A Genetically Modified Insect May be Field Tested in Europe
Oxitec, a British ag-biotech company, has applied to Spanish regulatory authorities for permission to carry out a netted field evaluation of its genetically-modified olive fly strain. If approved, the study […]
ESC/ESO 150th Anniversary Joint Annual Meeting
The 150th Anniversary of the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of Canada and Entomological Society of Ontario will be celebrated this October. Click here to read more and to […]
May Berenbaum Elected as Future President of the Entomological Society of America
Dr. May Berenbaum, professor and head of the Department of Entomology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), was recently elected Vice President-Elect of the Entomological Society of America […]
Scientists Use Maximum Containment Spacesuit Lab to Study Dangerous Disease Spread by Ticks
When University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers set out to study Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, they faced a daunting challenge. The deadly virus requires biosafety level 4 containment, […]