Deep evolution casts a longer shadow than previously thought, scientists report in a new paper published Aug. 1 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Coral reefs are home to a spectacular variety of fish. A new study by biologists at the University of California, Davis, shows that much of this diversity is driven by a relatively recent innovation among bony fish — feeding by biting prey from surfaces. The work was published the week of July 25 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Marina LaForgia, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Evolution and Ecology, in the lab of EVE faculty member Jennifer Gremer, has received the 2022 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Research.  Congratulations to Marina!  Read more about this award here.

As a community college transfer student who grew up in poverty and is now pursuing his postdoctoral research, Edwin Solares hopes to show the students he mentors how far they can go. 

A new film is in the works with more than one UC Davis connection.

Weeping Rocks, a feature-length documentary that focuses on the role of insects in our ecosystem, spotlights the work of Professor Art Shapiro in the College of Biological Sciences and is produced by Jackii Chun ’10.

Sharon Strauss, a Distinguished Professor Emerita in the Department of Evolution and Ecology, was among the three UC Davis faculty who have been elected as members of the National Academy of Sciences.

UC Davis graduate and professional degree programs are recognized among the best in the country, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 edition of Best Graduate Schools. The updated rankings were released on Monday, March 28.

U.S. News ranks some disciplines annually and others periodically. The new rankings are for business, law, education, engineering, medicine, nursing, and science and mathematics disciplines.

University of California, Davis, evolutionary biologist Rachael Bay has been awarded a 2021 Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. 

Naomi Murray, an undergraduate student in the Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity major, working with EVE professor Dr. Jay Stachowicz, won the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research - Dean Keith Simonton Prize.  The award recognizes outstanding undergraduate students for their research, scholarship or creative activity tied to any academic subject and performed while at UC Davis. 

Michael Turelli was elected to the National Academies of Science in recognition of his work which has led to advances in using natural bacteria to transform disease-spreading mosquitoes so that they no longer spread diseases. 

 

Eleven UC Davis professors have been elected in this year’s class of fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific society.