Three AgChem PhD students received the 2024-2025 Jastro-Shields fellowship award for their research proposals on:
Zeke (left)– “Characterizing Microplastics Accumulation in Wild California Rockfish”
Eli (middle)– “ Investigating the Toxicity and Biodistribution of Pollutant-Adsorbed Nanoplastics (PANs) on Lung and Glial Cells ”
Angela (right)- “C14 as a Novel Method for Tracing Pesticide Mixtures in the Honey Bee Hive”
Sascha joins the “Honey Bee Health” Task Force at the 2024 NAPPC conference and gives his Member Moment presentation on “Developing Synergistic Mite Control and Bee-Safe Screening Tools“. (Left to right: Clint, Sascha, Dewey Caron, Mike Studer)
Tina received the Provost’s Undergraduate Fellowship from the Undergraduate Research Center. This fellowship will allow Tina continue working on her project, “Impacts of ABC Transporter Expression on Okadaic Acid Bioaccumulation in Mytilus Seafood Species“.
Zeke received the 2024 Dennis Salsbury & Patricia K. Salsbury Graduate Student Award for his proposal on “Fueling Coastal Microplastics Research with Community Engagement” to conduct research at Bodega Marine Laboratory.
Angela Encerrado presented her poster on “Enhancing knowledge of chemical exposures and fate in honey bee hives: Insights from colony structure and interactions” , and shared more about the Nicklisch Lab efforts in bee research at the Latino-Hispanic Research and Networking Symposium hosted by MGSA in Davis, CA.
Zeke received the 2024-25 Russell J. and Dorothy S. Bilinski Fellowship for his proposal on “Fueling Coastal Microplastics Research with Community Engagement” to conduct research at Bodega Marine Laboratory.
Zeke received the 2024-25 Donald Crosby Fellowship in Environmental Chemistry for his proposal on “Characterizing Microplastics Leachate Accumulation in Wild Rockfish Along the California Coast” by the Annual Internal Fellowship Competition for Continuing Graduate Students.
Tina Truong presented our ongoing study on “Design and Optimization of a Novel Method to Asses the Impact of Okadaic Acid in Mytilus Species” and shared her plans for the future of this project at the 35th Annual Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Conference in Davis, CA.
Jagan Ganapathy presented our ongoing study on “Unraveling molecular interactions of vaping cannabinoids with brain drug transporters: Expression and purification of human ABCB1 and ABCG2 transporters via Pichia pastoris for structure-function insight” at the 9th annual UC Davis Postdoctoral Research Symposium in Davis, CA.
