Alumni News
2010
Dr. Peggy Farnham Elected AAAS Fellow
Peggy Farnham, Professor of Pharmacology and Associate Director of the UC Davis Genome Center, is one of eight UC Davis faculty members elected as AAAS Fellows. Farnham was recognized for her "distinguished contributions to the field of biology, particularly for genome-wide characterization of transcription factor binding sites and chromatin modifications." Professor Farnham's laboratory searches for control points in the genome -- short DNA sequences that are responsible for activating or repressing genes. Professor Farnham is taking part in a large collaboration funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute to map all such functional sites in the human genome. This collaboration is known as the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements, or ENCODE, project.
June 2010
Dr. L. Michelle Bennett Joins the NHLBI as Deputy Scientific Director
June 2010
2009
William A. Gahl was recently featured in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health's "Alumni Profile." Read more here...
May 2009
Pushpa Bhargava Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Pushpa Bhargava recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Biotechnology in India for his achievements as a scientist and administrator. He is recognized as a leader in promoting the development of modern biotechnology and molecular biology in India. Dr. Bhargava received his Ph.D. degree at the age of 21 at Lucknow University and carried out postdoctoral research with Dr. Charles Heidelberger at the McArdle Laboratory from 1953-1956. He was the founding Director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad, India, a position he held until 1990. During his career, Dr. Bhargava published over 125 scientific papers and received numerous national and international awards. Now retired, Dr. Bhargava remains active as a board member and consultant for several organizations and companies in India.
January 2009
Alex Shoemaker Awarded Abbott’s Outstanding Research Team Award
Dr. Alexander R. Shoemaker recently received Abbott’s prestigious Outstanding Research Team Award “for achievements in the pursuit of scientific excellence”. The Abbott Fund donated $5,000 to the McArdle Laboratory Endowment Fund in honor of Dr. Shoemaker’s Award. Dr. Shoemaker received his Ph.D. in Genetics under the direction of Dr. William F. Dove at the McArdle Laboratory. He carried out postdoctoral work at the University of California, San Diego prior to joining Abbott Laboratories in Global Pharmaceutical Research and Development.
January 2009