April 2016
putah creek BIoBlitz
April 26,2016
Davis SEEDS held our annual BioBlitz at Putah Creek on April 23rd! We got together with professors, students, and community members to identify as many species of plants and animals that we could find. Participants got to learn about the large amount of species diversity right in our own backyard! This year we held two different identification times, one in the morning and one in the evening, so that we could get a fuller range of species diversity at the creek.
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Graduate Student Panel
April 22, 2016
Davis SEEDS held our annual Graduate Student Panel at our last meeting. We brought in four graduate students of varying years to talk about their experiences in graduate school and answer any questions students had about the process of finding professors they liked, choosing a school, and figuring out what to research. They also talked about making the decision to go to graduate school, picking a Masters or a PhD, and what they did between their undergrad and graduate school. It was an extremely valuable experience for those interesting in applying for graduate school and even for those that aren’t quite sure they want a graduate degree yet.
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The graduate students on campus are a very valuable resource if you have any questions about graduate school. They are also very nice and would be more than willing to answer any questions you have! If you would like to contact any of the students that were at our panel or just want to learn more about their research, please follow the links bellow!
Ash Zemenik
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Nick Saleh
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Student Research
April 10, 2016
Did you happen to see our very own co-president Jenna Yonenaga presenting her research on sea stars at the UC Davis Undergraduate Research Convention on Friday? If you did, you got to learn all about how prey preference affects the growth of juvenile sea stars!
If you are interested in getting to do your own research project or want to get involved with an ongoing research project, there are several projects that members of SEEDS are currently working on that you can get involved with. Projects range from doing greenhouse experiments on Trifolium to assembling a collection of native bees.If you are interested in getting involved with a SEEDS research project, please talk to one of our officers about getting involved! If you are interested in doing your own research and don’t quite know where to start, we can help point you in the right direction! |
Tabling at the MU
April 10, 2016
Bodega Marine Lab Field Trip
April 10, 2016
Last weekend SEEDS took a long anticipated trip to the Bodega Marine Lab (BML), which is run by UC Davis and located on one of the UC Natural Reserves. Due to bad weather conditions, we were unable to visit in early March when we had initially planned to go, but we were lucky enough to reschedule the trip to a calm sunny day! Members of SEEDS that have taken classes at BML were able to show us around and talk about various experiments being conducted. They were also able to tell us some of the reasons why BML is such an important lab for marine science, such as being able to use actual sea water for their indoor experiments.
We were even lucky enough to get to talk to researcher that was working on a project that uses the California mussel as a biological indicator of climate change for California’s marine ecosystems. We even learned about the process of collecting eggs and sperm from the California mussel. After a very scenic lunch, we went on a small hike along the coast and got to see one of the sites that our Trifolium student research group is studying. We also got to spend a few hours tide pooling and found a lot of really neat species! There were lots of anemones, starfish, and sea urchins. There were even some chitons and many sea slugs (which aren’t usually found that far north.) It was a very long day (especially for the people that volunteered to drive the whole way!) but everyone had a really great time and got to learn about one of the amazing resources that UC Davis has to offer its students.
We were even lucky enough to get to talk to researcher that was working on a project that uses the California mussel as a biological indicator of climate change for California’s marine ecosystems. We even learned about the process of collecting eggs and sperm from the California mussel. After a very scenic lunch, we went on a small hike along the coast and got to see one of the sites that our Trifolium student research group is studying. We also got to spend a few hours tide pooling and found a lot of really neat species! There were lots of anemones, starfish, and sea urchins. There were even some chitons and many sea slugs (which aren’t usually found that far north.) It was a very long day (especially for the people that volunteered to drive the whole way!) but everyone had a really great time and got to learn about one of the amazing resources that UC Davis has to offer its students.