The EEWL REU is in the midst of our summer program.

Everyone is hard at work in their labs, with some developing an unforeseen fondness for their study organism ("Corn is growing on me...."). In addition to research, scholars are taking part in a science communication workshop and learning R scripting. 

Yet to come: field trips to Corteva Agriscience and the Yolo Basin Foundation to learn about our local bat colony. 

So...we've been kinda busy since, ummmmm..... January 2024, and put newsy updates on the back burner, where they promptly fell into the crack between the stove and the wall. Here's a rundown of what's happened in our world in the past 10 months.

Marine ecologist and EERREC faculty mentor Jay Stachowicz has received the 2023 UC Davis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement!

Get all the details here!

Congratulations to Jay from your colleagues and students. We are thrilled that your myriad wonderfulnesses have been recognized by the university.

An acclaimed organic winery in the Napa Valley now is graced by a ceramic mural that showcases biodiversity and its importance to vineyards.

For the third consecutive year, the EERREC REU has included a science communication workshop, with a 3-minute video as capstone experience.

Please join us for the UC Davis Summer Research Programs symposium.

Friday, 11 August 2023

1:00-3:15pm

Gibeling Room of the UC Davis Graduate Center, Walker Hall

Download the poster, schedule, and abstracts

UC Davis Chancellor Gary May interviewed Rachael Bay as part of his series, Face to Face. Chancellor May learned about corals, climate change, getting undergrads into research in genomics, and a bit of what it's like to be one of Popular Science magazine's "Brilliant 10."

We're thrilled to announce that the 2023 cohort of Sloan Research Fellows includes Professor Kate Laskowski. The Sloan Research Fellowship, a prestigious award given by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, recognizes early-career scientific researchers seen as emerging leaders in their fields.

UC Davis environmental toxicologist Andrew Whitehead recently was interviewed by The Conversation Weekly. The podcast described three case studies, including Andrew's work, that demonstrate how humans can drive rapid evolution in natural systems. Andrew's research documents populations of killifish that thrive in polluted estuaries. But rather than a source of optimism, Andrew describes this as a "cautionary tale."

Jay Stachowicz' research recently was featured by the UC Davis College of Biological Sciences. Stachowicz is part of a global network that studies seagrasses and the organisms that live in coastal seagrass beds. They found that genetics influences on seagrasses dating back to Pleistocene glaciation have influenced the genetic diversity, size, and community structure of seagrasses even more than current conditions.