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
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Zebrafish dissection video published!
Blokhina, Y. P., Olaya, I., Burgess, S. M. Preparation of Meiotic Chromosome Spreads from Zebrafish Spermatocytes. J. Vis. Exp. (157), e60671, doi:10.3791/60671 (2020). ABSTRACT Meiosis is the key cellular process required to create haploid gametes for sexual reproduction. Model organisms have been instrumental in understanding the chromosome events that take place duringContinue 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
2020 PhD admissions, interim report
(this surfeit of exclamation points has been brought to you on accounta the joy caused by our scholars’ successes. We just can’t help it. We are so very very proud of them.)
Preview Weekend: Alyssa’s North Carolina Adventure
— Alyssa Paparella Way back in the early fall, as I looked to applying for graduate school, I came across a few programs that advertised Preview Weekends and became intrigued. Preview Weekends bring students, often from underrepresented backgrounds in STEM, to campus to have a better understanding of that school’sContinue reading
How to survive a year in PREP
— Elijah Blank When I first came into the Trimmer lab at the start of my PREP experience, I felt like I did not know anything. It was an overwhelming experience to be sure. Now, as I am leaving, I have learned how to execute new assays, navigate the labContinue reading
Growth as a scientist … and father
— Joseph Rosas Right when I was offered the spot to be apart of the new PREP cohort, I could hardly contain my excitement. Not only because of the opportunities I knew I would be afforded as a prospective graduate applicant, but also because I needed it to happen. MyContinue reading
On the NSF GRF Program
— Yesica Mercado-Ayon From our first NSF-GRFP writing seminar, to the day the application was due, I can wholeheartedly say that the most significant part of the experience was the constant support from Dan, Carole, my PI — Dr. Anna La Torre, the two graduate student volunteers — Sharon LeeContinue reading
My year in PREP@UCD
–Anna Georgieva I’ve worked in a research lab since I was a freshman in college. I even worked full time in a lab during the summer, but doing a year of full-time research was a new experience, an exciting experience. When I was first accepted into PREP@UCD, I thought theContinue reading