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Putting all your eggs into one basket in a salty world: how does salinity affect sea slug reproduction?

June 25, 2018

Last year, Marlynn Rollins examined how temperature and salinity affect the size and number of eggs that sea slugs lay. This year, she’s back to fine-tune her results. Listen as she describes her work.

Hallucinogens can change the structure of neurons

June 15, 2018

David Olson, an assistant professor of chemistry and mentor to CCBGAP student Alaysia Madison, has found that some psychedelic drugs can alter the appearance and action of neurons. These changes suggest that hallucinogenic compounds might offer promise as a treatment for anxiety disorders that affect neuronal circuits. The research, published in the 12 June issue of Cell Reports, also included MCBGAP faculty member Kassandra Ori-McKinney.

Olson Lab research featured on cover of Cell Reports

Davis life: warm weather and a long day in the lab, ….

May 9, 2018

…topped off by a successful foraging excursion, with one’s major professor picking up the tab.

Grad Slam results

April 19, 2018

Tooka Zokaie, a graduate student in Public Health, won first prize at the 2018 UC Davis Grad Slam for her talk about how access to oral health care resources affects health maintenance and disease prevention. But guess who won “People’s Choice”?

Even Pamela Jennings, Director of Graduate Studies at the UC Office of the President (shown with Microbiology doctoral candidate and EEGAP alumna Allie Igwe), attended and cheered on the finalists. Audience members learned about topics that included oral health, earthquakes, marsh cordgrass restoration, variability in heart cells, and reconstruction of a Neanderthal pelvis, and the contestants all demonstrated superb skills in communicating research results.

In the words of Graduate Dean Prasant Mohapatra, “We’re incredibly proud of each and every one that participated in this year’s competition. Grad Slam is one of the highlights of our year – a rare opportunity to celebrate the work and talents of some of UC Davis’ brightest graduate students.”

Angel Rogers update

March 20, 2018

Angel (Rogers) Charles, from the 2013 EEGAP cohort and now a medical student at Cornell Weill, recently received a research fellowship from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Research Mentorship program and will work with her mentor, David Scheinberg, to develop targeted immunotherapy to treat HPV-induced cancers.

Professors for the Future, 2018-2019, including….

March 20, 2018

Mayowa!

Professors for the Future, UC Davis’ year-long competitive fellowship program, helps graduate student leaders to develop and share their skills with peers. Check back soon for an update on Mayowa’s project.