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Zeroing in on 20-Million-Year-Old Ants, a New Genus
What incredible research! It involves fossilized male ants, estimated to be about 20 million...
From left: Martin Müller, director of the Institute for Materials Physics at Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, and Christian Schroer, leading scientist of DESY's X-ray source PETRA III, accept a model of the newly identified ant from lead author Brendon Boudinot of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, and co-author Jörg Hammel, beamline scientist at the Hereon measurement station at PETRA III, where the research took place. (Photo courtesy of Marta Meyer, DESY)
UC Davis doctoral alumnus Brendon Boudinot, an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Institute of Zoology and Evolutionary Research at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, shows a 3D image of the newly discovered ant species named "Hereon" (foreground). On the screen, background, is the ant encased in Ethiopian amber. (Photo by Jens Meyer, University of Jena)
BioDivDay: Can't Wait to See You!
BioDivDay is Sunday. March 6 at the UC Davis Conference Center: Can't wait to see...
The wonder of a stick insect, aka walking stick, at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A juvenile root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) penetrates a tomato root. (USDA Photo, Courtesy of Wikipedia)
Going Native: Do You Know the Native Bees of California?
Do you know the names of native bees commonly found in California's urban gardens? And how many...
A female yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, foraging on Anchusa azurea at Annie's Annuals and perennials, Richmond. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A female metallic green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, nectaring on a purple coneflower in a UC Davis garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A female leafcutting bee, Megachile fidelis, foraging on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in a UC Davis garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A sweat bee, Halictus farinosus, foraging on rock purslane in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa sonorina, foraging on germander, Teucrium fruitcans. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male longhorned bee, Melissodes agilis, in a Davis garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Mark Your Calendar for June 3: Fantastic Panel for the Third UC Davis-Based COVID-19 Symposium
Mark your calendar! You won't want to miss the UC Davis-based COVID-19 Symposium on Wednesday,...
Renowned virologist Robert Gallo ponders a question during his interview with UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal. The virtual symposium is from 5 to 7 p.m., June 3. (Screen shot)
Retired UC Davis Medical Center nurse Carolyn Wyler, a passenger on the Grand Princess cruise ship, answers a question from COVID-19 Symposium organizer and moderator Walter Leal. (Screen shot)
COVID-19 Virtual Symposium: 'You Are My Heroes'
“I just wanted to thank you! You are my heroes.” So began an unsolicited email to UC...
UC Davis Chancellor Gary May delivered the COVID-19 seminar introduction. In the right corner is organizer-moderator Walter Leal.
This is a slide from the COVID-19 seminar zeroing in on the effects of social distancing regarding the 1918 flu.
The virtual symposium: Top row, organizer-moderator Walter Leal and panelists physician-scientists Nate Kupperman and Emanuel Maverakis, all of UC Davis. Bottom row (from left) veterinarian-scientist Nicole Baumgarth of UC Davis, pediatrician State Sen. Richard Pan, District 6, and chair of Senate Committee on Health; and physician-scientist Stuart Cohen, UC Davis.
Michael B. A. Oldstone, M.D., of Scripps Research Institute, who pioneered the field of viral immunology and has been a leader in viral pathogenesis and immunity for the past four decades, answers a question from symposium organizer-moderator Walter Leal.
