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BioDivDay: Can't Wait to See You!

BioDivDay is Sunday. March 6 at the UC Davis Conference Center: Can't wait to see you! That's the message the organizers of the 11th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day are spreading throughout social media. The UC Davis Biodiversity...

The wonder of a stick insect, aka walking stick, at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The wonder of a stick insect, aka walking stick, at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The wonder of a stick insect, aka walking stick, at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A juvenile root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) penetrates a tomato root.  (USDA Photo, Courtesy of Wikipedia)
A juvenile root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) penetrates a tomato root. (USDA Photo, Courtesy of Wikipedia)

A juvenile root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) penetrates a tomato root. (USDA Photo, Courtesy of Wikipedia)

Posted on Friday, March 4, 2022 at 3:17 PM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Economic Development, Environment, Food, Health, Innovation, Natural Resources, Pest Management, Yard & Garden

Going Native: Do You Know the Native Bees of California?

Do you know the names of native bees commonly found in California's urban gardens? And how many have you seen in their habitat? Back in the 2009, a team of University of California scientists, led by Gordon Frankie of UC Berkeley and Robbin Thorp...

A female yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, foraging on Anchusa azurea at Annie's Annuals and perennials, Richmond. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A female yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, foraging on Anchusa azurea at Annie's Annuals and perennials, Richmond. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A female yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, foraging on Anchusa azurea at Annie's Annuals and perennials, Richmond. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A female metallic green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, nectaring on a purple coneflower in a UC Davis garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A female metallic green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, nectaring on a purple coneflower in a UC Davis garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A female metallic green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, nectaring on a purple coneflower in a UC Davis garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A female leafcutting bee, Megachile fidelis, foraging on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in a UC Davis garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A female leafcutting bee, Megachile fidelis, foraging on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in a UC Davis garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A female leafcutting bee, Megachile fidelis, foraging on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in a UC Davis garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A sweat bee, Halictus farinosus, foraging on rock purslane in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A sweat bee, Halictus farinosus, foraging on rock purslane in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A sweat bee, Halictus farinosus, foraging on rock purslane in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A male Valley carpenter bee,  Xylocopa sonorina, foraging on germander, Teucrium fruitcans. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa sonorina, foraging on germander, Teucrium fruitcans. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A male Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa sonorina, foraging on germander, Teucrium fruitcans. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A male longhorned bee, Melissodes agilis, in a Davis garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male longhorned bee, Melissodes agilis, in a Davis garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A male longhorned bee, Melissodes agilis, in a Davis garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Monday, December 20, 2021 at 4:19 PM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Economic Development, Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources

Mark Your Calendar for June 3: Fantastic Panel for the Third UC Davis-Based COVID-19 Symposium

Mark your calendar! You won't want to miss the UC Davis-based COVID-19 Symposium on Wednesday, June 3. Dr. Robert Gallo, world-renowned virologist at the forefront of the AIDS epidemic and now targeting COVID-19, will headline the panel of...

Renowned virologist Robert Gallo ponders a question during his interview with UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal. The virtual symposium is from 5 to 7 p.m., June 3. (Screen shot)
Renowned virologist Robert Gallo ponders a question during his interview with UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal. The virtual symposium is from 5 to 7 p.m., June 3. (Screen shot)

Renowned virologist Robert Gallo ponders a question during his interview with UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal. The virtual symposium is from 5 to 7 p.m., June 3. (Screen shot)

Retired UC Davis Medical Center nurse Carolyn Wyler, a passenger on the Grand Princess cruise ship, answers a question from COVID-19 Symposium organizer and moderator Walter Leal. (Screen shot)
Retired UC Davis Medical Center nurse Carolyn Wyler, a passenger on the Grand Princess cruise ship, answers a question from COVID-19 Symposium organizer and moderator Walter Leal. (Screen shot)

Retired UC Davis Medical Center nurse Carolyn Wyler, a passenger on the Grand Princess cruise ship, answers a question from COVID-19 Symposium organizer and moderator Walter Leal. (Screen shot)

Posted on Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 4:00 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Family, Health, Innovation

COVID-19 Virtual Symposium: 'You Are My Heroes'

“I just wanted to thank you! You are my heroes.” So began an unsolicited email to UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal, who organized and moderated a UC Davis-based COVID-19 virtual symposium spotlighting the expertise of physicians,...

UC Davis Chancellor Gary May delivered the COVID-19 seminar introduction. In the right corner is organizer-moderator Walter Leal.
UC Davis Chancellor Gary May delivered the COVID-19 seminar introduction. In the right corner is organizer-moderator Walter Leal.

UC Davis Chancellor Gary May delivered the COVID-19 seminar introduction. In the right corner is organizer-moderator Walter Leal.

This is a slide from the COVID-19 seminar zeroing in on the effects of social distancing regarding the 1918 flu.
This is a slide from the COVID-19 seminar zeroing in on the effects of social distancing regarding the 1918 flu.

This is a slide from the COVID-19 seminar zeroing in on the effects of social distancing regarding the 1918 flu.

The virtual symposium: Top row,  organizer-moderator Walter Leal and panelists physician-scientists Nate Kupperman and Emanuel Maverakis, all of UC Davis. Bottom row (from left) veterinarian-scientist Nicole Baumgarth of UC Davis, pediatrician State Sen. Richard Pan, District 6, and chair of Senate Committee on Health; and physician-scientist Stuart Cohen, UC Davis.
The virtual symposium: Top row, organizer-moderator Walter Leal and panelists physician-scientists Nate Kupperman and Emanuel Maverakis, all of UC Davis. Bottom row (from left) veterinarian-scientist Nicole Baumgarth of UC Davis, pediatrician State Sen. Richard Pan, District 6, and chair of Senate Committee on Health; and physician-scientist Stuart Cohen, UC Davis.

The virtual symposium: Top row, organizer-moderator Walter Leal and panelists physician-scientists Nate Kupperman and Emanuel Maverakis, all of UC Davis. Bottom row (from left) veterinarian-scientist Nicole Baumgarth of UC Davis, pediatrician State Sen. Richard Pan, District 6, and chair of Senate Committee on Health; and physician-scientist Stuart Cohen, UC Davis.

Michael B. A. Oldstone, M.D., of Scripps Research Institute, who pioneered the field of viral immunology and has been a leader in viral pathogenesis and immunity for the past four decades, answers a question from symposium organizer-moderator Walter Leal.
Michael B. A. Oldstone, M.D., of Scripps Research Institute, who pioneered the field of viral immunology and has been a leader in viral pathogenesis and immunity for the past four decades, answers a question from symposium organizer-moderator Walter Leal.

Michael B. A. Oldstone, M.D., of Scripps Research Institute, who pioneered the field of viral immunology and has been a leader in viral pathogenesis and immunity for the past four decades, answers a question from symposium organizer-moderator Walter Leal.

Posted on Friday, April 24, 2020 at 3:32 PM
Focus Area Tags: Health, Innovation

COVID-19 Webinar to Include UC Davis Professor's Scientific Modeling Expertise

COVID-19 is not to be taken lightly, says James R. Carey, UC Davis distinguished professor of entomology, who will share his scientific modeling expertise at the UC Davis-based COVID-19 webinar on Thursday afternoon, April 23. The webinar, to be...

UC Davis distinguished professor James R. Carey of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, will share his expertise on scientific modeling at the COVID-19 webinar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis distinguished professor James R. Carey of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, will share his expertise on scientific modeling at the COVID-19 webinar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis distinguished professor James R. Carey of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, will share his expertise on scientific modeling at the COVID-19 webinar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Partial list of speakers for the COVID-19 webinar.
Partial list of speakers for the COVID-19 webinar.

Partial list of speakers for the COVID-19 webinar.

Posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 4:04 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Family, Health, Innovation

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