Entomology & Nematology News

Community ecologist Rachel Vannette of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seeks to unlock the mysteries of flower microbes: how do plants protect against them, and can bees benefit from them?

Dipak Panigrahy, M.D., a longtime collaborator of UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock will present a special seminar on cancer research from 11 a.m. to 12 noon on Wednesday, Dec. 11 in 366 Briggs Hall. Dr.

UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Soares Leal, a leading global scientist and inventor in the field of insect olfaction and communication, is a newly selected fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NIA), which honors and encourages academic inventions that benefit society.

Noted forest entomologist and chemical ecologist Steven Jon Seybold, a lecturer and researcher with the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and a research entomologist with the Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Davis, died Friday, Nov.

The University of California Linnaean Games Team hopes to win its fourth national championship when the Entomological Society of America (ESA) meets Nov. 17-20, in St. Louis, Mo.