Biological Sciences

  • Black and white portrait of a Erin Kinnally with shoulder-length hair, wearing a sleeveless top. Erin Kinnally is a biological psychologist at UC Davis and a core scientist at the California National Primate Research Center.

    Erin Kinnally - UC Davis

    What Monkeys Teach Us About Stress and Resilience

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  • Marissa Baskett smiling outdoors next to a large rock formation with the ocean in the background. Marissa Baskett is a Professor of Environmental Science and Policy at UC Davis.

    Marissa Baskett - UC Davis

    How Math Can Help Save Our Oceans

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  • Black and white portrait of David Segal with short hair, glasses, a beard, and a mustache, smiling and looking to the side. David Segal is a Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine

    David Segal - UC Davis

    Rare Diseases, Angelman Syndrome, and the Power of Gene Editing

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  • Anita Oberholster smiling outdoors, wearing a dark button-up shirt, hoop earrings, and a cross necklace, with sunlight and blurred foliage in the background. Anita Oberholster is a cooperative extension specialist in enology at UC Davis

    Anita Oberholster - UC Davis

    How Wildfires & Smoke Taint Impact Wine

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  • A middle-aged Asian man wearing glasses and a black sweater, smiling at the camera, with a bookshelf filled with books in the background. Professor Su Zhucheng, Director of the Tea Science department at Zhejiang Agriculture & Forest University.

    Su Zhucheng - Zhejiang Agriculture & Forest University

    Chinese Tea Culture & Science

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  • Black and white professional portrait of a young man wearing glasses, a suit, and a tie, smiling at the camera. Barnabas Seyler is a researcher of public horticulture and ethnobotany in Chengdu, China.

    Barnabas Seyler - Sichuan University

    Benefits of Urban Green Spaces & Ethnobotany in China

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  • A black and white photo of a man standing outdoors with a blurred landscape of hills and water. Bayden Russell is the Associate Director of the Swire Institute of Marine Science and an Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong.

    Bayden Russell - University of Hong Kong

    Oysters, Aquaculture in Hong Kong & Restoring Ecosystems

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  • Black and White Image of Ashok Venkitaraman

    Ashok Venkitaraman - National University of Singapore

    Understanding Cancer, Genetic Predispositions & the Future of Cancer Treatments

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  • Black and White Image of Danwei Huang

    Danwei Huang - National University of Singapore

    Coral Reefs, Bleaching & Marine Conservation

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  • Black and white photo of a smiling woman with long wavy hair, wearing a high-neck sweater. Silvia Mihaila is a Professor of Pharmacology at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.

    Silvia Mihaila - Utrecht University

    Organ-On-Chip Technology & The Future of Medicine

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  • A smiling older man wearing glasses, outdoors near the beach, with ocean waves in the background. John Largier is the Director of the Bodega Marine Lab and Professor of Coastal Oceanography at UC Davis.

    John Largier - UC Davis

    Ocean Currents, Nearshore Ecosystems & Environmental Policy

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  • Black and White Image of Siobhan Brady

    Siobhan Brady - UC Davis

    Root Systems, Plant Genetics, and Creating Resilient Agriculture

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  • A woman with glasses and shoulder-length hair smiling outdoors near an open field, in black and white. Tessa Hill is a professor in the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences and Bodega Marine Laboratory, leads the Ocean Climate Lab at UC Davis

    Tessa Hill - UC Davis

    Ocean Environments, Acidification & Climate Change

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  • black and white image of Warwick Vincent

    Warwick Vincent - Université Laval

    Polar Expeditions, Climate Change, and Inuit Knowledge

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  • Black and white photo of a smiling middle-aged woman against a plain background. Jan Nolta is the Director of the Stem Cell Program and Gene Therapy Center at the UC Davis School of Medicine.

    Jan Nolta - UC Davis

    Stem Cells & the Future of Regenerative Medicine

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  • Hildegarde Heymann - UC Davis

    Hildegarde Heymann - UC Davis

    All Things Sensory Science & Wine

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  • Bruce German - UC Davis

    The Missing Link with Breast Milk & the Future of Personalized Health

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  • Close-up black and white portrait of a man looking directly at the camera. Ermias Kebreab is an Associate Dean and Professor of Animal Science at the University of California, Davis. He holds the Sesnon Endowed Chair in Sustainable Agriculture

    Ermias Kebreab - UC Davis

    Seaweed, Methanogens & the Potential End of Agricultural Methane Emissions

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  • A smiling Jonathan Eisen who is a professor at UC Davis with appointments in the Department of Evolution and Ecology, the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, and the Genome Center.

    Jonathan Eisen - UC Davis

    Microbes, Open-Sourcing Research, & Equality in Academia

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  • Black and white photo of a Mark Yarborough, who is the Dean’s Professorship in Bioethics, directed the Clinical Research Ethics Program of the Clinical and Translational Science Center at UC Davis

    Mark Yarborough - UC Davis

    Trustworthiness of Biomedical Research & Reshaping Academia

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  • Black and white photo of a man with glasses, smiling, wearing a zip-up jacket and a neck gaiter, standing against a plain wall. Ian Korf is a Professor at UC Davis who specializes in genomics and bioinformatics research and education

    Ian Korf - UC Davis

    Genetics as the Book of Life & Why You Shouldn’t get an A+

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  • An elderly woman with long hair, smiling, wearing glasses on her head, a patterned scarf, and a lanyard around her neck, standing against a plain wall. Randi Hagerman is the Medical Director of the UC Davis MIND Institute.

    Randi Hagerman - UC Davis

    Genetic Disorders, Fragile X Syndrome & Discovering FXTAS

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