Posts Tagged: Joanna Chiu

Clement Chow: Fruit Flies, Rare Diseases and the Accomplishments

Don't miss the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar by Clement Chow on Monday, May 6. It will open your eyes about fruit flies, rare diseases, and the progress underway. Chow, an associate professor in the Department...

The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is commonly used for biological research in genetics. (Photo courtesy of Wikpedia)

The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is commonly used for biological research in genetics. (Photo courtesy of Wikpedia)

UC Davis Faculty Award Recipients to Be Celebrated May 13

Congratulations again to the recipients of the 2024 UC Davis Academic Senate and Academic Federation awards. As mentioned earlier, two members of the Academic Senate's winners' circle are UC Davis Distinguished Professor Walter Leal of the Department of...

Recipients of the 2024 Academic Senate and Federation Awards include UC Davis Distinguished Professor Walter Leal (top row, far left) and Professor Louie Yang (top row, fifth from left.)(Collage courtesy of UC Davis Dateline)

Recipients of the 2024 Academic Senate and Federation Awards include UC Davis Distinguished Professor Walter Leal (top row, far left) and Professor Louie Yang (top row, fifth from left.)(Collage courtesy of UC Davis Dateline)

Congrats to Professor Chiu: 'Distinction in Student Mentoring' Award

Congratulations to molecular geneticist-physiologist Joanna Chiu, professor and chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology! She's the recipient of the highly competitive "Distinction in Student Mentoring' Award from the Pacific...

Molecular geneticist-physiologist Joanna Chiu working in her lab in 2010, shortly after her arrival at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Molecular geneticist-physiologist Joanna Chiu working in her lab in 2010, shortly after her arrival at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Joanna Chiu: From Scholar to Professor to Department Chair

Scholar, teacher, mentor, researcher, author, collaborator, leader, optimist and administrator. Those are some of the roles of Professor Joanna Chiu, molecular geneticist and physiologist, who advanced from vice chair to chair of the UC Davis Department...

Molecular geneticist-physiologist Joanna Chiu working in her lab. She is the newly appointed chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Molecular geneticist-physiologist Joanna Chiu working in her lab. She is the newly appointed chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Leaving...

It's 3:47 p.m., on Sunday, June 4. I am watching a honey bee nectaring on a zinnia in our pollinator garden. She collects, lingers and then leaves.  It was like (A) Apis mellifera to (Z) zinnia.  I thought: "A honey bee, Apis...

A honey bee, Apis mellifera, leaving a zinnia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee, Apis mellifera, leaving a zinnia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Molecular geneticist-physiologist Joanna Chiu, professor and vice chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, captured this image at a UC Davis commencement today. From left are new PhDs: Yao Cai, Zachary Griebenow, Kyle Lewald and Christine Tabuloc. What a proud and glorious moment!

Molecular geneticist-physiologist Joanna Chiu, professor and vice chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, captured this image at a UC Davis commencement today. From left are new PhDs: Yao Cai, Zachary Griebenow, Kyle Lewald and Christine Tabuloc. What a proud and glorious moment!

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