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From life-saving health discoveries to solutions for a sustainable future, @ucdavis research is making an impact. The university received $953 million in annual research funding, advancing discoveries, services and innovation that benefit California and communities worldwide. #ResearchImpact #UCDavis
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Crushed shells, stronger clams. UC Davis research shows how adding shell fragments to beach sand can reduce acidity and help young clams grow despite ocean acidification.
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Congratulations to @ucdavis neuroscientist David E. Olson on receiving the Society for Neuroscience Jacob P. Waletzky Award for his pioneering work on psychoplastogens that could help transform treatments for substance use disorders and other mental health conditions. @SfNtweets
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A California trapdoor spider named after comedian Stephen Colbert has a genome 50% larger than ours. Researchers at @ucdavis sequenced the spider's🕷️ DNA and uncovered new clues about how spider genomes evolve. @UCDavisEntomolo
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A new @ucdavis report highlights flood risks for Highway 37 and other roads and highways along California’s coastline during this winter’s coming El Niño. @ITS_UCDavis
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Placer County and UC Davis are exploring a regional hub for science, education and community in Tahoe City.
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A new @ucdavis study found that farm automation still relies on workers’ expertise to interpret data, adapt technology to real-world conditions and make critical decisions in the field.
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Sabyasachi Sen, prof. and chair of materials science and engineering at UC Davis, is the 2026 recipient of the American Ceramic Society’s George W. Morey Award, which celebrates contributions to glass science & tech.
Read more: ow.ly/UOf95100eR6
#UCDavisEngineering
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.@ucdavis and @QUBelfast have launched a Joint Research Seed Fund to support international collaborations in climate, health, AI, cybersecurity, and agriculture. The initiative will provide up to $20K per project to help researchers tackle global challenges together. @UCDavisGlobal @GC_UCDavis
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Record funding for @UCDavisMed : $439M in external research support in FY 2025-26, up 32% from last year. Grant awards fuel discoveries in cancer, dementia, clinical trials and more. A powerful investment in science that improves lives. @UCDavisHealth
#FromLabsToLives
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Congratulations to David Brandman of @UCDavisHealth on receiving the 2026 @NIH Director’s New Innovator Award! His research aims to develop a brain-computer interface that could help stroke survivors regain speech, combining neuroscience, AI and rehabilitation medicine to restore communication and improve lives. #FromLabsToLives
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A new @Nature Food paper from an interdisciplinary, multi-campus team of researchers, including computer scientists from @ucdavis outlines a roadmap for stronger cybersecurity in agriculture, including a proposed national Agriculture Cybersecurity Consortium. @UCDavisCOE
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Congratulations to Jorge Dubcovsky, distinguished professor in the Department of @UCDavisPlants, & Howard Hughes Medical Institute researcher on being named the 2026 World Agriculture Prize Laureate!
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Today, @ucdavis celebrates all the research administrators in recognition of their critical contributions in advancing research and innovation.
View the full message of appreciation from our Vice Chancellor for Research, Simon Atkinson @satkinso. bit.ly/4h9mHQc
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Why are rivers in Alaska’s Brooks Range turning orange? Thawing permafrost is releasing acidic, metal-rich water into streams. New UC Davis research shows some rivers are carrying metals far downstream — a striking consequence of a warming Arctic.
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.@ucdavis is ranked #13 among public universities and #23 overall out of 142 universities in The Washington Monthly's "America's Best Colleges for Research."
View the full rankings at ucdav.is/4d8oOkM
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Nearly everyone benefits from a discovery that started in a lab. Thursday, at the Rally for Medical Research in Washington, D.C., we’ll be talking about how medical research changes lives. You don’t have to be in D.C. to #SpeakUp4Science: ucal.us/speakupforscience #FundNIH
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Even small nibbles of ocean plastic may affect southern giant petrel chicks' physiology during development, according to a study from @ucdavis and Argentina's National Research Council @CONICETDialoga. @CONICETCenpat @ucdavisvetmed
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