A Nest of Success!

Birds of a feather get flocked together!

A flocking successful household has created a massive migration of flamingos to West Davis.  I would like to congratulate the following individuals on their many accomplishments over the past few weeks.

Shannamar Dewely (left), Kristi Bezold (center) and Leslie Baehr (right)

• Leslie Baehr rung the bell of success upon filing her dissertation last week. 
• In addition to being one of the 2012 Dean's Mentorship Award recipients, Kristi Bezold received 2012-2013 research funding from the Northern California Chapter of the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) and the American Heart Association (AHA).
•  Shannamar Dewey (the upcoming 2012-2013 MCIP student steering committee president), has demonstrated her research prowess by successfully obtaining both an Achievement Reward for College Scientists (ARCS) and an AHA grant.  She has also been selected to present her work at the 2012 Nara Institute of Science and Technology International Student Conference in Japan.

 

Kristi Hamilton Qualified for FLOCKING!

Congratulations Kristi Hamilton on passing your QE.  You are Flocking Awesome!

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.

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.