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Congratulations to Chris for an excellent exit talk. Just a few more steps before he is Dr. Mulligan!

This year’s Northern California Geobiology Meeting took place at UC Berkeley. Chris and Tessa presented their work to much applause. Congratulations to both of you!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.