July 14, 2009
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| Wei Xu, a researcher in the Bruce Hammock lab, gets a surprise bath at last year's balloon battle. (Photos by Kathy Keatley Garvey) |
DAVIS—It’s back.
The seventh annual Bruce’s Big Balloon Battle at Briggs is set for 3:45 p.m., Friday, July 17 on the lawn outside north side of Briggs Hall,
Bruce Hammock, distinguished professor of entomology and longtime member of the National Academy of Sciences, launched the battle as a fun event to celebrate the many achievements and accomplishments of his lab and those of the Department of Entomology.
Those who want to participate are asked to help fill 2500 water balloons, starting at 1:30 p.m. in Briggs.
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| Bruce Hammock ducks. |
Coordinating the event is researcher Christophe Morisseau of the Hammock lab. Only those who help fill balloons can participate, he said.
Hammock, whom colleagues describe as someone who works hard and plays hard, holds a joint appointment in Cancer Research with the UC Davis Medical Center. He directs the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Superfund Program on the UC Davis campus, as well as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Training Program in Biotechnology, and the NIEHS Combined Analytical Laboratory.
Hammock joined the UC Davis faculty in 1980 after spending six years at UC Riverside, and earlier as a Rockefeller postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University. A native of Little Rock, Ark., he received his bachelor's degree in entomology from Louisiana State University and a doctoral degree in entomology/toxicology at UC Berkeley.
See three previous battles of the Hammock water warriors:
2008 Battle
2007 Battle
2006 Battle
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--Kathy Keatley Garvey
Communications specialist
UC Davis Department of Entomology
(530) 754-6894
