UC Davis

For more than 100 years, UC Davis has engaged in teaching, research and public service that matter to California and transform the world. Located close to the state capital, UC Davis has more than 33,000 students, more than 2,500 faculty and more than 21,000 staff, an annual research budget of nearly $750 million, a comprehensive health system and 13 specialized research centers. The university offers interdisciplinary graduate study and more than 100 undergraduate majors in four colleges — Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, Engineering, and Letters and Science. It also houses six professional schools — Education, Law, Management, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing.

Lyme disease subverts immune system, prevents future protection

Lyme disease subverts immune system, prevents future protection

The bacteria that cause Lyme disease are able to trick an animal’s immune system into not launching a full-blown immune response or developing lasting immunity … Read more

Don’t look to crickets to feed the world just yet, study cautions

Don’t look to crickets to feed the world just yet, study cautions

Crickets are not all that they’re cracked up to be as an alternative, global source of protein in the human diet to supplement or replace … Read more

Moving levees can increase groundwater supply

Moving levees can increase groundwater supply

Strange as it sounds, flood control can be part of the solution to managing California’s droughts. University of California scientists have shown that making more … Read more

Mountain gorilla research shows genetic impact of population decline

Mountain gorilla research shows genetic impact of population decline

The first project to sequence whole genomes from mountain gorillas reveals that many harmful genetic variations have been removed from the population through inbreeding, that … Read more

Ocean acidification threatens coastal communities across the U.S.

Ocean acidification threatens coastal communities across the U.S.

The first nationwide vulnerability assessment for ocean acidification, published today in Nature Climate Change, shows that coastal communities in 15 states that depend on the … Read more

Surf’s up: Turbulence tells sea urchins to settle down

Tumbling in the waves as they hit a rocky shore tells purple sea urchin larvae it’s time to settle down and look for a spot … Read more

A head for all seasons: Lettuce that sprouts in hot weather

A team of researchers, led by a University of California, Davis, plant scientist, has identified a lettuce gene and related enzyme that put the brakes … Read more

New insights into how genes turn on and off

Researchers at UC Davis and the University of British Columbia have shed new light on methylation, a critical process that helps control how genes are … Read more

Neutering your dog too early could cause harm

Neutering your dog, and the age at which a dog is neutered, may affect the animal’s risk for developing certain cancers and joint diseases, according … Read more

Lovers’ hearts beat in sync, UC Davis study says

When modern-day crooner Trey Songz sings, “Cause girl, my heart beats for you,” in his romantic ballad, “Flatline,” his lyrics could be telling a tale … Read more

Scientists find key to growth of ‘bad’ bacteria in inflamed gut

Scientists have long puzzled over why “bad” bacteria such as E. coli can thrive in the guts of those with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), causing serious diarrhea. Now … Read more