Entries by Aj Cheline

Austin Brown Named New Executive Director of UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and the Economy

Energy and transportation technology and policy expert Dr. Austin Brown has been named the new Executive Director of the UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, the Environment, and the Economy. The Policy Institute acts as a bridge between scientific researchers and decision-makers to deliver credible, relevant, and timely information and analysis—assisting and informing the policymaking […]

UC Davis Launches Microbiome Initiative to Leverage Expertise across Campus

By Ana Lucia Cordova-Kreylos The Office of Research at University of California, Davis, is pleased to announce the launch of the Microbiome Special Research Program (SRP), designed to leverage and build upon the broad and deep expertise in microbiome science across the university. “UC Davis has incredible breadth and depth in microbiome research with over […]

Reconstruction of Ancient Chromosomes Offers Insight Into Mammalian Evolution

By Lisa Howard What if researchers could go back in time 105 million years and accurately sequence the chromosomes of the first placental mammal? What would it reveal about evolution and modern mammals, including humans? In a study published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers have gone back in time, […]

Amber Waves of Genetic Wheat Mutations: Developing Better Wheat to Feed the World

By Lisa Howard Jorge Dubcovsky, a world-renowned wheat breeder and geneticist, says he is not a romantic when it comes to the visual appeal of a wheat field, not even when it is bathed in the golden light of a California sunset. “You know those old paintings that show these beautiful wheat fields with waving spikes? […]

Pianist, Wheat Geneticist Recipients of 2017 Innovator of the Year Award

by Lisa Howard June 8, 2017 Lara Downes, artist in residence at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, and Jorge Dubcovsky, distinguished professor of plant sciences and Howard Hughes Medical Institute researcher, were named the 2017 Innovators of the Year by University of California, Davis, Interim Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter at a ceremony on […]

New Electronic Conflict of Interest Disclosure System Now Available

Research Compliance & Integrity (RCI) is pleased to announce the rollout of a fully online Conflict of Interest (COI) disclosure process to the research community. This system eliminates all paper-based COI disclosures and will make process more efficient and user friendly. As of June 1, 2017, we will be asking investigators to submit all disclosures […]

Feminist Research Institute Looks to Bridge Gap between Humanistic and Scientific Sides of UC Davis

By Lisa Howard In her opening remarks at the Feminist Research Institute symposium, “Feminist Research Across the Disciplines,” Interim Director Laura Grindstaff noted that feminist scholarship has had minimal impact on the STEM disciplines compared to social sciences and humanities. “In STEM, there is increasing attention to the under-representation of women and people of color […]