Posts Tagged: nematology
Orie Shafer: Researching the Sleep of a Fruit Fly
Did you know that the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is a powerful model organism for the...
A fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, feeding on a banana. (Photo by Sanjay Acharya, Wikipedia)
Forest Entomologist Todd Johnson of LSU to Share His Research
"Forests cover approximately 30 percent of the Earth's landmass and provide important ecosystem...
Why Study Insects? A UC Davis Poster Lists Possible Careers
"Why Study Insects?" That's the title of a poster next to the door of the Bohart Museum...
A poster outside the Bohart Museum of Entomology, located in the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Sheep Moths Draw Attention at Bohart Museum of Entomology Open House
Unless you're an entomologist, moth enthusiast, or an avid follower of National Moth...
The late Mike Smith, a 20-year U.S. Air Force veteran who retired in Folsom, looks over his collection. The sheep moths he collected are now in the Bohart Museum. He passed in 2003. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Smith, curator of the Bohart Museum's lepidoptera collection)
Entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the lepidoptera collection at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, chats with Sacramento residents Skylan Potter, 11, and her mother, Camille Potter, holding son, Kehlan. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the lepidoptera collection at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, explains moth specimens to Katie Dietrich and her son, Andrew, of Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the Bohart Museum's lepidoptera collection, shows moths to Andrew Dietrich of Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Museum associate Greg Kareofelas, and scientist Sophia Acker of the Del Castillo lab, UC Davis Department of Plant Pathology, display a drawer of sheep moths, Hemileuca eglanterina. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology Hosting Winter Seminars
The winter seminars hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology are...
A cartoon from the William Ja lab. Ja, with the Herbert Wertheim Scripps UF Institute for Biomedical Innovation and Technology in Jupiter, Florida, will speak on "Eat, Excrete, & Die: Regulation of Homeostatic Behaviors and Aging in Drosophila" at 4:10 p.m., Monday, Jan. 22.