Posts Tagged: Yao Cai
Time Flies, But How Do Flies Tell Time? Ask Yao Cai
If you attended the 2018 campuswide UC Davis Picnic Day and headed over to see the insects at...
Yao Cai dressed as a fruit fly to play the drums in The Entomology Band at the 2018 UC Davis Picnic Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Molecular geneticist Yao Cai (left) presents a program at a 2020 Bohart Museum of Entomology open house. With him is undergraduate student Christopher Ocoa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Yao Cai's Exit Seminar: 'How Do Flies Tell the Time of Day?'
Yao Cai, who received his doctorate in entomology in September from UC Davis, will present his...
A fruit fly, a spotted-wing drosophila, on a raspberry. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Yao Cai (left), then a doctoral student in the Joanna Chiu lab (and now a postdoc), helped present a program at a 2020 Bohart Museum of Entomology open house. With him is undergraduate student Christopher Ocoa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bugs and Beat: Talented UC Davis Graduate Students Form Insect-Themed Band
If you missed hearing The Entomology Band performing in front of Briggs Hall during the recent UC...
Yao-“Fruit-Fly”-Cai has been playing drums since age 17. (Photos by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Entomology Band performing in front of Briggs Hall. From left are Jill Oberski, Zach Griebenow, Brendon Boudinot, Yao Cai, Wei Lin, Jackson Audley and Christine Tabuloc.
Group photo: In front is Yao Cai. The three in the second row are (from left) Jill Oberski, Brendon Boudinot and Christine Tabuloc. In back (from left) are Zachary Griebenow, Jackson Audley and Wei Lin.
Insect-Attired Doctoral Students Perform as 'The Entomology Band'
You've heard such insect-inspired music as “Flight of the Bumble Bee,” “La...
The Entomology Band performing! From left are Jill Oberski, Zach Griebenow, Brendon Boudinot, Yao Cai, Wei Lin, Jackson Audley and Christine Tabuloc. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Drummer Yao Cai, dressed as a fruit fly, has been performing on drums since age 17. His major professor is molecular geneticist Joanna Chiu, vice chair of the Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Following the performance, the insect-attired musicians posed for a group photo. In front is Yao "Fruit Fly" Cai. The three in the second row are (from left) Jill "Jillus Saximus" Oberski, Brendon "Hype Man-tis" Boudinot and Christine "The Clock" Tabuloc. In back (from left) are Zachary "Leptanilla" Griebenow, Jackson "Darth Beetle" Audley and Wei "Silverfish" Lin. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)