Entomology & Nematology News

Plans are underway for the 13th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, a free "Super Science Day" for the public to observe science in action, and meet the scientists one-on-one. The event, set for Saturday, Feb.

The Bruce Hammock laboratory is hosting a special seminar on "Enhanced Baculoviral Virulence by Suppressing EpOME Degradation in Lepidopteran Insects," to be presented by Professor Yonggyum Kim of Korea at 10 a.m., Monday, Jan. 22 in 122 Briggs Hall. The seminar also will be on Zoom.

Nematologist Adler Dillman of UC Riverside will present the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's first seminar of the year at 4:10 p.m., Monday, Jan. 8 on "Nematode Parasitism of Insects with Toxic Cardenolides." His seminar will be in Room 122 of Briggs Hall and also will be on Zoom.

Fairfield resident Nancy Hansen won the 4th annual Robbin Thorp Memorial First-Bumble-Bee-of-the-Year Contest with a video of a black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus that she submitted to the sponsor, the Bohart Museum of Entomology, at 10:57 a.m., Monday, Jan. 1.

Seminar coordinator and associate professor Brian Johnson has announced the list of UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminars for the winter quarter, from Jan. 8 through March 11. All seminars will be on Mondays at 4:10 p.m. in Room 122 of Briggs Hall and also will be on Zoom.