Entries by Aj Cheline

Call to Enter Phase 2x of the On-Campus Research Ramp-Up Plan

Considering the current infection trends in Yolo and Sacramento counties, we will not be moving on to Phase 3 until our saliva testing facility scales up. However, we will have an incremental research ramp-up to Phase 2x effective October 30, 2020. Details of the Phase 2 were shared in our earlier guidance. Implementations of the […]

Launch Event: Research Pathways to Impact

Please join us for a conversation on how new approaches in team science are leading to unprecedented advances in research outcomes across disciplines. Panelists will include Vice Chancellor for Research Prasant Mohapatra, Dean Allison Brashear from the School of Medicine and Dean Michael Lairmore from the School of Veterinary Medicine. Prasant Mohapatra will also provide an update on the […]

Distinguished Speaker Series in Research and Innovation – 2020 Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna

Guest Speaker Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D. Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at UC Berkeley Founder of the Innovative Genomics Institute Recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of a method for genome editing, CRISPR-Cas9 Talk Title CRISPR and Coronavirus Event Details Date: Friday, October 30, 2020 Time: 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. Location: […]

Grants Available for Research Impacted by COVID-19

In mid-March, researchers at UC Davis were asked to adjust or reduce their work when possible in order to limit social contact and minimize the spread of the novel coronavirus. This “ramp down” meant that some campus research was postponed. For researchers with extramural funding, this lost productivity may mean funding will run out before […]

Gene Therapy Center Developing Cutting-Edge Treatments

October 6, 2020 By Lisa Howard Precision medicine, an approach that uses information about an individual’s unique variations to treat or prevent disease, is changing the future of medicine. Rather than tackling symptoms, precision medicine — sometimes called personalized or individualized medicine — looks at the root cause of illnesses. Some of the information used […]