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Geoffrey Attardo's Landmark Research on Genomics of Tsetse Flies

You probably don't think much about the blood-sucking tsetse fly--unless you're living in Africa or...

Eye-to-eye with a gravid (pregnant) tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans morsitans. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Eye-to-eye with a gravid (pregnant) tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans morsitans. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, September 13, 2019 at 4:44 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Adly M. M. Abd-Alla (1), geneticist (3), Geoffrey Attardom (1), Glossina (1), journal Genome Biology (1), medical entomologist (6), Serap Aksoy (1), tsetse fly (2), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (361)

Focus Area Tags: Economic Development Environment Innovation Natural Resources Pest Management

The World of Olivia Winokur

Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a UC Davis doctoral student researching...

UC Davis doctoral student and mosquito researcher Olivia Winokur checks on mosquitoes in the walk-in chamber in the insectary. The chamber is set to 26 Celsius and 80 percent humidity to mimic tropical conditions. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis doctoral student Olivia Winokur holds a tray of Culex tarsalis larvae in the insectoary. The Chris Barker lab now has nine colonies of mosquitoes in the insectary. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Olivia Winokur answers questions about her poster at the UC Davis Research Symposium on the Designated Emphasis in the Biology of Vector-Borne Diseases (DEBVPD). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Olivia Winokur answers questions about her poster at the UC Davis Research Symposium on the Designated Emphasis in the Biology of Vector-Borne Diseases (DEBVPD). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at 4:33 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Aedes aegypti (23), Chris Barker (3), medical entomologist (6), mosquitoes (24), Olivia Winokur (3), UC Davis (189)

Focus Area Tags: Economic Development Environment Health Innovation Pest Management

William Hazeltine II: His Passion, His Work Live On

Noted medical entomologist William Hazeltine II (1926-1994) made a difference. Today he continues...

UC Davis graduate students who received the Hazeltine mosquito research awards in both 2015 and 2016 are (front, from left) Maribel Portilla, Sandy Olkowski and Stephanie Kurniawan. In back are Lee Hazeltine (left) of Woodland and Craig Hazeltine of Scottsdale, Ariz. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, August 26, 2016 at 6:30 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bruce Eldridge (2), Craig Hazeltine (2), Lee Hazeltine. Sandy Olkowski (1), Maribel Portilla (2), medical entomologist (6), William Hazeltine II (1)

Tribute to Medical Entomologist Bill Reisen

Medical entomologist William Reisen in his office. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

He lives and breathes mosquitoes. He's a medical entomologist through and through. So when UC...

AMCA President Kenneth Linthicum (left), director of the Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, presents the Meritorious Service Award to medical entomologist William Reisen. (Photo by Rick Duhrkopf)