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William Lucas, professor of plant biology helped develop and manage the international project to sequence the cucumber genome. Lucas is an author on the research, "The genome of the cucumber", published, Nov. 1st, in Nature Genetics.
CBS honors Peter Wainwright, professor of evolution and ecology with the CBS 2009 Faculty Teaching Award. Wainwright is highly regarded by both colleagues and students as a phenomenally successful instructor at all levels, from lower-division introductory classes to postdoctoral mentoring.
Tem Woldeyesus, NPB student researcher 'wows' the judges at the annual UC Davis Cancer Center research symposium with his poster presentation: “Synthesis and Application of Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapeutics.” -
Cameron Carter, MD, director of the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience and professor of psychiatry and psychology at the UC Davis School of Medicine, published new research showing how the brain changes its attitude in the journal Nature Neuroscience.
James Evans, project scientist in molecular and cellular biology, will be leading research for two separate $1 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) Challenge Grants.
Jochen Ditterich, assistant professor at the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience was awarded a grant to study “Neural Mechanisms of Flexible Decision-Making" from the Hellman Foundation. 
Jonathan Eisen, professor of evolution and ecology at the UC Davis Genome Center, co-authored a study that found small bowel transplants alter gut ecology. 
Debbie Hannula and Charan Ranganath of the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience discovered that the brain's hippocampus may be able to support memories even if a person can't recall them. 
Brian Gaylord, associate professor of evolution and ecology at the Bodega Marine Lab, received a National Science Foundation grant to study the impact of ocean acid levels on shellfish. Learn more in an article about the research and the NSF Web site.
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