Dedicated to Excellence in the Classroom

Congratulations to a current MCIP student, Monica Watson, for receiving the 2012 Graduate Student Teaching award!

The award recognizes the contributions of graduate students to teaching and learning on the UC Davis campus.

MCIP Graduate Students Continue to Succeed in Both Research and Mentoring!

Dean's Mentorship Award


Congratulations to Kristi Bezold for being one of the 2012 recipients of the Dean's Mentorship Award!
The Dean's Mentorship Award was created to help support both graduate and undergraduate students in their research and to honor the efforts of graduate students who mentor those around them. Graduate student winners are nominated by their faculty advisor and chosen by a committee to receive the award. In addition, they are then able to divide an additional award among the undergraduate students who work with them in the lab.

Northern California Chapter of the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Award (ARCS)

Congratulations to Kristi Bezold and Shannamar Dewey!
The ARCS Foundation Northern California Chapter provides scholarships to academically outstanding United States citizens studying to complete their degrees in science, medicine, and engineering, thereby contributing to the worldwide advancement of science and technology.

Philip Matern Selected as a Teaching Assistant Consultant  
I am very excited for the opportunity to assist the graduate teaching community in evaluating and improving teaching techniques.  As a TA consultant, I hope to share the insights and strategies I’ve developed through my teaching experiences while continuing to learn and develop new teaching approaches across a variety of disciplines.  I'm a proponent of incorporating active learning strategies in the classroom to get students engaged in constructing knowledge, and look forward to improving my understanding and use of active learning techniques throughout my time with the TAC program.

I'm a Ph.D. student in the Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology (MCIP) department currently studying the regulation of skeletal and cardiac muscle mass and the role specific E3 ligases play in atrophy and hypertrophy.

Congratulations to Tingting Liu (an incoming MCIP graduate student) for receiving a Seahorse Biosciences Travel Award for her recent presentation.

PREDOCTORAL AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP

University of California, Davis

Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowship

in Basic and translational cardiovascular medicine

2012-13

National Institute of Health Supported Pre- and Post-doctoral Fellowship Positions in Basic and Translational Cardiovascular Science are available immediately. Trainees will have the opportunity to work in a highly collaborative multidisciplinary environment with faculty, to whom they are linked with by common interests in the cardiovascular system and membrane biology.  Our research team includes diverse faculty from five different schools and colleges (Medical School, School of Veterinary Medicine, School of Engineering, College of Biological Sciences, and College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences). Trainees will have ample opportunities to learn and master state-of-the-art techniques in imaging, proteomics, metabolomics, genomics and bioinformatics.

Eligibility:

1)  All nominees must be citizens or permanent visa residents of the United States.

2) If funded, the students and fellows must present his/her research at the Annual Training Program Retreat and participate in the Training Program Activities. All publications must cite the training grant (T32 HL086350).

3) It is essential that the nominees be students and postdoctoral fellows who have the best potenital of becoming first-rate independent Cardiovascular Research scientists. Scholastic achievement, innovation and interdisciplinary research weigh heavily in the selection.  Collaborations between laboratories and crossing traditional boundaries are also important in the selection process. Research proposal and progress are highly valued as well as excellent GRE scores and graduate level GPA.

Application:

A complete application consists of the following.

1. A NIH biographical sketch or CV
2. A concise plan (1-3 pages) of proposed research or statement of research interests and a description of career goals
3. A copy of graduate and undergraduate academic records
4. Three Letters of recommendation.
5. A nomination letter from Faculty Sponsor and Sponsor’s other funding support

Applications should be sent to the individual listed below. 

The deadline for applications is June 1, 2012 with a start date of July 1, 2012.

Chandra Reid

Admin Assistant to Dr. A. A. Knowlton and Dr. N. Chiamvimonvat

Molecular and Cellular Cardiology,

GBSF 6315

One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616

chandra.reid@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

Colin...YOU'VE BEEN FLOCKED!

Congratulations to Colin McCoin for recently passing his Qualifying Exam!

Patterson Lab Recognized by Neuromics for Primary Hippocampal Neuron Culture Techniques

Neuromics recently recognized The Patterson Lab at UC Davis for their outstanding culture techniques of primary hippocampal neurons:

http://neuromics.blogspot.com/2012/04/primary-hippocampal-neurons-performing.html 

Images of 67 day old e18 Primary Rat Hippocampal Neurons were provided by George Kenneth Todd!

Prior to staining, the cells were treated with Wnt5 for 2 min, then Wnt5 + Wnt3 for an additional 2 min during Calcium Imaging experiments. The cells were then fixed and stained for IP3R (green), Frizzled2 (blue), and B-Catenin (red), and the confocal images were captured at 10x. Notice the parallel neurites formation in image 3.