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UC Davis researchers explore the strategies of wild plants to help cultivate the climate-resistant crops of tomorrow

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College of Biological Sciences Students, Faculty Honored with Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence

Awards and Recognition

This year, members of the College of Biological Sciences received three special recognitions: the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research and two Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Research. Earlier this month, the recipients gathered with UC Davis Chancellor Gary May to receive their awards.

The Aggie Transcript: Building a Science Writing Space for Students

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In winter 2014, Professor Sean Burgess, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, decided to create The Aggie Transcript, a life sciences publication featuring undergraduate writing. After winning the UC Davis Advancing Academic and Career Goals Award, the publication recently released its second print issue.

Pew Scholarship Will Investigate Molecular and Cellular Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury

Awards and Recognition

Pew Charitable Trusts has announced Kassandra Ori-McKenney as a 2018 Pew Biomedical Scholar, one of the most prestigious honors of its kind. With a four-year grant totaling $300,000, Ori-McKenney will investigate the role of a protein called tau in the development of neurodegenerative disease related to traumatic brain injury.

Drought Has Unexpected Consequences for Northern California Butterfly Populations

Ecology and Environment

Utilizing nearly 45 years of butterfly population field data, a new study published in Climate Change Responses reveals how recent record-setting temperatures and drought conditions affected butterfly populations at various elevations in Northern California. And the results are surprising.

University Medalist Learned Value of Perseverance in Lab

Awards and Recognition

During her second year of undergraduate research in the lab of Aldrin Gomes, Emily Eijansantos felt ready for a solo project. She’d spent her sophomore year learning the lab’s techniques and shadowing more experienced undergraduates. She felt prepared. But like many things in life, the project—studying ibuprofen’s effects on heart cells—had its hurdles.

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Real-Life Alumni Profiles

Deborah Neff, '76 B.S. in Physiology, Talks Entrepreneurship: Recognizing Opportunity, Balancing Risk

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Ben Young Landis, ’03 B.A. in Evolution and Ecology, Founder and Executive Chair of Capital Science Communicators

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