Congratulations to PhD candidate (and the lab’s artist-in-residence) Chris for winning the T-shirt design contest for this years UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. We all look forward to wearing his design at the big event February 21st.
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We have insects, birds, fish and even intelligent, bipedal mammals right here on Earth. But what could be beyond Earth? Check out Emilia Rose’s new article on 3I/ATLAS and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence in the latest issue of our college newspaper The California Aggie.
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How Did Animals Eat Before Mouths? A UC Davis Study Reexamines Molecular Fossils from Half a Billion Years Ago. You can read the article here.
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Dr. Gold is thrilled to be rejoining the team at the Geobiology and Geomicrobiology (GBGM) Division of the Geologic Society of America. Having previously served as treasurer and secretary, Dr. Gold will now serve as Chair of the Division.
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Dr. Gold is honored to have been elected a Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences. The Fellows of the California Academy of Sciences are a group of distinguished scientists, nominated and appointed in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the natural sciences. You can learn more about them here.
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Dickinsonia is one of the best-known fossils of the Precambrian, but scientists can’t agree on what kind of creature it was or how it behaved. A biomarker preserved in some Dickinsonia fossils has been interpreted as evidence of decomposition, but could it instead be telling us how this organism ate? Check out the new paper from Chris and David to find out.
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What a great time we had hosting the 3rd annual Northern California Geobiology (NorCal GeoBio) Meeting! Over 100 participants from more than a dozen universities got together at the beautiful Bodega Marine Laboratory. So many great talks and posters from early-career scientists. You can learn more about the event here.
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UC Davis’ Letters & Sciences Magazine recently published a profile on the fossil collection, including a listicle of five fossils in our collection. You can read the article here.
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On a quest to revive the woolly mammoth, scientists have created a woolly mouse. Is the first step towards resurrecting extinct species? You can read the profile on TechCrunch to find out. Of course they just used a small quote of mine; if you want to know the full response I gave the reporter, I’ve reprinted it below: “This is a very exciting step towards bringing back the woolly mammoth, though it may not help us bring back any other prehistoric species. The woolly mammoth is unusual because it is very closely related to the living Indian elephant. This means scientists can potentially modify the genetic code of an Indian elephant so that it has the same mutations seen […]
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