Entries by Aj Cheline
Multicenter study finds Zika virus may pose greater threat of miscarriages than previously thought
26 percent of nonhuman primates lost pregnancies despite not showing symptoms Research from several institutions, including the California National Primate Research Center at UC Davis, suggests that more women could be losing their pregnancies to the Zika virus without knowing they are infected. The study, published in Nature Medicine July 2, found 26 percent of […]
UC Davis Chancellor Selects Prasant Mohapatra as Vice Chancellor for Research
By Dana Topousis in University News UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May has selected Prasant Mohapatra to serve as vice chancellor for research. Mohapatra, who has been the dean of graduate studies and vice provost of graduate education since 2016, will oversee an annual research funding portfolio of about $783 million (as of fiscal year […]
UC Davis STAIR and DIAL Grant Recipients Developing Breakthrough Innovations
By Lisa Howard June 25, 2018 DAVIS, Calif. — Innovators at the University of California, Davis, are receiving financial support to advance their research and technologies toward commercialization. Managed by Venture Catalyst, the Science Translation and Innovative Research (STAIR™) and the Data, Informatics & Application Launch (DIAL™) grant programs are designed to provide funding to […]
Research Shows Deporting Immigrants Hurts Local Economies
By Lisa Howard During the early days of the Great Depression, when many Americans were desperate to find jobs, state and local officials in the United States began forcibly repatriating Mexicans, including American citizens of Mexican descent, to Mexico. Jobs were scarce — unemployment would eventually reach 25 percent in 1933 — and the thinking […]
Engineering Postdoctoral Fellow Is Creating New Possibilities for an Old Material
By Lisa Howard The very first flight Hilal Cansizoglu ever took was when she left Turkey in 2008 to pursue a master’s degree in electrical engineering in the United States. Her family was at Istanbul Atatürk Airport to see her off, and one of her younger sisters — she has two — later told Hilal […]
UC Davis Innovators Honored for Contributions in Agriculture, Pathology
The University of California, Davis, tonight (May 15) announced the recipients of the university’s 2018 Chancellor’s Innovation Awards at a ceremony on campus. Established in 2016, the awards recognize faculty, community partners and industry leaders for their work, dedication and success in improving the lives of others and addressing the needs of our global society […]
UC Davis Signs Agreement to with Australian National Science Organization to Enhance Global Cross-Disciplinary Research
The University of California, Davis announced a partnership with CSIRO, Australia’s pre-eminent national science organization. The partnership marks the first major collaboration agreement between CSIRO and an American university. The five-year partnership agreement encourages scientists and research facilities across the globe, including more than 4,500 CSIRO scientists, to seamlessly collaborate across disciplines including, but not […]
