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Recent News

Uncovering How Dengue, Zika Viruses Manipulate Hosts

A new, holistic approach to biology is giving researchers new insights into how the Dengue and Zika viruses attack their hosts and, in the case of Zika, affect brain development.

Human and Animal Health

Rice Plants That Reproduce as Clones From Seed

Plant biologists at UC Davis have discovered a way to make crop plants replicate through seeds as clones. The long-sought discovery could make it easier to propagate high-yielding, disease-resistant or climate-tolerant crops and make them available to the world’s farmers.

Food, Agriculture and Plant Biology

From Tool Use in Primates to Animal Movement: Animal Behavior Graduate Student Claudio Monteza-Moreno

Claudio Monteza-Moreno spent his adolescence exploring the ecosystem behind his childhood home in Panama. These experiences opened his mind to science and eventually brought him to UC Davis. Today, he’s a student in the Animal Behavior Graduate Group.

Ecology and Environment

Discovering Curiosity: Protecting Our Oceans from the Tiniest Toxins with Gary Cherr

Since 2009, Gary Cherr has served as the director of the Bodega Marine Laboratory and as an associate director of the Coastal & Marine Sciences Institute. But he became an Aggie well before that.

Ecology and Environment

19 From UC Davis in Global List of Most-Cited Researchers

Associate Professor Siobhan Brady, Department of Plant Biology, was among the 19 researchers from UC Davis named in the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2018 list released by Clarivate Analytics.

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Real-Life Alumni Profiles

Reef Morse, ’67 BA and ’72 Ph.D. in Zoology, Director of Steppingstone MAgnetic Resonance Training Center

Phillip “Reef” Morse runs the Steppingstone MAgnetic Resonance Training Center, which gives school children the opportunity to learn hands-on science.

Genetics and Microbiology

Allison Injaian, ’18 Ph.D. in Animal Behavior: Studying Impacts of Noise Pollution on Tree Swallows

Ph.D. grad Allison Injaian studies the effects of traffic noise on tree swallows. In the fall, she'll continue her research at the Cornell University Lab of Ornithology.

Ecology and Environment

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