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Schlinger Endowed Chair Position Recruitment: Open for Applications Recruitment is under way for the Schlinger Endowed Chair in Insect Systematics position, UC Davis Department of Entomology. The position is open until filled but, to ensure full consideration, applications should be received by April 1, 2012. Link to Web Application. Search committee chair is Steve Nadler (530) 752-2121 or sanadler@ucdavis.edu.
Robert Washino: Distinguished Scholarly Public Service Award Renowned medical entomologist Robert Washino, emeritus professor of entomology and a longtime academic administrator at UC Davis, has been selected a recipient of a 2012 Distinguished Scholarly Public Service Award from the Academic Senate. “Your public service contributions over the years have been truly outstanding and we are delighted and honored to be able to publicly recognize them,” wrote Committee on Public Service chair Marc Schenker in a Feb. 28th letter. During his 1964-1994 academic career at UC Davis, Washino chaired the UC Davis Department of Entomology and served as an associate dean of the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. For the past 18 years, he has continued his public service at international, national and state levels. -more-
World Malaria Day Observance Set April 25 On UC Davis Campus The sixth annual observance of World Malaria Day on the UC Davis campus will take place Wednesday, April 25 and will include presentations on the historical, current and future efforts of malaria control, as well as updates on other vector biology research. The event, open to the public, will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., in Room 1031 of the Gladys Valley Hall, School of Veterinary Medicine. Vector biology researchers--faculty and students--are invited to give presentations; the deadline to register is April 2. -more-
Increasing Genetic Diversity of Honey Bee Increasing the overall genetic diversity of honey bees will lead to healthier and hardier bees that can better fight off parasites, pathogens and pests, says bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey of UC Davis and Washington State University. Just as stock improvement has served the poultry, dairy and swine industries well, the beekeeping industry needs access “to stocks of origin or standardized evaluation and stock improvement programs,” Cobey said. Cobey is the lead author of the chapter “Status of Breeding Practices and Genetic Diversity in Domestic U.S. Honey Bees” of the newly published book, Honey Bee Colony Health: Challenges and Sustainable Solutions.-more-
How New Invasive Species Threaten Our Ecosystems An all-day conference, "Educating the Public About New Invasive Species Threatening California's Plant Ecosystems," will take place April 24 in the UC Davis Conference Center. Coordinator Kris Godfrey of the Contained Research Facility said it will include "New Pests Threatening California," "Case Histories," and "Other Perspectives on Communication." Among the pests to be discussed: golden spotted oak borer, Asian citrus psyllid, European grapevine moth, Japanese dodder, sudden oak death, and zebra and quagga mussels. Photo: An Asian citrus psyllid taken by M. Rogers of the University of Florida. -more-.
Andrew Sutherland: New Bay Area IPM Advisor Andrew Sutherland, who received his doctorate in entomology with major professor Michael Parrella, professor and chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, has just accepted the UC ANR position of Area IPM Advisor for the San Francisco Bay Area, effective April 1. Based at the UC Cooperative Extension county office in Alameda, Sutherland will serve Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, San Francisco and Santa Clara counties. He will coordinate a multi-county extension, education and applied research program to address urban and community IPM, with an emphasis on arthropods. -more-
Steve Welter to Speak on Pheromone Disruption Insect biologist Stephen Welter, professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, UC Berkeley, and associate dean of instruction and student affairs, will be the final speaker in the UC Davis Department of Entomology winter seminar series. Welter will speak on "Pheromone Mating Disruption Systems for Management of Insects in Perennial Crops: New Successes with Old Problem" from 12:10 to 1 p.m., Wednesday, March 21 in 122 Briggs Hall.-more-

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