Winter 2018 Issue
Research Matters Quarterly Newsletter Winter 2018
Entries by Aj Cheline
Guidance Related to Government Shutdown
The Office of Research, in collaboration with other offices, is closely monitoring the partial government shutdown and the impact on research. While parts of the federal government (such as NIH) are fully funded for the entire Fiscal Year ’19, other agencies (such as NSF) are not. The following is a summary of the information that […]
UC Davis Microbiome Special Research Program Awards Seed Funding to Seven Collaborative Research Projects
By Jose Franco The UC Davis Microbiome Special Research Program and the Office of Research are pleased to announce the recipients of seven seed funding awards. Each awarded proposal will receive $40,000 over two years. The seed funding program is designed to catalyze new projects and innovations in microbiome sciences with an emphasis on new […]
Dogs, Cats Rescued From California Camp Fire Heal With Fish Skins
By Amy Quinton Several burned dogs and cats at the VCA Valley Oak Veterinary Center in Chico are getting an unusual treatment to help them heal from injuries they suffered in the Camp Fire: fish skins. This is the first time sterilized tilapia skins have been used to treat burns on dogs and cats. Jamie […]
No Super Powers but Nuclear Program Gets Students Excited about Science
By Lisa Howard Nuclear physics isn’t usually on the curriculum for high school and middle school students, but during the past year more than 1,000 students and teachers from 20 schools have been doing some fundamental experiments at the UC Davis McClellan Nuclear Research Center. The facility in Sacramento was originally built by the U.S. […]
International Consortium Officially Launches Earth BioGenome Project in London
By Lisa Howard Key scientific partners and funders from around the globe gathered in London today to officially launch the Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), a global effort to sequence the genetic code of all the planet’s eukaryotes — some 1.5 million known species, including all plants, animals, protozoa and fungi. Today also marks the announcement by […]
