Posts Tagged: Kyle Lewald
Kyle Lewald of Joanna Chiu Lab: Targeting the South American Tomato Leafminer
If you love tomatoes, you hate any and all pests that attack them. That would include the larvae...
Larvae of Tuta absoluta, a South American tomato leafminer, damaging a tomato leaf. (Photo courtesy of A. Mussoll)
Kyle Lewald's Exit Seminar on Feb. 22 Targets a Pest of Tomato Crops
Kyle Lewald, doctoral candidate in the laboratory of UC Davis molecular...
Memories from the ESA Meeting in Denver
The Entomological Society of America's annual meeting is over, but scores of presentations may be...
The Hall of Fame at the ESA meeting included images of Frank Zalom, Honorary Member, and Kelli Hoover, Fellow. (Entomological Society of America/Photography G)
Attendees walk past The Hall of Fame at the ESA meeting. It included images of Frank Zalom, Honorary Member, and Kelli Hoover, Fellow. (Entomological Society of America/Photography G)
ESA winners were singled out in this wall poster at the Denver meeting. (Entomological Society of America/Photography G)
Doctoral candidate Danielle Rutkowski, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is shown here delivering her presentation that won first-place, the President's Prize, in her category. (Photo courtesy of Jill Oberski)
Doctoral candidate Jill Oberski of the Phil Ward lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, delivering her presentation on "Arid-Adapted Pyramid Aants (Formicidae: Dorymyrmex) Show an Amphitropical Distribution and an Ongoing Radiation." (Photo courtesy of Jill Oberski)
Doctoral candidate Zachary Griebenow of the Phil Ward lab giving his presentation on "Discovery of a Putative Troglomorphic Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae)." (Photo courtesy of Jill Oberski)
Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla, master's student in the Ian Grettenberger lab, giving her presentation on "Stripes and Spots: Evaluating an Aggregation Pheromone, vittatalactone, for Western Striped (Acalymma trivittatum) and Western Spotted (Diabrotica undecimpunctata undecimpunctata) Cucumber Beetles." (Photo courtesy of Jill Oberski)
Doctoral candidate Lacie Newton of the Jason Bond lab giving her presentation on "Establishing a Robust Combined-Evidence Phylogeny of the Trapdoor Spider Genus Aptostichus (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Euctenizidae)." (Photo courtesy of Jill Oberski)
Candid image of UC Davis-affiliated graduate students at the ESA meeting (from left) Madison "Madi" Hendrick of the Ian Grittenberger lab, Xavier Zahnle of the Jason Bond lab, R. J. Millena of the Jay Rosenheim lab, and Lacie Newton of the Jason Bond lab. (Entomological Society of America/Photography G)
'President's Prize' for UC Davis Graduate Student's Presentation on Bumble Bees
"Native bees, including bumble bees are important pollinators but face threats from multiple...
A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, nectaring on a blanket flower, Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Three UC Davis Graduate Students Win Top Awards at ESA Competition
Three UC Davis doctoral students won major awards in the highly competitive 10-minute student...