Entomology & Nematology News

Forensic entomologist and master advisor Robert Kimsey and staff advisor Elvira Galvan Hack. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Robert Kimsey, Elvira Hack Win Advising Awards

April 10, 2019

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

Forensic entomologist and adjunct professor Robert Kimsey, master advisor in the Animal Biology program and a lecturer in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, and Elvira Galvan Hack, staff advisor in the Animal Biology major and a member of the Phoenix Cluster, won the 2019 Eleanor...

View Article

Showing winning entomology shirts are (from left) Ivana Li, UC Davis staff research associate and a UC Davis graduate in entomology; nematolgist and graduate student Corwin Parker of the Steve Nadler lab; and graduate student Jill Oberski of the Phil Ward lab. Oberski created the American Gothic t-shirt and the roach races t-shirt, while Parker designed the cicada t-shirt. Li is a strong supporter and also designed a t-shirt for the contest.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

What's a Picnic Without Bugs? April 13 Is Picnic Day

April 10, 2019

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

It will literally be a bugfest Saturday, April 13 at Briggs Hall and the Bohart Museum of Entomology during the 105th annual campuswide UC Davis Picnic Day.

View Article

Close-up of female silver digger bee, Habropoda miserabilis, taken at Waldport, Ore. in 2015. (Copyrighted Photo by Leslie Saul-Gershenz. Used with Permission)

Entomology & Nematology News: Article

UC Davis Entomologist Lends Expertise on the Silver Digger Bees at the Presidio

April 1, 2019

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

UC Davis entomologist Leslie Saul-Gershenz lent her expertise when a volunteer discovered what turned out to be "long-lost" silver digger bees in restored sand dunes at the San Francisco Presidio, a former military post now owned and operated by the National Park Service.

View Article

Brendon Boudinot of the Phil Ward lab is the sixth UC Davis student to receive the John Henry Comstock Award. (Photo by Jill Oberski)

Brendon Boudinot: Sixth Recipient of PBESA's John Henry Comstock Award

March 28, 2019

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

When doctoral candidate Brendon Boudinot of the Phil Ward lab receives the prestigious John Henry Comstock Award next week at the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA) meeting in San Diego, he will become the sixth UC Davis student to win the award.

View Article

UC Davis researchers Jun Yang (left) and Sung Hee Hwang (center) of the Bruce Hammock lab with Bruce Hammock, distinguished professor, who holds a joint appointment with the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Hammock/Hashimoto/RIKEN Research Could Lead to Drug to Prevent or Reduce Disabilities Associated with Autism, Schizophrenia

March 18, 2019

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

An enzyme inhibitor developed in the UC Davis laboratory of Bruce Hammock and tested in mice by a team of international researchers shows promise that it could lead to a drug to prevent or reduce the disabilities associated with the neurodevelopmental disorders of autism and schizophrenia.

View Article