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In this 2018 image, Thomas Sparks praises Bruce Hammock at the Hammock lab reunion at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Hammock Lab Alumnus Thomas Sparks Wins ESA's Nan-Yao Su Award

August 18, 2021
Biological chemist and green pesticide developer Thomas Tom Sparks, the first graduate student of UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock, is the newly announced recipient of the Entomological Association of America's Nan-Yao Su Award for Innovation and Creativity in Entomology.
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Noted neuroscientist John Hildebrand of the University of Arizona, International Secretary of the National Academy of Sciences, delivered the opening address at the international symposium on insect olfaction and taste. (Screen shot)
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International Olfaction and Taste Symposium on YouTube

August 17, 2021
If you missed the international symposium on Insect Olfaction and Taste in 24 Hours Around the Globe," not to worry. It's being loaded on YouTube. The 24-hour free Zoom symposium, which began Wednesday, Aug. 11, drew attendees from 66 countries.
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"Understanding the organization and evolution of social complexity is a major task because it requires building an understanding of mechanisms operating at different levels of biological organization from genes to social interactions," says honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr. in his article in the journal Genetics. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Honey Bee Geneticist Rob Page: 'Societies to Genes: Can We Get There from Here?'

August 6, 2021
Noted honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr., a UC Davis and Arizona State University emeritus professor and administrator, has authored a newly published, invited article in the journal Genetics on Societies to Genes: Can We Get There from Here? that highlights his three-decade scientific career.
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