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Rebecca Calisi, assistant professor of neurobiology, physiology and behavior (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis)

Discovering Curiosity: Art at the Zoo

Posted by Greg Watry on April 19, 2018
Campus and Community
Before delving into the world of endocrinology, Assistant Professor Rebecca Calisi Rodríguez, wasn’t following the path of a traditional scientist. She’d studied studio art and psychology at both Skidmore College and Boston College and thought she wanted to pursue the artist’s life.
A big congratulations is in order for Professor Gail Patricelli, Department of Evolution and Ecology, who will receive a Distinguished Teaching Award from the UC Davis Academic Senate and Academic Federation. Courtesy photo

Gail Patricelli Honored with Distinguished Teaching Award

April 18, 2018
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A big congratulations is in order forProfessor Gail Patricelli, Department of Evolution and Ecology, who will receive a Distinguished Teaching Award from the UC Davis Academic Senate and Academic Federation.
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UC Davis Researchers Talk Science and Society

April 13, 2018
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In a Q&A style article appearing in The Conversation, UC Davis researchers, including Professor Susan Williams, Department of Evolution and Ecology, talk about science and public engagement.
The new study emphasizes the importance of the enzyme BIK1, fluoresced in blue, in plants’ chemical defenses. Ugrappa Nagalakshmi

Investigating the Molecular Defense Tactics of Plants

Posted by Greg Watry on April 11, 2018
Food, Agriculture and Plant Biology
In a study appearing in Cell Host & Microbe, UC Davis graduate student Neeraj Lal, Professors Savithramma Dinesh-Kumar and Andrew J Fisher and their colleagues reveal the versatility of plants’ molecular defenses. The findings provide a strategic map revealing how plants allocate resources and have the potential to help bolster crop immune systems and improve their development and growth.
For her long-term contributions to the plant biology field, Sinha was recently honored by the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) with a Fellow of ASPB Award, which recognizes distinguished members who have contributed to the society for at least 10 years.

Neelima Sinha Honored with Fellow of American Society of Plant Biologists Award

Posted by Greg Watry on April 10, 2018
Awards and Recognition
For her long-term contributions to the plant biology field, Sinha was recently honored by the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) with a Fellow of ASPB Award, which recognizes distinguished members who have contributed to the society for at least 10 years.
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Deborah Neff, '76 B.S. in Physiology, Talks Entrepreneurship: Recognizing Opportunity, Balancing Risk

Posted by Greg Watry on April 10, 2018
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Ben Young Landis, ’03 B.A. in Evolution and Ecology, Founder and Executive Chair of Capital Science Communicators

Posted by Greg Watry on March 28, 2018
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