Jan. 9, 2008
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Anthony Cornel |
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Bruce Eldridge |
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George Kamita |
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Debbie Dritz |
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William Reisen |
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Chris Barker
(Photos by Kathy Keatley Garvey) |
DAVIS —Researchers from the Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, will deliver presentations at the Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California’s 76th annual conference, Jan. 13-16 in Palm Springs.
The event takes place in the Wyndham Palm Springs conference center.
Medical entomologist Anthony Cornel, associate professor of entomology, will discuss “Adulticide Resistance Surveillance in California: Where Are We Going” at 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 15. Cornel also will speak at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday on “Evaluating kdr (knockdown resistance to insecticides) Sequence Variation among California Culex pipiens Complex Mosquitoes.”
Mosquito researcher Deborah Dritz, a past president of the Northern California Entomology Society, will moderate the "Regulatory, Biology and Ecology" session on Tuesday morning and will present “ULV (ultra-low volume) Pyrenone and Aquatic Non-Targets: Silent Spring or Much Ado About Nothing” at 11:40 a.m.
Mosquito researcher George Kamita will cover “Development of Rapid Assays for Methoprene and Pyrethroid Resistance in Culex pipiens” at 3:50 p.m. Tuesday.
Medical entomologist William Reisen of the Center for Vectorborne Disease (known as CVEC) and a member of the UC Davis Entomology Graduate Program, will moderate two panel discussions and present two lectures. The first session, at 8 a.m., Tuesday, is on “Research on Arboviruses in California.” CVEC researchers on the panel include Aaron Brault, Ying Fang, Sarah Wheeler, Veronica Armijos and Brian Carroll.
Reisen will speak on “Variation in the Vector Competence of California Culex Mosquitoes for West Nile Virus”; Wheeler, the “Impact of West Nile Virus on California Birds”; Brault, “Genetics and Pathogenesis of West Nile Virus”; Armijos, “The Hunt for the Next West Nile Virus”; Yang, “Where Have all the WEEV (Western Equine Encephalitis Virus) Cases Gone” and Carroll, “West Nile Virus in Kern County: Factors Leading to the 2007 Outbreak.”
In addition, Reisen will lead an afternoon session on Tuesday on “Improving the Use of Climate Variation in Decision Support Systems” and will discuss “How Climate Affects Mosquito Biology and Arbovirus Transmission.” Also on the afternoon panel are several CVEC scientists. Chris Barker, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Entomology, will discuss “Modeling the Response of Culex tarsalis to Climate Variation in California”; medical entomologist Bruce Eldridge, UC Davis emeritus professor of entomology and former director of the UC Mosquito Research Program, will present “Future Directions in Data Management” from the California Vectorborne Disease Surveillance System site and CVEC network administrator Bborie Park will discuss “Building Upon California’s Surveillance Gateway.”
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--Kathy Keatley Garvey
Communications specialist
UC Davis Department of Entomology
(530) 754-6894
