Posts Tagged: Taylor Kelly
The Faces of the Champions
If you attended the Entomological Society of America's Entomology Games, aka "Bug Bowl," pitting university teams against one another in the pursuit of entomological knowledge, you saw the faces of the national championship team. That would be the UC Davis Entomology Games...
In the preliminaries, UC Davis doctoral candidate Zach Griebenow answers a question while team member, UC Davis doctoral candidate Erin "Taylor" Kelly waits for her turn. (Photo courtesy of ESA)
UC Davis doctoral candidate Jill Oberski (right) answers a question in the preliminaries, while teammate UC Davis doctoral candidate Madison Hendrick listens. (Photo courtesy of ESA)
In an overall view, the UC Davis Entomology Games Team (left) competes with Alabama's Auburn University team in the finals. (Photo courtesy of ESA)
UC Davis wins! From left are Madison Hendrick, Jill Oberski, Erin "Taylor" Kelly and captain Zach Griebenow. (Photo courtesy of ESA)
UC Davis Entomology Games team display their prizes. From left are Jill Oberski, Madison Hendrick, Erin "Taylor" Kelly and captain Zach Griebenow. (Photo courtesy of ESA)
A Tip of the Net to Our UC Davis PBESA Winners
A tip of the net to our trio of UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology award recipients who will be honored when the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA) meets April 10-13 in the Hyatt Regency Sonoma Wine Country. Santa Rosa. Medical...
The UC Davis Entomology Games Team is comprised of (from left) Erin "Taylor" Kelly, Madison "Madi" Hendrick, captain Zachary Griebenow, and Jill Oberski.
ESA Entomology Games Are Both Educational and Entertaining
Quick question: "Kleptopharmacophagy, a newly described behavior recently observed in milkweed butterflies, is characterized by adult butterflies feeding on milkweed caterpillars. What type of alkaloids do the adult butterflies presumably gain as a result?" That was one of the questions posed...
The UC Davis Entomology Games Team is comprised of (from left) Erin "Taylor" Kelly, Madison "Madi" Hendrick, Zachary Griebenow and Jil Oberski. Griebenow and Oberski were members of the 2018 national championship team.
Do you know the common name of Hermetia illucens, a dipteran? Black soldier fly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis Entomologists Honored in PBESA Award Competitions
Breaking news: UC Davis entomologists won three of the 12 student and professional awards given by the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America. The award-winning trio: Medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo received the Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology...
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UC Davis medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo is the recipient of Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology Award from the Pacific Branch, Entomological of America. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis undergraduate entomology major Gwen Erdosh of the Louie Yang lab and a member of the Research Scholars Program in Insect Biology, won the inaugural Dr. Stephen Garczynski Undergraduate Research Scholarship.
The Roaches Are Ready to Roll! So Is the Virtual UC Davis Picnic Day
The roaches are ready to roll! And so is the virtual UC Davis Picnic Day. The popular cockroach races, hosted by the UC Davis Entomology Graduate Student Association (EGSA), will take place during the 107th annual UC Davis Picnic Day on Saturday, April 17, but you'll see them only on your...
This was a scene at the cockroach races at Briggs Hall during a recent UC Davis Picnic Day. This year it will be viral. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Professor Sharon Lawler will talk about aquatic insects at the 2021 UC Davis Picnic Day. This is from a recent Picnic Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Steve Dreistadt of UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program talks to visitors at a recent UC Davis Picnic Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A screen shot of some of the EGSA items available for sale.