Happy June! Listen to our brand new episode featuring the wonderful GDB Peer Advisor, Rama Drwich! The title of Rama's practicum project is "Reactive Oxygen Detoxification Contributes to the Mycobacterium abscessus Antibiotic Survival." She completed her project under the guidance of PIDr. Bennett Penn.

The transcription for the episode can be found here.

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Happy May! Check out this episode featuring recent GDB alumni, Samantha Arteaga. The title of her practicum is "Evaluation of the Canine Microbiota During Chemotherapy Treatment." She completed her project under the guidance of PIs PI(s) Dr. Hannah Savage and Dr. Derek Bays. 

The transcription for the episode can be found ⁠here⁠⁠⁠.

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Happy April! Check out this episode featuring recent GDB alumni, Arvind Sandhu. The title of his practicum is "Intra-Articular Delivery of P6 Peptide in Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogel Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: Effects on Inflammation and Tissue Regeneration in a Mouse Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis Model." He completed his project under the guidance of PI Dr. Augustine Saiz.

The transcription for the episode can be found here⁠⁠.

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Happy March! For this episode, I had the privilege of interviewing the wonderful Rachel Arndt! Rachel Practicum title is "Socioeconomic Disparities in Healthcare Access and Health-Related Quality of Life Among California Children with Asthma." She completed her project under the guidance of PI Dr. Julie T. Bidwell, Ph.D., R.N.

The transcription for the episode can be found ⁠⁠here⁠⁠.

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Happy February! For this episode, I had the honor of interviewing the lovely Quidi (Judy) Cheng! Quidi's Practicum title is "Establishing a CRISPR/Cas9 System in Mimulus guttatus Targeting the Short Root (SHR) Gene." She completed her project under the guidance of PI Dr. Siobhan Brady.

The transcription for the episode can be found ⁠here⁠.

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Happy January! This month, we have the honor of spotlighting the lovely Tiffany Chen! Tiffany's Practicum title is "Researching mEH Activity in Rare vs. Non-Rare Human EPHX1 Variants." She completed her project under the guidance of mentor Dr. Christophe Morriseau and PI the late Dr. Bruce Hammock.

The transcription for the episode can be found here.

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Happy December! We are so excited to present this month’s episode featuring GDB student, August Quilliam (she/her). Augusta's practicum project is titled “CRISPR-mediated gene knockout in Botrytis cinerea for identification of novel virulence factors and potential antifungal targets.” She is completing her practicum project under the guidance of her PI, Dr. Ioannis Stergiopoulos.

The transcription for the episode can be found ⁠here⁠.

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We had the pleasure of interviewing Morgan Streeter for our November Podcast! Their practicum project is on the environmental transmission of pathogenic E. coli from dairy cows. They are currently completing their project under their PI, Dr. Robert Atwill. Dr. Atwill is not accepting any applications at the moment.

Links & Information:

Dr. Robert Atwill ([email protected])

https://www.epi.ucdavis.edu/people/robert-atwill

The transcript can be found here.

This month’s episode features GDB student, Keerti Vadapalli (she/her). Keerti's practicum project is titled “Validation of Indirect Fluorescent Antibody Test for Sarcocystis neurona in Southern Sea Otters.” She is completing her practicum project under the guidance of her PI, Dr. Woutrina Smith, at the One Health Institute.

Links & Information

• Mentor and contact info:
• One Health Institute
• Lab /PI Page:

The transcription for the episode can be found ⁠here⁠.

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This month’s special episode features our two senior GDB peer advisors, Emily Jajeh (she/her) and Aydin Linzey (he/him)! Tune in to hear about how both peers found their mentors, completed their research and their insights into the practicum experience!

Links & Information - Emily

• Title

• Bridging the Gap in Childhood Malaria Prevention in sub-Saharan Africa: Identifying Barriers in Parental Detection, Treatment, and Risk Factors

• Mentors and contact info:

• Dr. James R. Carey (IOR)

  • [email protected]

  • ⁠Biodemography: An Introduction to Concepts and Methods

• Mr. Yusufu Kuule (Practicum Mentor)

• [email protected]

• Community Health and Batwa

• BCH Links:

• ⁠Bwindi Community Hospital

• [email protected]

• + 256 (0) 392880242

• The Kellermann Foundation

Links & Information - Aydin

• Title

• Cleaning Up: Biological Control of Fusarium Basal Rot in Californian Garlic Seed Production

• Mentor and contact info:

• Dr. Cassadra Swett (PI): [email protected]

• Annika Briggs: [email protected]

• Department of Plant Pathology

• ⁠https://plantpathology.ucdavis.edu/

• Lab /PI Page:

• ⁠https://swettlab.faculty.ucdavis.edu/

The transcription for the episode can be found ⁠here⁠.

Email ⁠[email protected]⁠ with ideas or suggestions for Practicum Pods, or if you would like to be interviewed for a future episode!