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Kim McAllister (right) served for eight years as the Center for Neuroscience director, a position that is now filled by interim director Marie Burns (left). (Jenevieve Bohmann/UC Davis)

Vision neuroscientist appointed interim director for Center for Neuroscience

Marie E. Burns, a professor in the Departments of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, and Cell Biology and Human Anatomy in the School of Medicine, and a core faculty member at the Center for Neuroscience (CNS), has been appointed the CNS interim director, effective July 1, 2024. Burns succeeds A. Kimberley McAllister, who has served as the center’s director since 2016 and who is departing UC Davis to begin a new position as Vice Provost for Research, Scholarly Inquiry and Creative Activity at Wake Forest University in the fall.
Erkin Şeker

Professor Erkin Seker Receives Distinguished Teaching Award – Graduate and Professional Teaching

by Dateline Staff

The Academic Senate and Federation have presented their top academic honors for 2024, and the faculty recipients are being showcased not just for their expertise, but also for their teaching, mentorship and public service.

In all, 15 faculty members have received awards from the two groups at UC Davis, including Center for Neuroengineering and Medicine Co-Director Erkin Seker, PhD. 

Charan Ranganath and Nora Wolf

Bestselling Book Blends Science and Storytelling to Explain How Memory Shapes Our Lives

by Alex Russell

Charan Ranganath admits he can be forgetful. This is true of most people, but most people are not leading experts on the neuroscience of human memory.

“Everybody knows I have a terrible memory,” said Ranganath, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at UC Davis, “and yet I got a Ph.D. and I publish papers all the time. I'm totally functional, so maybe the expectations we have are just wrong.”

Wilsaan Joiner, PhD, College of Biological Sciences

Wilsaan Joiner Named 2023 Chancellor's Fellow

by Dateline Staff

Wilsaan Joiner, a professor in the Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, is among this year’s cohort of Chancellor’s Fellows.

“Our newest fellows represent the very best of UC Davis and I congratulate them,” Chancellor Gary S. May said in announcing the new fellows. “The knowledge, expertise and excellence these faculty demonstrate across a range of disciplines positively impacts our university’s mission of research, teaching and public service.”

CITRIS Awards - Zhaodan Kong and Lee Miller

Center Faculty Selected for CITRIS 2022 Seed Awards

Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS) at the University of California (UC) recently announced the 2022 CITRIS Seed Awards recipients. The eight selected proposals, submitted by multicampus teams from Berkeley, Davis, Merced and Santa Cruz, will receive up to $60,000 for their work, thanks in part to external philanthropic support.
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