UC Davis doctoral alumna Fiona Goggin, professor of entomology and plant pathology at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, will speak on "Plant Defensive Signaling and Its Impacts on Herbivory, Plant Growth, and Development" at the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar on Monday, April 21.

Mosquito researcher Ryan Smith, an associate professor in Iowa State University's Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, will deliver the next UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar.

The Ecological Society of America (ESA) recently spotlighted bumble bee research from the laboratory of pollinator ecologist Neal Williams, a professor in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.

What's buzzing, racing and crawling at Briggs Hall--the home of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (ENT)--during the 111th annual campuswide UC Davis Picnic Day on Saturday, April 12?

Bees, cockroaches and maggots, to be specific!

All of the department's entomological exhibits will be at Briggs Hall.  This includes a pop-up tent from the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (The Bohart Museum headquarters in the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, will be closed Picnic Day).

Native bee researcher Hollis Woodard of UC Riverside will discuss "Adventures in Bumble Bee Research and Conservation" at a spring seminar hosted Monday, April 7 by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (ENT).

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The UC Davis Bee Haven, maintained by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is one of the beneficiaries of the UC Davis Give Day, now underway through 4:59 p.m., Saturday, Apri1 12. This is the ninth annual philanthropic event coinciding with the campuswide UC Davis Picnic Day.

A UC Davis fundraising drive is underway to support the Bohart Museum of Entomology in memory of noted entomologist W. Harry Lange Jr. (1912-2004).

When the UC Davis School of Medicine (SOM) hosts its 2025 Convergence Research Celebration on Tuesday, April 8, the TEDx talk speakers will include two researchers from the Department of Entomology and Nematology (ENT): UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock and research scientist Christophe Morisseau of the Hammock lab.

UC Davis doctoral alumnus Douglas Walsh, a professor and Cooperative Extension specialist in the Department of Entomology, Washington State University for nearly three decades,  will receive the C. W. Woodworth Award, the highest honor from the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA), at its March 30-April 2 meeting in Phoenix.

It was, by all accounts, a "fantastic" fruit fly-identification workshop.

The three-day training course, held March 11-13 in the Plant Pest Diagnostics Laboratory of the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), involved identifying economically important fruit flies that infest the state’s agricultural crops. Invasive fruit flies attack more than 300 of California’s crops, ranging from fruits and nuts to berries and vegetables, causing millions worth of dollars in damage annually.

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Humans use the chemical compound, hydrogen peroxide, as a disinfectant, bleach, and antiseptic, but a newly published UC Davis study indicates that “diverse plant species, not just tobacco, protect their nectar from bacteria and fungi by producing varying levels of hydrogen peroxide.”

Carla-Cristina “CC” Edwards, a second-year doctoral student in the lab of UC Davis medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo, is the newly elected chair of the Young Professionals (YPs) of the American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA). 

UC Davis doctoral candidate Mia Kanako Lippey, described as a "leader extraordinaire and an awe-inspiring entomologist who not only excels in leadership, but in research, academics, public service, science communication, computer programming, and scientific illustrations," is the recipient of the 2025 Student Leadership Award from the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA).

UC Davis senior entomology major Kaitai Liu of the Department of Entomology and Nematology is the winner of the  fourth annual Dr. Stephen Garczynski Undergraduate Research Scholarship, sponsored by the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA).

The merit-based award honors the memory of Dr. Stephen Garczynski (1960-2019), a research geneticist at the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Wapato, Wash., who “had an unmatched passion for mentoring undergraduate students in their research.”

(Register at https://tinyurl.com/hmbnehnu. Registration ends March 23)