Dr. Gold’s latest paper is now out. This is the first project in a partnership with Dr. David Sinclair at Harvard Medical School (check out our feature on Veritasium to learn more about our work). The paper is accessible for free at Molecular Biology and Evolution.
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Our new jellyfish tank at the Bodega Marine Laboratory is up and running!
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Our new jellyfish tank at the Bodega Marine Laboratory is up and running!
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Dr. Gold was this month’s guest on Face to Face With Chancellor May. A big thank you to the Chancellor for inviting me on. It’s a great opportunity to learn more about the work being done in the lab, and I even got to ask the Chancellor a few questions about . You can watch it here.
Read moreCongratulations to Tessa for being accepted into the CIDER summer program! This four-week intensive course will take place at UC Berkeley, with a focus on the physical and chemical conditions that allowed life to gain a foothold on Earth. You can learn more about the program here.
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Our ex-lab tech Paóla received her “white coat” from UC San Francisco today! This ceremony inducts each new class of dental students. Paóla’s ceremony comes a year late because of the pandemic, but it was worth the wait. Congratulations Paóla!
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Congratulations to Hannah for receiving a California Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellowship! This prestigious NOAA-funded program covers two years of work for her project “Applying Indigenous Knowledge and Genetic Data to Evaluate Clam Garden Restoration Potential in Northern California.”
Read moreOur latest paper is out! Lead by ex-postdoc Roxanne Banker, this is the first publication where all the work was done in the Gold Lab at UC Davis. We wanted to understand how the loss of sulfate reducing bacteria impacts the growth of oyster shells, and the results….were much odder than expected. You can read the paper for free at the PLOS ONE website.
Read moreCongratulations to Liyu, who has just been selected as a scholar for the National Science Foundation’s CAMP (California Alliance for Minority Participation) program! We’re thrilled to host Liyu in the lab and cannot wait to see what she accomplishes.
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Today we bid a fond farewell to Paóla Benefo. Paóla was the very first member of the Gold Lab, joining him after the two met at Caltech. The whole lab will sorely miss her, but we offer the warmest congratulations for starting dental school at UC San Francisco! Becoming a dentist has been a long-time dream for Paóla, and we couldn’t be prouder that she is attending this prestigious program. We wish her the best of luck and know she will build a leading, inclusive dental practice in California, Ghana, or wherever her travels take her.
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