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Art Shapiro, professor of evolution and ecology, published the discovery that butterflies are reeling from impacts of climate and development in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 
Steven Theg, professor of plant biology, and research scientist Lan-Xin Shi solved a mystery about green plant protein transport. The research appears in the January issue of The Plant Cell. 
Raymond Rodriguez, professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology has been awarded an honorary doctorate of science by the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST).
Peggy Farnham, associate director of the UC Davis Genome Center and professor of pharmacology, was elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for distinguished contributions to the field of biology and her collaboration in the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE).
John Roth, distinguished professor of microbiology, was elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for important, fundamental contributions to the understanding of bacterial genetics and metabolism. Roth is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Wolf Heyer, professor of microbiology and leader of the molecular oncology program at the UC Davis Cancer Center, led a group of scientists in research that reveals a new understanding of DNA repair and cancer. The research funded by the National Institutes of Health was published Nov. 25 in the journal Molecular Cell.
Gail Patricelli, assistant professor in the department of evolution and ecology and the Center for Population Biology and Jessica Yorzinski, a graduate student in animal behavior, conducted studies showing that birds call to warn both friends and enemies. The research was funded by NSF and published Nov.18th in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Richard Grosberg, professor in the department of evolution
and ecology and the Center for Population Biology with
scientists from the Moss Landing Marine Lab and UC Santa Barbara reconstructed potential kelp habitat as sea levels changed over the last 20,000 years. The research is published online Oct. 21 in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
William Lucas, professor of plant biology helped develop and manage the international project to sequence the cucumber genome. Lucas is an author on the research, "The genome of
the cucumber", published, Nov. 1st, in Nature Genetics.
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