Posts Tagged: medical entomologist

Geoffrey Attardo: Targeting the Reproductive Cycle of the Tsetse Fly

It's an exciting project and a crucial one.   UC Davis medical...

UC Davis medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo, a global authority on tsetse flies.

UC Davis medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo, a global authority on tsetse flies.

Graphical abstract of the tsetse fly reproduction system by Geoffrey Attardo.

Graphical abstract of the tsetse fly reproduction system by Geoffrey Attardo.

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)

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 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)

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)

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)

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)

Tribute to Medical Entomologist Bill Reisen

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)

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)

Medical entomologist William Reisen water-testing mosquito habitats near Lahore, Pakistan in 1976

Medical entomologist William Reisen water-testing mosquito habitats near Lahore, Pakistan in 1976

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