Meet the 2020-2021 cohort of PREP@UCD scholars! We are thrilled to have Kevin, Maribel, Giselle, Connor, Arthur, Kaitlynn, and Brandy in the program. They will join us on 1 July 2020. Welcome!
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Fallen Leaf Lake and MCB T32 Training Program Retreat
— Amy Leslie After attending the poster sessions and powerpoint presentations, I found that my research interests matched many faculty mentors all throughout the College of Biological Sciences. It was a fantastic opportunity to engage professors on a further level and gain better insight into the most recent findings. Continue reading
NSF Graduate Research Fellowships announced
Congratulations to 2019 cohort members Colton Baumler, Celena Lozano, and Alyssa Paparella, three of NSF’s newest Graduate Research Fellows! Carlos Estrada and Amy Leslie got honorable mentions too, as did 2017 cohort member Ivan Olaya! Woooooooo hoooooooo!!!!! p.s. …and a PREP@UCD-adjacent scholar, Elizabeth Mercado-Ayon, also received a GRF. Elizabeth is in the PREP at UPennContinue reading
My introduction to PREP@UC Davis
— Colton Baumler Shortly after my final rejection arrived — what felt like the last nail in the coffin of my dream of becoming a “true scientist” — my wife went into labor. Little did I know that with the birth of our daughter, I was offered a new academicContinue reading
One more week!
A week from today, we will begin to review applications for the 2020 cohort of PREP@UCD (OK, President’s Day is a week from today so we’ll actually start to review on Tuesday of next week. But I’m spending next Monday downloading application files…). That being said, application review will continueContinue reading
Apply to join our 2020 cohort!
Applications for the 2020-2021 cohort of PREP@UCD have opened! For details, please see prep.ucdavis.edu/apply. For full consideration, please apply by 15 February.
ABRCMS 2019
Our scholars rocked it! We are so very proud of them. Check out @Dan Starr for more photos — the flight to Long Beach, PREP meet and greet, plenary sessions, and our scholars’ posters. And we enjoyed talking to prospective applicants to both PREP@UCD and UC Davis graduate programs too.Continue reading
Changing of the guard, 2019
The MCB T32 Training Program retreat at Fallen Leaf Lake is in the rearview mirror, which means that it’s time to get info from everyone for our annual report and switch out the cohort photo on our home page. Watch for updates on our previous cohorts in the weeks toContinue reading