New angle needed to get pike out of Lake Davis
Hoping to keep non-native northern pike in Lake Davis from invading...the Sacramento-San Joaquin river system, state wildlife managers have...electroshocked, poisoned and netted thousands of the fish....Nonetheless, concludes a new UC Davis study, the pike are thriving.... ...Professor Ted Foin constructed a mathematical model that considered...Lake Davis' fish habitat and pike population dynamic...Controversial UK badger killings analyzed by UC Davis expert
A UC Davis professor is co-author of a report released today in Great...Britain that says the controversial practice of killing wild badgers...to prevent tuberculosis in cattle apparently does no good -- and may...make matters worse.... ...Rosie Woodroffe, UC Davis assistant professor of conservation...biology, is an authority on the biology of the European badger (Meles...meles). The new report,...UC Davis to begin identifying eligible families for study on environmental factors in autism
(SACRAMENTO, CALIF.) -- UC Davis researchers are ready to launch the first-ever major epidemiological case-control study of up to 2,000 California children to examine genetic and environmental factors that may affect the development of autism, mental retardation and developmental delay in children. ......Parents of children who recently have become eligible to receive services from California's R...NSF establishes center for biophotonics at UC Davis
Using lasers, light and radiant energy in biology and medicine is the aim of a major new collaborative center announced today at the University of California, Davis. ......Funded with $52 million over the next 10 years, including a $40 million grant from the National Science Foundation, the Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology will bring together scientists, industry, educators and the...UC Davis mathematician, neuroscientist win Sloan Fellowships
Two new faculty members at the University of California, Davis, neuroscientist Marie Burns and mathematician Alexander Soshnikov, have won prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships worth $40,000 over two years. ...... Burns studies how light-sensitive cells generate signals. For vision to work properly, the thousands of light-sensitive cells in the retina -- rods and cones -- have to swit...(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) A clinical trial testing the safety and tolerability of two investigational AIDS vaccines for healthy individuals is being launched this week at the UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center. The study, which is part of a multi-site clinical trial, will enroll up to 126 individuals nationwide. Ten to 20 participants will be recruited into the UC Davis study.... ...Known...UC Davis' first cloned calf born, succumbs three days later
The first calf cloned and delivered at the University of California, Davis, died Saturday, just three days after its birth....Results of the necropsy or animal autopsy, which should pinpoint the cause of death, are pending.... "We're saddened and disappointed by the death of the calf, " said animal science professor Gary Anderson, an authority on embryonic development in mammals and lead researc...UC Davis biomedical engineering department awarded $12 million by Whitaker Foundation
The Whitaker Foundation announced today that it has awarded a grant of $12 million to the new Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of California, Davis. The grant will help expand the department and enhance campus research in genomics, medical imaging and other fields. It will trigger approximately $35 million in matching funds from the state government and university sources....UC Davis study finds breastfeeding may protect bones in teen-age mothers
.(Sacramento, CA) --Teen-age mothers are in no danger of sacrificing their own nutritional health if they choose to breastfeed their babies, according to a study by pediatricians at UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center. .The study, funded by the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, is being presented April 30 at the annual joint meeting of the 2001 Pediatric Academic Societies and America...UC Davis, Santa Barbara get $6 million to help estuaries
...University of California researchers at the Davis and Santa...Barbara campuses will receive $6 million in federal funds to...develop much-needed health assessments for estuaries, the...critical coastal ecosystems where fresh water meets salt...water.... ...The grants, from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,...will support the development of chemical, biological and...physical standards...UC Davis science, engineering and technology newstips -- March
...* Mathematicians unravel knotty problem ...* Hummingbirds avoid nectar-robbed flowers ...* Cosmologists study wrinkles in early universe... ...MATHEMATICIANS UNRAVEL KNOTTY PROBLEM... ...Untangling a knot may seem simple, but the theory of knots has tied up mathematicians for decades. Now, mathematicians Joel Hass, of the University of California, Davis, and Jeffrey Lagarias of AT&T Research...UC Davis study finds heart benefits from apples & juice
. .SACRAMENTO, Calif. Researchers at UC Davis School of Medicine have determined that drinking apple juice and eating apples has a beneficial effect on risk factors for heart disease. Results of the pioneering clinical study appear in the winter edition of Journal of Medicinal Food. .The study shows that compounds in apples and apple juice act in much the same way that red wine and tea do to...UC Davis science newstips Feb 01
...Science, Engineering and Technology News Tips ...University of California, Davis ...----------------------------------------------------------- ...* Microbiologists plumb the depths ...* Gravitational biologists explore effects of life in space ...* 'Junk' DNA in the human genome ...* Media source: Wind power ...* Media source: Computer security and viruses ...--------------------------------...UC Davis will establish new graduate school of the environment
... ... ... ... ... UC Davis will establish a Graduate School of the Environment, the culmination of a grassroots campaign by faculty members to improve the impact and visibility of campus environmental-science programs. ... ... "Our environmental programs deserve a major emphasis," said Provost Robert Grey. "The faculty members come from all sectors of the campus, and that breadth is a major st...(SACRAMENTO, Calif.)-- The UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute is allocating $1 million to develop a new neurodevelopmental genomics laboratory for the study of biomarkers and other early warning signs of autism and neurodevelopmental disorders. (M.I.N.D. stands for the Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders.) Using the power of the human genome project, the lab aims to identify a genetic...UC Davis study shows spirulina boosts immune system
.(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) Adding spirulina to cultured immune system cells significantly increases the production of infection fighting cytokines, say immunologists at UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center. Their finding is published in the Fall issue of the Journal of Medicinal Foods.. .Spirulina is a blue-green algae that is rich in antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. U...Lawrence Livermore Lab, UC Davis Cancer Center ink alliance to develop integrated cancer program
. . .SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the UC Davis Cancer Center have agreed to collaborate on an integrated cancer program . that will bring together the advanced biomedical technologies and scientists of the national laboratory with basic science researchers and faculty oncologists from UC Davis.. ."This agreement signifies an institutional commitment to bringin.... . (Sacramento, Calif., Livermore, Calif., October 18, 2000) The University of California, Davis, Health System and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory today formed the Industry Partners Consortium for Bio and Medical Technology Development. The group provides private-sector companies with access to medical and technological expertise to assist them in developing innovative medical products...UC Davis research helps state air board set auto-emission rules
.The California Air Resources Board, whose limits on vehicle emissions influence air-quality policies around the world, will decide Thursday whether to make any changes in the state's current zero-emission vehicle mandates.. .The University of California, Davis, has made crucial contributions to the board's evaluation of the central issues.. .UC Davis' Institute of Transportation Studies has con...UC Davis expert identifies oak-tree killer and warns public to use caution
.A swimming, two-tailed fungus with an appetite for oak bark is probably to blame for the death of thousands of trees in coastal California, and if people aren't careful, the deadly microbe could spread to the nation's other oak forests, a UC Davis plant scientist said today.. .The fungi move around by spores that can easily travel in infected wood and soil, on bicycle and car tires, hikers' sho...UC Davis researchers were key to Clinton's order for marine reserves
.UC Davis researchers were central to the effort leading to President Clinton's order today directing federal agencies to establish a comprehensive national system of marine protected areas.. .Marine protected areas are areas of the ocean and coast that are protected from some or all human activities to conserve biodiversity, sustain fisheries, preserve cultural and recreational resources, and t...UC Davis Researchers Get First Look At A Working Cellular Motor
.Using the rapidly evolving technology of fluorescent microscopy, researchers at.the University of California, Davis, recently became the first to see tiny motor.proteins carry cargoes through a live animal cell.. .The researchers, in the laboratory of cell biologist Jonathan Scholey, watched.motor proteins tagged with fluorescent green markers as they quickly and.methodically towed large molecu.... Researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.and the University of California at Davis report that one of the body's.approximately 70,000 proteins, called fertilin-beta, is essential for bringing.together sperm and egg for fertilization. The research team, led by Chunghee.Cho of UC-Davis, presented findings that will be a milestone in understanding.how a new l...