Professor Gregory Lanzaro, a molecular geneticist at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine leads the University of California Malaria Initiative. The team believes it can harness gene drive in the fight against malaria in São Tomé and Príncipe.
For decades, fish-eating killer whales in the Pacific Northwest have been observed harassing and even killing porpoises without consuming them — a perplexing behavior that has long intrigued scientists.
Katie Griffin, a dual degree DVM/PH.D. student at UC Davis, is part of a research team studying how engineered bone marrow has the potential to improve treatment for osteosarcoma.
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, One Health Institute, or OHI, have been awarded $28 million to lead a novel human vaccine trial against Rift Valley fever virus in Africa.
