Entomology & Nematology News

A previous recipient of a Davis Botanical Society award was Shawn Christensen of the Rachel Vannette lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

A Call for Davis Botanical Society Grant Applications

January 10, 2023

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

UC Davis graduate and undergraduate students are invited to apply for the 2023 Davis Botanical Society grants, given annually to support field-oriented botany projects.

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Pollinator enthusiast Ria de Grassi of Davis won the 2023 Robbin Thorp Memorial First-Bumble-Bee-of-the-Year Contest. Here she confers with Thorp, distinguished emeritus professor of entomology, in this image taken in 2017 at a Bohart Museum of Entomology open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis Alumna Wins 2023 Robbin Thorp Memorial First Bumble-Bee-of-the-Year Contest

January 9, 2023

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

UC Davis alumna and pollinator enthusiast Ria de Grassi didn't have far to travel to win the Robbin Thorp Memorial First-Bumble-Bee-of-the-Year Contest, encompassing the 1930-square-mile area of Solano and Yolo counties.

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This is the yellow-fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. (Image courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Virginia Tech Researcher: 'Neural and Molecular Basis of Mosquito Behavior'

January 6, 2023

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

Molecular geneticist and mosquito researcher Clment Vinauger, an assistant professor with the Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.

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Close-up of bark beetle galleries. Research entomologist Chris Fettig of the U. S. Forest Service will speak on "Bark Beetles: How Tiny Insects Are Transforming Western Forests with a Little Help from Climate Change" at 4:10 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 1 in Room 122 of Briggs Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Department's Winter Seminars: From Bark Beetles to Bees and More

January 4, 2023

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

Seminar coordinator Emily Meineke, urban landscape entomologist and assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, has announced the list of the department's 10 winter seminars, which begin Jan. 11 and continue through March 15.

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In this screen shot, UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal, who is organizing and coordinating the series of UC Davis New Emeriti Distinguished Lectures talks about a young Harry Lewin.

'Forty Years of Science in 40 Minutes': New Emeriti Distinguished Lectures Begin

December 30, 2022

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

He quipped that he was "going to cover 40 years of science in 40 minutes.

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