Posts Tagged: seminar

Danielle Rutkowski: Symbiotic Fungi Associated with Social Bees

If you've been following the outstanding academic accomplishments of UC Davis doctoral candidate Danielle Rutkowski, you know that she researches the symbiotic fungi associated with social bees; is a 4.0 student; engages in public service; and is a major...

UC Davis doctoral candidate Danielle Rutkowski doing field work.

UC Davis doctoral candidate Danielle Rutkowski doing field work.

UC Davis doctoral candidate Danielle Rutkowski talks to visitors at the Rachel Vannette lab display in Briggs Hall during the 2024 UC Davis Picnic Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis doctoral candidate Danielle Rutkowski talks to visitors at the Rachel Vannette lab display in Briggs Hall during the 2024 UC Davis Picnic Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Charlotte Alberts and Those Fascinating Assassin Flies

Oh, the common names that insects bear...murder hornets, killer bees, cow killers, biting lice, assassin flies...if only those insects knew the violence in their names! Assassin flies--so fascinating--are also commonly referred to as robber flies,...

An assassin fly sketched by UC Davis doctoral alumna Charlotte Herbert Alberts, who is both an entomologist and an artist. (Copyrighted image by Charlotte Alberts, used with permission)

An assassin fly sketched by UC Davis doctoral alumna Charlotte Herbert Alberts, who is both an entomologist and an artist. (Copyrighted image by Charlotte Alberts, used with permission)

Gotta Love Those Spiders

Gotta love those spiders! What, you don't? They scare you? And you scream? Fear not.  Arachnologists will set the record straight. (Maybe not your scream, though!) Just in time for Halloween, the next UC Davis Department of Entomology and...

This is a Calisoga spider that Rodrigo Monjaraz-Ruedas will discuss at the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar on Oct. 30. (Photo by arachnologist Marshal Hedin, San Diego State University)

This is a Calisoga spider that Rodrigo Monjaraz-Ruedas will discuss at the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar on Oct. 30. (Photo by arachnologist Marshal Hedin, San Diego State University)

UC Davis Scientist Will Discuss Disarming Defenses of the Varroa Mite

Honey bee scientists,  beekeepers and other bee enthusiasts are especially looking forward to this UC Davis seminar. UC Davis environmental toxicologist/biochemist Sascha Nicklisch will discuss how to disarm the defenses of the...

A varroa mite on a foraging honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A varroa mite on a foraging honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Learn About Bee-Flower Interactions from U.S. Forest Service Research Entomologist

You won't want to miss this. Pollinator ecologist Anthony Vaudo, a research entomologist with the U. S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Moscow, Idaho, will discuss "Pollen Nutritional Ecology of Bee-Flower Interactions" at a...

Mustard pollen covers this honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Mustard pollen covers this honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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