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.
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!
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."
This post summarizes the publication "Healthy Davis Together: Creating a Model for Community Control of COVID-19" by Pollock et al. in the American Journal of Public Health.
UC Davis' COVID-19 testing center is now open in the Human Resources Administration Building on Blue Ridge Road. Testing is opening on Sunday through Thursday from 8:30 am until 4:30 pm. COVID testing on campus is currently voluntary and is only available to students and employees. Appointments are required and can be made online at Health-e-Messaging. Those testing positive are still required to notify the university and isolate following public health guidelines.
This post summarizes the findings of the paper "Effects of pairing on color change and central gene expression in lined seahorses" by Mederos et al. published in Genes, Brain and Behavior (link).
Pam Ronald, of the Genome Center and College of Biological Sciences, was recently featured on 'Face to Face' with Chancellor May. They discussed Ronald's 30-year career in plant pathology and her recent awards, including the Wolf Prize. Watch the full interview below.
A recent publication in MDPI Genes by Zhu et al. titled "Single-cell RNA-seq analysis reveals lung epithelial cell type-specific responses to HDM and regulation by Tet1" investigated house dust mite (HDM)-induced lung inflammation in mice using Tet1 knockout mice and wildtype mice.
Christina Kim was recently named one of 15 Searle Scholars for 2022. The Searle Scholars Program supports recently appointed assistant professors or those in a tenure-track appointment to conduct high risk, high reward research in chemistry and the biomedical sciences. The funds awarded with the recognition will help to support Kim's research for the next three years.
Each year, the Academic Senate and Academic Federation announce awards for research, teaching and mentoring, and public service. A total of 14 UC Davis Academic Senate and Academic Federation members were awarded for their excellence. Three of the 14 awards went to Genome Center members.
The African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP) has published a position paper in Nature highlighting the goals, priorities, and roadmap of the Africa-led effort to sequence the genomes of 105,000 species of plants, animals, fungi and protists that are endemic to the continent.
Joanna Chiu, of the Genome Center and Department of Entomology and Nematology, was named one of the recipients of the UC Davis Academic Senate's 2022 Distinguished Teaching Award. Chiu earned this award via her dedication to students at all levels, as well as the training programs she has led to increase diversity and inclusivity.
