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On January 31, 2023, Danika L. Bannasch, Professor Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, and the Genome Center, was elected as one of the 506 new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Bannasch was elected "For contributions across the study of genetics and genomics for the benefit of animal and human health, and service to the profession." 

This article originally appeared on UC Davis News.

Two University of California, Davis, researchers have won prestigious national and international awards in recognition of their work using genomics to address livestock health and crop resilience in the wake of a changing climate.

Mission Statement: The Genome Center’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Task Force aims to monitor and improve the workplace climate at the Genome Center by diminishing the barriers to equity in the center.

The DEI Task Force is seeking new committee members! If you’d like to get involved in DEI-related activities at the Genome Center to make our workplace more accessible, equitable, and inclusive for all GC members, join us as either a quorum or volunteer member.

This article was first published by the Department of Plant Sciences.

A multi-state team led by Patrick J. Brown has been awarded nearly $3.8 million over the next four years for a project to improve pistachio production as the industry faces warmer winters and scarcer water.

This article was first published by UC Davis Dateline.

even UC Davis faculty members have been recognized among the top female scientists around the globe, as assessed by Research.com in its first ranking of the “Best Female Scientists in the World,” comprising 1,000 scientists.

Originally posted by UC Davis Health

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UC Davis is a collaborating partner in a new European effort to use DNA data to characterize and conserve life on Earth. The Biodiversity Genomics Europe consortium, launched Sept. 26, is affiliated with the Earth BioGenome Project, which has its administrative headquarters at UC Davis. Harris Lewin, distinguished professor of evolution and ecology at UC Davis, chairs the EBP Working Group.

The new Public Health Unit at the Student Health Center on campus was recently formed out of the activities related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Public Health Unit will focus on patient care, prevention, and campus responses to public health concerns. David Coil, previously a project scientist at the Genome Center,  will be the new public health coordinator. Congratulations, David!

Read the full press announcement here.

The University of California at Davis invites applications and nominations for the position of Faculty Director of the UC Davis Genome Center.

Nicole Halmai, a postdoctoral scholar in Luis Carvajal Carmona's lab, recently received a presentation award from this year's UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center's 2022 Spotlight on Early Cancer Investigators - A Cancer Research Mini-Symposium. Halmai's talk was titled "Establishing and Characterizing Patient-derived Models from Racial/Ethnic Minority Gastric Cancer Patients to Advance Cancer Precision Health Equity."