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UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock,who holds a joint appointment with the Department of Entomology and Nematology and the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the project in this screen shot from the YouTube video.
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Turning Tarantula Venom Into Pain Relief

July 14th, 2021
By Lisa Howard UC Davis Health See Video on YouTube (includes segment with Bruce Hammock, UC Davis distinguished professor) Researchers at UC Davis are developing a new type of pain medication from an unusual source tarantula venom.
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Ecologist Ash Zemenick, shown here with pal Cosmo, is the newly selected manager of the Sagehen Creek Field Station, headquartered in Truckee, Sierra Nevada mountain range. (Photo by Marshall McNunn)
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Ash Zemenick Returns 'Home' to Sagehen Creek Field Station

July 14th, 2021
Community ecologist and UC Davis doctoral alumnus Ash Zemenick, the newly selected manager of Sagehen Creek Field Station in Sierra Nevada, part of the University of California Natural Reserve System (NRS), is home--home among the flora and fauna that encompass the ecosystems and the researchers who...
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A screen shot of the online project, "The Academic Expedition," the work of doctoral students Olivia Winokur and Charlotte Ambrozek.
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UC Davis Doctoral Candidates Develop and Create 'The Academic Expedition'

July 7th, 2021
Academic outdoor educators receive comprehensive technical training in their fields, but often are not trained in leadership and communications skills "that aid in academic and personal success and well-being," say two UC Davis doctoral candidates enrolled in Professors for the Future (PFTF), a prog...
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