Entomology & Nematology News

It will literally be a bugfest Saturday, April 13 at Briggs Hall and the Bohart Museum of Entomology during the 105th annual campuswide UC Davis Picnic Day.

UC Davis entomologist Leslie Saul-Gershenz lent her expertise when a volunteer discovered what turned out to be "long-lost" silver digger bees in restored sand dunes at the San Francisco Presidio, a former military post now owned and operated by the National Park Service.

When doctoral candidate Brendon Boudinot of the Phil Ward lab receives the prestigious John Henry Comstock Award next week at the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA) meeting in San Diego, he will become the sixth UC Davis student to win the award.

An enzyme inhibitor developed in the UC Davis laboratory of Bruce Hammock and tested in mice by a team of international researchers shows promise that it could lead to a drug to prevent or reduce the disabilities associated with the neurodevelopmental disorders of autism and schizophrenia.

The UC Davis Entomology Alumni Reunion will take place Sunday, March 31 through Tuesday, April 2. Most events will take place in the Walter A. Buehler Alumni Center. Co-chairing the event are Will Crites (bugkiller@aol.com) and Arnold Menke (waspman@cableone.net).