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Professor John Casida (center) with former graduate students Sarjeet Gill (left), now a UC Riverside distinguished emeritus professor, and Bruce Hammock, UC Davis distinguished professor. In the foreground is Lassie Hammock, Bruce's wife. This image was taken in 2016.
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A Royal Tribute to the Legendary John Casida

April 30, 2023
The late UC Berkeley professor John Edward Casida (1929-2018), internationally recognized for his work on pesticides and their effects on humans, was the pesticide toxicologist of his generation, based on his research, his leadership and the impact of the many alumni from his laboratory.
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John Hargrove in South Africa providing expertise on the tsetse fly. (Photo by Pietro Ceccato of the SERVIR Applied Sciences Team)
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John Hargrove: Tsetse, Trypanosomiasis, and Climate Change

April 28, 2023
John Hargrove, director emeritus of the South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis, will present a UC Davis Entomology and Nematology seminar on "Tsetse, Trypanosomiasis, and Climate Change: What Can We Learn from Field Data Collected in the Zambezi Valley of Zimbabwe?
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Former UC Davis doctoral student Matan Shelomi described a new bacteria species from the gut of a Giant New Guinea Stick Insect, Eurycantha calcarata. This is a E. calcarata from the Bohart Museum. Shelomi named the bacteria after UC Davis faculty members Lynn and Bob Kimsey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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How a Newly Described Bacteria Species Got the Kimsey Name

April 21, 2023
A newly described bacteria species found more than a decade ago inside the gut of a stick insect housed in the Bohart Museum of Entomology petting zoo, now bears the name of two very surprised UC Davis entomologists.
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