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UC Davis Research on Gravity Predates Men Landing on the Moon 50 Years Ago

Posted by Greg Watry on October 22, 2018
NASA has invested millions of dollars in UC Davis research, working with UC Davis biologists, engineers, physiologists, psychologists and other researchers to study life in space — whether that be studying space itself, the effects of gravity, getting there, staying there or surviving there.
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dendritic spines in a mouse brain

From Molecules to Minds: UC Davis neuroscientists advance learning and memory research to decode how our brains work

Posted by David Slipher on August 21, 2018
How does learning occur? And how do we remember what we learn? These are the fundamental questions researchers at the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience are asking. To find answers, they’re investigating the brain at many levels—from the smallest molecules that make our brains work to the thought patterns that give our world meaning.
Human & Animal Health
Sharon Lee and Mark Huising in lab

Diabetes Research in Huising Lab Emphasizes Importance of Reproducibility in Science

Posted by David Slipher on June 21, 2018
In a paper appearing in Cell Metabolism, UC Davis College of Biological Sciences Associate Professor Mark Huising, Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, and Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology graduate student Sharon Lee refute a previous study that claimed an antimalarial drug could be used to treat type 1 diabetes.
Aldrin Gomes

Connecting the Molecular Dots of Heart Disease

Posted by David Slipher on May 14, 2018
Associate Professor Aldrin Gomes, Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, studies the underpinnings of heart disease. He’s searching for molecular clues that will help medical professionals better manage heart disease.
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