Happy Holidays from the Beleford Lab! ❤️

Looking forward to it! 🧬

We are hiring! Please submit your application by Dec. 5! We are a basic science department housed in the school of vet med with potential to collab within the dept/school and with close ties to the medical school and the college of biological sciences. Please apply if you are a good fit! 🤩

RIP Jimmy Cliff 🇯🇲

Happy Genetic Counselor Appreciation Day to the outstanding UC Davis MIND Genetic Counselors I get to work with each week!

Not so different. wapo.st/4qSQBuF

Join ACMG today as we celebrate and honor America’s veterans - including our members who served - for their service and the sacrifices they and their families have made for our country. @deptvetaffairs.bsky.social #Veterans #VeteransDay

My tween and her friends won't tell me what 6-7 means 🤷🏽‍♀️ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...

What does a scientist look like? Children are drawing women more than ever before | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Vaccine development is in its nanotechnology era. A new Perspective, part of a Special Feature with 14 papers, explores how nanotherapeutic design and modification are enabling rapid, personalized, and powerful vaccine strategies In PNAS: https://ow.ly/3ijJ50XnOjy

www.nytimes.com/video/weathe... www.nytimes.com/video/weathe...

Now I finally understand why my own Gen Alpha keeps saying 6-7 w her friends 🤦🏽‍♀️💡 www.cnn.com/2025/10/18/u...

Most of us aren’t the “dress up for Halloween” types 😇 but the Griffith Lab (and some members of the Contreras Lab!) had a fun Halloween Bowl 🎳 👻🎃 gotta find that joy in the madness.

Older adults who engage with music may significantly lower their risk of dementia. www.newsnationnow.com/health/liste...

Your DNA’s shape matters. Using both math and biology, UC Davis researchers built a computational model to predict R-loops, DNA-RNA hybrids tied to gene expression and disease. Learn more on our Magazine:

Excellent review from @silparacchini.bsky.social’s lab with a nice bluetorial

The Bronx High School of Science shaped many lives, including mine. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/n...

🚨 We are recruiting postdocs! If you're interested in reproductive, stem cell/developmental biology, and/or women's health, please apply! 📝 Please repost! 🚩 More info here: hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

The third episode of our podcast series just dropped: navedolab.faculty.ucdavis.edu/podcasts/ This one focuses on our recent study examining vascular Panx1 channels and their role in vascular complications during diabetic hyperglycemia. Get the paper here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40636957/

It is so cool to be able to see things like this (#DevBio) in real life and share it with students. 🤩

In the face of federal funding cuts, UC Davis has initiated a small crowdfunding campaign to support our critical scientific research operations. Please donate here, and please share amongst your communities: www.givecampus.com/schools/Univ...

It’s #UCDavisPostdocAppreciationWeek! To our postdocs: You drive discovery, mentor future scientists, and keep the labs humming. You’re integral to our department, and we appreciate all the dedication and energy you add to #PMB research! 👏🔬 grad.ucdavis.edu/postdoc-appr...

‼️ Job alert for postdocs in the lab of HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar @elisazhang.bsky.social! Exciting research ahead in #PMB!

RetiGene, a comprehensive gene atlas for inherited retinal diseases: The American Journal of Human Genetics www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltex...

F.D.A. Approves a New Generic Abortion Pill www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/h...

It's #HispanicLatinoHeritageMonth! This year’s theme, “Collective Heritage: Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future,” resonates with #PMB as we celebrate the history, culture, and achievements of Hispanic and Latino scientists whose work continues to shape the future of physiological research!

Free to read here: rdcu.be/efBjP

#VascualarBiology2025 Annual Meeting of NAVBO and the Microcirculatory Society!! Join us on Cape Cod in Massachusetts! October 19-23, 2025 Conference Abstracts are due August 4, 2025 by 5:00 pm ET. Visit the conference website for more, Register, and/or to submit an abstract www.navbo.org/vb2025/