Reminder: Fall CBS Graduate Group Welcome

Hi All,

Just a reminder that the Fall CBS Graduate Group Welcome event is next Wednesday, October 1st from 4-6pm at the LSA Courtyard. There will be food and activities while you meet the new incoming class and/or catch up with everyone else from various graduate groups. You should have received an email from Theresa Garcia with a personalized surveymonkey link to RSVP. 

MCIP is in charge of set-up (3-4pm). If you can come help out, let Nick (nwaguirre@ucdavis.edu) know!

Hope to see you all there! :)

Too Few University Jobs For America's Young Scientists

Check out this article from NPR:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/09/16/343539024/too-few-university-jobs-for-americas-young-scientists?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20140916

Seminars

Hi everyone, 
We apologize for the lack of update on the seminar calendar over the summer. Now that fall is around the corner and school is coming back in session, there will be many seminars to attend! Please check back weekly to see upcoming seminars (some of them include MCIP faculty). :)

Brush Your Teeth With Carcinogens?

UC Davis researchers are in the news again! The research of Dr. Isaac Pessah and Dr. Dietmar Kueltz has recently been noted in an article regarding common sources of exposure to carcinogens.  Do you brush your teeth with a toothpaste containing triclosan? 

"Far less clear is what triclosan does (or doesn’t do) to the human organism. For example, a review by scientists at the University of California at Davis concluded that when it comes to triclosan and triclocarban, a chemically related antibacterial agent, “the benefits may not be worth the risks.” The researchers wrote that triclosan and triclocarban could cause neural and cardiac ailments, though they also conceded that “the research is in its early stages."'  

http://www.newsweek.com/cancer-lurking-your-toothpaste-and-your-soap-and-your-lipstick-268322

New MCIP Website

MCIP has an updated website!

Check it out here: http://mcip.ucdavis.edu/index.html

If you haven't done so already, make sure your student profile is updated :)

CBS Graduate Group Fall Welcome

WHAT: CBS Combined Graduate Group Fall Welcome

WHO: Current & Incoming graduate students and faculty members of the following graduate groups
Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (BMCDB)
Biophysics (BPH)
Integrative Genetics and Genomics (IGG)
Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology (MCIP)
Neuroscience (NSC)
Plant Biology (PBI)
Current & Incoming graduate students and faculty members.

WHEN: Wednesday October 1st, 2014 at 4pm

WHERE: Life Sciences Courtyard

Other information:
-Food and drinks catered by Plutos
-Games and Prizes
-RVSP using the link below:
https://surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=2z4lNgLRchJXaCfTJBTP3Q_3d_3d