Entries by Aj Cheline
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
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 to determine treatment […]
NEH Bestows $250,000 in Grants to The History Project at UC Davis
The National Endowment for the Humanities recently awarded two grants to the University of California, Davis — one to advance kindergarten-through-12th-grade instruction on the Chinese experience in California history and the other to support an art history professor in her study of a medieval Armenian city. The NEH announced 238 grants totaling $30 million on […]
