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New class with Dr. Rachelle Rogers-Ard: Using SEL to build strong relationships

Learn how to incorporate principles of Social-Emotional Learning at work to enhance your ability to communicate and connect with a range of people in healthy ways.


UC Travel update — survey results and more

The Central Travel Office provides an update on how the UC travel community has been impacted by the pandemic, as well as links to upcoming webinars.


Subjects: Caitlin Stoddard in W.M. Keck Foundation Advanced MIcroscopy Lab Location: Genentech Hall, Mission Bay Notes: Lab studies chromatin and the many processes involved in its regulation. Caitlin is a postdoc. Worked in the Wendell Lim lab also. Question-driven lab. It’s about “understanding enzymes like a motor,” per Caitlin. Studying the misregulation of genes. Caitlin pours frost (liquid nitrogen) to cool down the vacuum column of the microscope. Caitlin is using the microscope to study plant enzymes and get “a visual snapshot of what a protein actually looks like.” Group shot of students trying three different labs, Chari, Elise, Chris. They do three rotations and then first-year students choose different PIs. Madeline is a third-year student, mentor for first-years.

The Sautter IT Innovation Award Program is accepting applications

All UC IT professionals are invited to enter the 2021 Sautter Awards for Innovation in Information Technology. Applications are due May 21, 2021.


Reminder: LaSA welcomes Teresa Andrews, M.S., this Friday

Teresa will share how the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety at UC Davis is helping farmworkers stay healthy and safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.