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Each year the college recognizes the importance of mentorship in the continued growth of both the undergraduate and graduate communities by awarding CBS Dean’s Mentorship Awards to graduate students. Funded by contributions to the CBS Dean’s Circle, the awards are open by faculty nomination to graduate students who have played a significant role in the growth and development of the younger generation of scientists. 

With the close of the academic year just around the corner, many in the college are being recognized for the previous year’s accomplishments by campus units. Dr. Nitzan Shabek of the UC Davis Plant Biology Graduate Group (Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Biology) was awarded with the 2022 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Education. 

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As Black History Month draws to a close, we celebrate and reflect on the many outstanding achievements and contributions Black Americans have made to our state, our nation and to the world at large.

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Of the major food crops, only rice (Oryza sativa) is currently able to survive flooding. Thanks to new research, that could soon change -- good news for a world in which rains are increasing in both frequency and intensity.

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This story of how a graduate student, Philip Day, and his two major professors made a significant find didn’t follow a straightforward path. It ended up being a testament to great research, resilience, perseverance, and keen mentoring.

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When Anne Britt joined UC Davis as a research scientist in 1990, she traded in studying the bacterium E. coli for the plant Arabidopsis thaliana. The trade was a gamble.

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“Since I was on the farm, I was always interested in plants, especially why farmers grow so many varieties of rice,” said Dinesh-Kumar.

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“Seeds feed the world,” said Professor Harada, Department of Plant Biology. “It’s been estimated that 75 percent of the calories that are consumed by humans actually come from seeds.”

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PBGG faculty member, Professor David Neale was part of a collaboration of scientists who successfully sequenced the coast redwood and giant sequoia genomes, key for conservation and restoration of the species.

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The fellowship will help fund his research to reconstruct the evolution of photosynthesis, a process that originated billions of years ago.

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