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In the News: Hammock and Zhang Labs Target Obesity-Enhanced Colon Cancer

Bruce Hammock, a distinguished professor of entomology with the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology who holds a joint appointment with...

Bruce Hammock is a UC Davis distinguished professor of entomology with a joint appointment at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bruce Hammock is a UC Davis distinguished professor of entomology with a joint appointment at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Co-authors Bruce Hammock (center) with Jun Yang (left), a lead co-author and Sung Hee Hwang. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Co-authors Bruce Hammock (center) with Jun Yang (left), a lead co-author and Sung Hee Hwang. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Targeting Cystic Fibrosis

A UC Davis entomologist who started his career studying insects--and is now focused on human health--played a key role in newly published research...

UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock, whose research went from insects to human health, is shown here in his office in Briggs Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock, whose research went from insects to human health, is shown here in his office in Briggs Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis researchers Jun Yang (left) and Christophe Morisseau of the Hammock lab. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis researchers Jun Yang (left) and Christophe Morisseau of the Hammock lab. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Fleeting Butterflies

It's good to see those fluttering butterflies back in the news again. But they are fleeting butterflies. For the past 35 years, noted butterfly...

Monarch Butterfly

MONARCH BUTTERFLY (Danaus plexippus), shown here in the Luther Burbank Gardens, Santa Rosa, is one of the butterflies that Art Shapiro has studied for the last 35 years. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Western Tiger Swallowtail

WESTERN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL (Papilio rutulus), shown here in Healdsburg, is on Art Shapiro's radar and database. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Gray Hairstreak

GRAY HAIRSTREAK (Strymon melinus) feeding here in a garden in Vacaville, Calif., is quite territorial. It is one of the butterflies that Art Shapiro studies. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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