Sponsored by: Dr. Nancy E. Lane, Endowed Chair of Aging, Director for the Center for Musculoskeletal Health (CMH) Funds are available for pilot grants ranging up to $10,000 each to encourage the development of novel curriculum or exploratory interventions related to improving the care or well-being of elders. These grants are available for students, residents, […]
In this edition of the “Monkey Talk” podcast we chat with Dr. Jeff Roberts, Associate Director of Primate Services, and JoAnn Yee, manager of the center’s Pathogen Detection Laboratory Core, about their recent travel to Borneo and Thailand to share their expertise in working with nonhuman primates (NHPs) with their overseas counterparts at two unique […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
The Office of Research is pleased to announce the roll out of Cayuse SP for processing new sponsored project awards beginning July 1, 2017. We will also begin the phased roll out of Cayuse SP for new proposal development and submission (currently in pilot testing) later this summer. Once fully implemented, Cayuse SP will simplify […]
By Lisa Howard June 8, 2017 Lara Downes grew up in San Francisco, near the beach, in a house with three pianos: two baby grands and an upright. She is the eldest of three intensely musical sisters who all practiced at the same time, taking turns on the different instruments. “One piano was in the […]
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? […]
