UC Davis Entomology Program Ranked the Best in the Country Lynn Kimsey: Department Chair Centennial: Entomology Department Making a Difference The UC Davis Department of Entomology is ranked No. 1 in the country, in rankings released in November 2007 by the Chronicle of Higher Education, considered the top news and job-information source for college and university faculty members, administrators, and students.   -more-     Beetle and Fungus: One-Two Punch Threatens Black Walnut Trees A newly discovered disease caused by a previously undescribed fungus hitchhiking on a tiny native bark beetle, is infecting and killing hundreds of black walnut trees in California and seven other Western states. The havoc wreaked by the combined pests, coined “Thousand Cankers Disease,” represents a serious threat to black walnut trees. -more-   Research Shows Mosquitoes Killing Mosquitoes Newly published research shows that mosquitoes are killing mosquitoes via larvicides they unwittingly carry to their breeding sites. After a blood meal, the female mosquito rests on a cloth impregnated with a powdery larvicide, which sticks to her body. She then transfers the poison to the breeding site. A six-member team led by British researcher Gregor Devine published the research in PNAS. The team includes Amy Morrison (right) of the Thomas Scott lab, who has doing research on dengue in Iquitos, Peru since 1999. -more-   Rick Karban Research: Sagebrush Communicates Plants engage in self-recognition and can communicate danger to their “clones” or genetically identical cuttings planted nearby, says professor Rick Karban in groundbreaking research published in the current edition of Ecology Letters. He and ecologist Kaori Shiojiri of Japan found that sagebrush communicated and cooperated with other branches of themselves to avoid being eaten by grasshoppers. -more-   Major Asthma Grant Distinguished professor Bruce Hammock  who discovered a novel therapeutic target for treating inflammation,  has received a three-year $750,000 grant from the American Asthma  Foundation to investigate whether his discovery will work on asthma, a chronic disease affecting 300 million people worldwide, including 23 million Americans.   -more-   Native Pollinator Specialist Neal Williams Joins Faculty Native pollinator specialist Neal Williams, former member of the faculty at Bryn Mawr (Pa.) College  and a researcher closely linked with the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility since 2001, has joined our faculty, effective July 1. “Neal has a dynamic research program on the ecological impacts of native bees and he brings a new perspective to the campus,” said Lynn Kimsey, professor and chair of the Department of Entomology and director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology.  -more-   Department News Baxter House Is No More Oscar Bacon: the Oscar of All Trades Honey Bee Geneticist Robert Page Receives Top Honor Western Apicultural Society Conference in Healdsburg Zain Syed Receives Post-Doctoral Research Award 'Face of Darwin' Exhibit in Alumni Center Frank Zalom Delivers IPM in Central Asia Susan Cobey, Susan Ragsdale Honored for Service Vietnamese Scientists Tour Bee Facility Links to Archived Webinars Spring Edition of Bug Bytes, Entomology Newsletter 11-Year-Old Raises $733 for UC Davis Honey Bee Research Frank Zalom Part of Team Receiving International IPM Award Big, Bold and Beleagured: Western Hercules Beetles Sausalito Team Designs Winning Bee Haven Those Bumblebee-Like Insects Are Carpenter Bees Andrew Forbes: Major Cause of Biodiversity May Be Biodiversity Ferocious-Looking Insect Actually a 'Teddy Bear' One-Stop Shopping Shopping for Vectorborne Disease Surveillance in California Click for More Department News

Friday, July 03, 2009 Quick Links: Apiary Newsletter Department News Entomology Newsletter Archived Webinars Colony Collapse Disorder Save the Honey Bees Häagen-Dazs Donation Donating to Bee Biology Honey Bee Classes Honors and Awards Ag Commissioners UC ANR CDFA Internal: Bulletin Board Outlook Web Access Online Timesheets My UC Davis My Travel Technical Support Emergency Services Shields Library Positions: Insect Molecular Biologist TA Positions          Reservation Calendars Reserve the Teaching Resources Instructional Media room and its portable equipment, conference rooms, and classrooms. ENT Calendar Department of Entomology Deadlines and Events Calendar ENT Safety Information Department of Entomology Safety Guidelines and Procedures Business Office Hours 367 Briggs Hall (530) 752-0475 Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Dept. Chair Lynn Kimsey Professor of Entomology Director, Center for Biosystematics Director, Bohart Museum of Entomology Email: lskimsey@ucdavis.edu Office phone: (530) 752-0475 MSO Barbara Geisler Email: bcgeisler@ucdavis.edu Office phone: (530) 752-0476 Campus Map: Briggs Hall

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