Signature Research in Genomics Program
UC Davis believes that investments in genomic research is an important element in establishing a world-class research facility in multi-omics integration, big data bioinformatics, and large-scale genomics-based discovery. The UC Davis Signature Research in Genomics Program (SRG) supports this vision by providing seed funding for projects that require use of high throughput DNA sequencing to address grand challenge problems in agricultural, environmental and health sciences. This program is designed to promote large-scale innovative genomics research at UC Davis that is enabled by next generation sequencing technology.
SRG Awardees
Alan Bennett | Regulation of Maize-Microbial Interactions at the Aerial Root Interface |
Andrew Whitehead | Developing red abalone as a model for climate change research |
Angela Linderholm | Genomic Analysis of Longitudinal Bronchial thermoplasty Samples |
Bart Weimer | Microbiome of the placenta to impact early life – stems cells, bacteria, and metabolites |
Brian Todd | Using Transcriptomics to Investigate Molecular Mechanisms of Resistance to Fungal Disease in Amphibians |
Carrie Finno | Determining the role of CYP7A1 in a naturally-occurring model of a-tocopherol associated neurodegeneration |
Clare Casteel | Examining safe application of next generation insect control using genomics and bioinformatics |
Danielle Lemay | Metatranscriptomics of the gut microbiome of idiopathic chronic diarrhea |
Danika Bannasch | Alliance for Canine Translational Genomics (ACTG) |
David Neale | Feasibility study of a comparative approach to de novo assembly of the Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) genome |
Elizabeth Maga | The role of the metagenome, transcriptome and metabolome on intestinal health |
Fred Chedin | Epigenetic perturbations and junk DNA activation in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
Joanna Chiu | Investigating the role of DNA methylation in regulating mosquito physiology and implications for Malaria control |
John Albeck | Identifying gene expression programs that decode ERK/MAPK dynamics |
Jorge Dubcovsky | Rapid mutant mapping in wheat using exome-capture and sequencing technology |
Joshua Stern | Next-generation sequencing to identify novel genetic causes of feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Developing a large animal model of a devastating inherited heart condition in man |
Karl Murray | Single-Neuron Transcriptome Classification of Primate Visual Pathways |
Michele La Merrill | Identifying persistent and functionally relevant DNA methylation across tissues from mice exposed to DDT |
Neelima Sinha | New tools to leverage crop wild relatives for crop breeding and improvement: a case study in tomato |
Noriko Satake | Identification of leukemia stem cell hierarchy using single-cell RNA-sequencing technology |
Qizhi Gong | Neuronal Activity Evoked Transcriptional Changes in Single Sensory Neurons |
Richard Connon | Integration of transcriptomics with physiological performance measurements for the conservation of a declining fish species of the San Francisco Bay Delta |
Susan Stover | Toward a mechanistic understanding of osteoclast dysregulation in equine Silicate Associated Osteoporosis (SAO) |
Yoosok Lee | Advanced genomic tools for estimating dispersal of African malaria vectors |