, December 12, 2014 at 8:32 PM

The Scholar and the Walnut Twig Beetle

Most people have never seen the walnut twig beetle, a tiny insect that spreads a fungal pathogen that kills walnut trees.  No wonder. The insect, measuring about 1.5 millimeters long, is much smaller than a grain of rice.  Now, however, they...

Kristina Tatiossian and the ceramic mosaic of a walnut twig beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Kristina Tatiossian and the ceramic mosaic of a walnut twig beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Kristina Tatiossian and the ceramic mosaic of a walnut twig beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The poster that Kristina Tatiossian created. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The poster that Kristina Tatiossian created. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The poster that Kristina Tatiossian created. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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