Entomology & Nematology News

Ecologist Patrick Grof-Tisza, a postdoctoral fellow affiliated with the Richard "Rick" Karban lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, has received the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship funded by the European Commission.

UC Davis doctoral student and mosquito researcher Olivia Winokur remembers the defining moment when she learned that mosquitoes are much more than just annoying. In fact, it was her childhood curiosity about a yellow fever vaccination that sparked her interest in mosquitoes.

(See PNAS paper) A newly published study by a team of scientists at Chiba University, Japan and at the University of California, Davis shows that inhibiting an enzyme, the soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH), plays a key role in curbing the inflammation associated with the development and progression of...

Veterinarians in California and Oregon will soon receive honey bee education as part of a two-year $483,278 grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to principal investigator Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Nio of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.

It's all the buzz. The second annual California Honey Festival, sponsored by the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center and the City of Woodland, will offer scores of entertainment and educational activities and food and drink from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, May 5 in downtown Woodland.