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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.
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Program Gives Jumpstart to Student Researchers

by Kathleen Holder

When Valerie Klein enrolled at UC Davis on a pre-med track in fall 2021, her mind's-eye image of research revolved around looking at cells under a microscope. Thanks to a program that gets students into labs early, the aspiring psychiatrist is now investigating frontiers of the human brain and has gained a more expansive view of research. 

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Giving Humanity a Hand with Supernumerary Robotics

By Noah A Pflueger-Peters

A team of UC Davis researchers look to give humanity an extra hand—literally. A new, NSF-funded collaboration between the Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) and Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior (NPB) plans to develop and test a robotic fifth limb to give humans extra capabilities in extreme environments.

Professor Stephen K. Robinson participates in an extravehicular activity (EVA) on the International Space Station. Photo: redOrbit.com.

Space Engineering at UC Davis

By Noah Pflueger-Peters

If space is the final frontier, UC Davis is taking giant leaps to reach it. With expertise in human-machine cooperation, control systems and materials under extreme conditions, the university aims to make itself a rising star in space engineering and play a crucial role in the next generation of space exploration.

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