Posts Tagged: National Science Foundation
Congrats to 4 Outstanding UC Davis Student Entomologists: Recipients of NSF-GRFP Grants
Congratulations to the four student entomologists in the UC Davis Department of Entomology...
CNPq Seminar to Spotlight UC Davis Scientists
A global seminar chronicling the 70-year history of National Council for Scientific and...
UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal will deliver the keynote lecture at a global seminar chronicling the 70-year history of National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).
Congrats to UC Davis Scientists Iris Bright and Megan Ma: Selected for NSF REPS Program
Hearty congratulations to two UC Davis scientists, Iris Bright and Megan Ma. And a rousing double...
Iris Bright of the Jason Bond lab with pinned Onymacris (tenebrionid beetles from Namiba). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Megan Ma of the Jason Bond lab with her digital image of a wolf spider leg (male first leg with ornamentaton, coloration and brush for attracting females. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Two Post-Baccalaureates Selected for REPS Program, Working in Professor Jason Bond's Lab
Two post-baccalaureate women seeking academic careers in science are gaining research experience in...
Megan Ma used 3D imaging techniques to map this millipede anatomy. For this particular image, she took a 3D x-ray scan of the male flat-backed millipede (Pseudopolydesmus serratus) and reconstructed it into a 3D figure. “Visualizing millipede anatomy using this method allows me to view the internal anatomy of the specimen without dissection,” she said. (Megan Ma image)
Iris Bright's projects included these pinned Onymacris (tenebrionid beetles from Namibia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Allie Igwe: The Road to Success
The road to success is paved with soil microbial communities. And education, curiosity,...
UC Davis doctoral student Alexandria “Allie” Igwe has received a $138,000 National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship to work on soil microbial communities and develop novel online tools to increase interest in ecology.