Faculty and staff in the college’s eight graduate groups, including Alyssa Parsons and Mark Huising from the Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Development Biology graduate group, were among this year’s recipients of mentorship and service awards by Graduate Studies.
This year’s CBS Dean’s Mentorship Awards recipients, including Samuel Petshow and Natalie Sahabandu from Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, were honored at a college award ceremony on Saturday, June 3.
Professor John Albeck and Professor Ching-Hsien Chen are among 12 faculty named. “These 12 newest fellows represent our university at its very best,” Chancellor Gary S. May said. “They are now part of a proud 22-year history for the Chancellor’s Fellows program. These fellows are making advances that help solve complex and critical issues, while also helping our students become critical thinkers and problem-solvers.”
BMCDB is proud to announce the election of Professor Karen Zito as a AAAS fellow. This distinction is one of the highest honors given to a scientist. She was selected "for contributions to understanding excitatory synapse formation and the dynamics of postsynaptic density proteins." She is one of nine UC Davis faculty elected to AAAS this year.