Entomology & Nematology News

A research laboratory that collaborates with UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock on cancer research, using nanobodies from camelids and gene therapy to target tumors, has been named the State Key Laboratory for Nanobodies in the Guangxi Province, China.

Parasitologist Adler Dillman, an associate professor of parasitology at UC Riverside, will present a UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar on "Nematode Venom Contains Potent Modulators of Insect Immunity" on Wednesday, Oct. 27 in 122 Briggs Hall, off Kleiber Hall Drive.

Postdoctoral fellow Sergio Hidalgo Sotelo of the UC Davis Department of Entomomogy and Nematology will present an in-person seminar on Using Drosophila melanogaster to Understand Complex Disorders: Insights on the Pathophysiology of Schizophrenia on Wednesday, Oct. 20 in 122 Briggs Hall.

A research paper on the agricultural use of drones, co-authored by a four-member international team including UC Davis entomologist Elvira de Lange and published last February in the Journal of Economic Entomology, has won the prestigious 2021 Editors' Choice Award.

UC Davis distinguished professor Frank Zalom, a noted integrated pest management (IPM) specialist and a past president of the Entomological Society of America (ESA), is a newly elected Honorary Member of the ESA, an honor bestowed for his long-term dedication and extraordinary contributions to the 7...