Doctoral candidate Alexia "Lexie" Martin of the laboratory of Rachel Vannette, professor and vice chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, has received a Garden Club of America (GSA) Board of Associates Centennial Pollinator Fellowship for her research on the native bees, Osmia.

Her research: "Non-Native Horn-Face Bees (Osmia cornifrons) as Possible Disease Reservoirs for Native Blue Orchard Bees (Osmia lignaria)."

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Two UC Davis doctoral candidates—Alexia “Lexie” Martin and Abigail “Abby” Lehner-- planned and organized the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on “Bees and Their Mimics.”

Molecular geneticist and physiologist Joanna Chiu, professor and chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology--and internationally recognized for her research on the molecular and cellular mechanisms that regulate circadian and seasonal biology and on invasive species genomics--will be celebrated as a newly selected Fellow at the Entomological Society of America (ESA) plenary session on Sunday, Nov. 9.

Two doctoral candidates in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology presented their research at the annual meeting of the Orchard Bee Association (OBA), held Oct. 23-25 in Woodinville, Wash.