From Pole to Pole, Underwater Robots Help Predict How and When Ice Shelves Collapse To outer space and the deep ocean, add “beneath the ice” to the list of rarely... Read More
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5 Things You Probably Don’t Know About the Soil Microbiome
Aj Cheline
May 1, 2017
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By Lisa Howard March 15, 2017 1. Soil Actually Has a Microbiome Gut bacteria have been getting a lot of attention lately (yogurt, anyone?) but it turns out the soil... Read More
‘OneClimate’ a Call to Arms Fusing UC Davis’ Collective Strength in Climate Science
Aj Cheline
May 1, 2017
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Throughout UC Davis’ history, the university has brought scientists across disciplines to work together on the challenge of growing food. Now, Ben Houlton, director of the John Muir Institute of... Read More
Uncovering the Hidden Life of Soil
Aj Cheline
February 27, 2017
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Microbes in Soil Are Essential for Life and May Help Mitigate Climate Change By Lisa Howard February 27, 2017 Kate Scow, a professor of soil science and soil microbial ecology... Read More
Flour & Oil: How a UC Davis Researcher is Helping Improve Health in Developing Countries
Aj Cheline
February 21, 2017
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By Lisa Howard February 22, 2017 Reina Engle-Stone was halfway through her biology degree at Cornell University when she discovered global nutrition. Her introduction was a nutritional epidemiology class, and... Read More
Cow Gene Study Shows Why Most Clones Fail
Aj Cheline
December 9, 2016
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Gene Expression Pinpoints Multiple Anomalies Likely to Lead to Pregnancy Failure for Clones It has been 20 years since Dolly the sheep was successfully cloned in Scotland, but cloning mammals... Read More
Can Ben Houlton Help UC Davis Solve Climate Change?
Aj Cheline
November 23, 2016
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By Lisa Howard November 23, 2016 Ben Houlton hasn’t quite settled into his office in The Barn. The new director of the John Muir Institute of the Environment took over... Read More
UC Davis and BASF Announce Collaboration on Development of New Microencapsulation Technology
Aj Cheline
November 7, 2016
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FLORHAM PARK, NJ and DAVIS, CA, November 2, 2016 – BASF and University of California, Davis (UC Davis) entered into a collaborative research agreement to investigate a patent- pending microencapsulation... Read More
How a ‘Nonsense’ Genetic Mutation from a Bull Born in 1962 Caused the Loss of Half a Million Calves Worldwide
Aj Cheline
October 10, 2016
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By Lisa Howard Pawnee Farm Arlinda Chief was one of the most prolific bulls in the history of Holstein cattle breeding — but he also introduced a lethal gene... Read More
Cameron Carter named Interim Vice Chancellor for Research
Aj Cheline
October 5, 2016
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AJ Cheline October 5, 2016 Cameron Carter — a professor in the UC Davis Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and the director of two UC Davis research centers — has been named the interim vice chancellor for the Office of... Read More