Posts Tagged: UC Davis Department of Entomology
'How Flies Control How They Walk by Knowing When and How to Stop'
What a catchy title for a seminar: "How Flies Control How They Walk by Knowing When and How to...
Congrats to Professor Chiu: 'Distinction in Student Mentoring' Award
Congratulations to molecular geneticist-physiologist Joanna Chiu, professor and chair of the UC...
Molecular geneticist-physiologist Joanna Chiu working in her lab in 2010, shortly after her arrival at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Showcasing Animal and Plant Parasitic Nematodes
Nematologists answered scores of questions at the 13th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Day, a...
Ready to greet the crowds are (from left) Emma Kraft, undergraduate intern; Nick Latina, doctoral student, Plant Pathology; Shahid Siddique, associate professor and principal investigator; Alison Blundell, doctoral candidate, Plant Pathology; Pallavi Shakya, doctoral candidate, Plant Pathology; Bardo Castro, postdoctoral fellow; Veronica Casey, doctoral student, Entomology; and Ching-Jung Lin, doctoral candidate, Plant Pathology. (Photo courtesy of the Siddique lab)
Alison Blundell, doctoral candidate, Department of Plant Pathology, answers a question. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Talking to the attendees are (back, from left) doctoral student Nick Latina, Plant Pathology; and doctoral candidates Pallavi Shakya and Alison Blundell, Plant Pathology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Doctoral student Nick Latina of Plant Pathology discusses the diversity of animal parasitic nematodes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Doctoral student Veronica Casey of Entomology displaying free-living nematode C. elegans, via a microscope and discussing their movements. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Crowds lined up from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 10 to talk to the nematologists at UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis Program on Feb. 7: Celebrating Our Newest Emeriti
Seventy-three is the magic number. When Distinguished Professor Walter Leal celebrates the...
UC Davis Distinguished Professor Emerita Lynn Kimsey, former director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, retired Jan. 31. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis Distinguished Professor Emeritus Art Shapiro monitoring the butterfly population in Gates Canyon, Vacaville, on Jan. 25, 2014. He is newly retired from the Department of Evolution and Ecology. Before joining that department, he was an adjunct professor with the Department of Entomology, now the Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
'The Girl in the Red Boots' Has Retired
"The Girl in the Red Boots" has retired. That would be UC Davis distinguished professor Lynn...
Professor (and now retiree) Lynn Kimsey (seated), former director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, is honored at a birthday celebration on Feb. 1. With her from left are doctoral student Iris Quayle of the Bond lab; Professor Jason Bond, newly selected director of the Bohart Museum; and entomology researcher Tom Zavortink of the Bohart. (Photo by Tabatha Yang)