Tessa passes her QE!
Congratulations to Tessa for passing her qualifying exam! It’s an ambitious project combining the rock fieldwork and molecular biology. We can’t wait to see what comes out of it.
Read moreNew Paper: Genes that control aging in the oldest living animals
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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Big Jellyfish Tank!
Our new jellyfish tank at the Bodega Marine Laboratory is up and running!
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Liyu presents at NSF CAMP/LAMP symposium
Our new jellyfish tank at the Bodega Marine Laboratory is up and running!
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Face to Face with Chancellor May
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 moreTessa Joins the CIDER Summer Program
Congratulations 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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Paóla’s White Coat Ceremony
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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Award: Sea Grant Fellowship for Hannah
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 moreNew Paper: How bacteria shape shell growth in oysters
Our 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 moreAward: NSF CAMP Scholarship for Liyu
Congratulations 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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