Posts Tagged: exit 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)

Myrmecologist Jill Oberski: A Dream Come True

Picture this. Jill Oberski is in the third grade, stretched out on the classroom floor reading her "Audubon Field Guide to Insects and Spiders of North America."  Another insect publication is within reach. Fast forward to today: she's...

This is an illustration from Jill Oberski's exit seminar on pyramid ants.

This is an illustration from Jill Oberski's exit seminar on pyramid ants.

"Dr. Jill" (Oberski) answers ant questions at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on May 21. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

"Dr. Jill" (Oberski) answers ant questions at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on May 21. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Myrmecologist Jill Oberski of Phil Ward Lab to Present Exit Seminar on June 7

Myrmecologist Jill Oberski, who just completed her doctoral dissertation, mentored by major professor Phil Ward, ant specialist and professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will present her exit seminar on "Phylogenetics and...

Myrmecologist Jill Oberski answers questions at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house on ants, held May 21. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Myrmecologist Jill Oberski answers questions at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house on ants, held May 21. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An illustration from Jill Oberski's exit seminar.

An illustration from Jill Oberski's exit seminar.

Insects have fascinated Jill Oberski since childhood. In this image, taken in her third-grade classroom, she is reading her book, "Audubon Field Guide to Insects and Spiders of North America." Another insect publication is within close reach.

Insects have fascinated Jill Oberski since childhood. In this image, taken in her third-grade classroom, she is reading her book, "Audubon Field Guide to Insects and Spiders of North America." Another insect publication is within close reach.

Doctoral Candidate Lindsey Mack: Zeroing in on the Yellow Fever Mosquito

Doctoral candidate Lindsey Mack of the lab of medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo, associate professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology,  is zeroing in on the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, first...

Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito. (Photo courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito. (Photo courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Doctoral Candidate Lindsey Mack's Exit Seminar on Mosquito Research Set June 6

Doctoral candidate Lindsey Mack of the lab of medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo, associate professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology,  will present her exit seminar on "Genetic and Molecular Factors Influencing...

This is one of the illustrations from Lindsey Mack's exit seminar on "Genetic and Molecular Factors Influencing Pyrethroid Response in Aedes aegypti from California."

This is one of the illustrations from Lindsey Mack's exit seminar on "Genetic and Molecular Factors Influencing Pyrethroid Response in Aedes aegypti from California."

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