- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
The Esau Hall is located near Briggs Hall, off Kleiber Hall Lane. It is named for UC Davis professor emeritus and Ukrainian-born Katherine Esau (1898-1997), an internationally known plant biologist and recipient of the National Medal of Science from President George Bush.
"We are excited to showcase the nematode collection for another year at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day!" said doctoral student Veronica Casey of the nematology lab of Shahid Siddique, associate professor. "There will be jars containing preserved animal-parasitic nematodes, including dog heartworm and a worm donated by a student who was infected when traveling abroad (they're ok now!). We will also have samples of plants infected by plant-parasitic nematodes. Visitors can look under the microscope to see the amazing diversity of free-living nematodes extracted from a local soil sample. There will be a screen projecting a live feed of Caenorhabditis elegans, a model organism used in many different scientific fields. Visitors will get to take home their own fuzzy toy worm!"
Here's what visitors will see:
- Celery infected with root-knot nematodes
- Anisakis nematodes from a Minke whale stomach
- Heart of a dog infected with heartworms (Dirofilaria immitis)
- Parasitic nematodes (Baylisascaris transfuga) isolated from the stomach of a bear
- White-tailed deer eye infected with parasitic nematodes (Thelazia spp.)
- Sugar beet infected with root-knot nematodes
- Dog ascaris (Toxocara canis) cause of visceral larva migrans
- Common parasitic worms of human (Ascaris lumbricoides) cause of Ascaris isolated from human intestine
- Dog intestine infected with whipworms
- Horse stomach parasite community including 1) Parascaris 2) Tapeworms 3) Botfly larvae
- Yam infected with root-knot nematode
- Tomato root infected with root-knot nematoe
- Adult raccoon roundworms
- Filarial nematodes (Onchocerca volvulus) cause of Onchocerciasis river blindness
- Zoonotic hookworms (Ancylostoma caninum)
- Ascaris lumbricoides (common parasitic worms of human)
- Tree swallow infected with Diplotriaena nematode
- Sugar beet infected with cyst nematode (Heterodera schachtii)
- Grape roots infected with root-knot nematodes
- Mormon crickets infected with horsehair worms (Gordius robustus)
- Peach roots infected with root-knot nematodes
- Anisakis nematodes from fish intestine
- Hysterotahylaciun nematodes isolated from fish
- Pinworms isolated from human intestine
- Whipworms isolated from human intestine
- Anisakis nematodes isolated from seals
- Adult dog heartworms
Below is a list of participating museums and collections. A map is available for downloading on the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day website.
Arboretum and Public Garden
Location: Habitat Gardens in the Environmental GATEway, adjacent to the Arboretum Teaching Nursery on Garrod Drive.
Hours: noon to 4 p.m.
Bohart Museum of Entomology
Location: Room 1124 and main hall of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane.
Hours: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Botanical Conservatory
Location: The greenhouses along Kleiber Hall Drive.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
California Raptor Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
Location: 1340 Equine Lane, off Old Davis Road (Located three miles south of the central campus.)
Hours: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Center for Plant Diversity
Location: Katherine Esau Science Hall off Kleiber Hall Drive.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Location: Room 1394, Academic Surge Building
455 Crocker Lane
Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Paleontology Collection
Location: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1309 Earth and Physical Sciences Building, 434 LaRue Road.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Pfaff Yeast Culture Collection
Location: Robert Mondavi Institute Brewery and Food Processing facility, Old Davis Road.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Design Museum
Location: Cruess Hall, Room 124, 375 California Ave.
Hours: 1 to 5 p.m.
Visual Journals: 2010-2024 Exhibit
Moth Documentary, Nocturnes (hosted by the Bohart Museum of Entomology)
Location: Room 1002 of Cruess Hall
Hour: 2:45 to 5 p.m.
The documentary Nocturnes, is about moth research in the Himalayas. A discussion will follow about remote field research with Iris Quayle, a graduate student in the Bond Lab who collected insects in Belize and Madagascar.
