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Spinal injuries are life changing, but research is showing that the body is better than thought at adapting to and recovering from injury. UC Davis bioengineer Karen Moxon talks about how therapies can help rats can take steps after spinal injury.

Spinal injuries are life changing, but research is showing that the body is better than thought at adapting to and recovering from injury. UC Davis bioengineer Karen Moxon talks about how therapies can help rats can take steps after spinal injury. More information: https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/working-around-spinal-injuries

UC Davis biologist Harris Lewin talks about the Earth BioGenome Project, an ambitious effort to sequence the DNA of all complex life on Earth. The organizers plan to make the data available for research while also making sure source countries and traditional owners benefit.

For Judy Callis, teaching is about helping students make connections, between the biochemistry they learn in her lectures, what they have learned in other classes and their own life experiences.

Now Callis, a biochemist who studies the ubiquitin protein system in plants, has been awarded the UC Davis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement, UC Davis top prize for teaching.

20 years ago Putah Creek near the UC Davis campus was a dry, trash-filled ditch. Then a lawsuit led to the Putah Creek Accord, which mandated year-round water flows to help protect fish and habitat. Kat Kerlin hears how restoring water has brought the creek back to life.

Glass and wine have gone together for thousands of years. A new book, "The Glass of Wine" by Jim and Penelope Shackelford, explores the science, history and artistry that goes into this perfect pairing.

When fires ripped through suburban Santa Rosa last year they may have done more than reduce homes to ashes. They could have created unknown or previously unrecognized health hazards in the smoke and ash. UC Davis graduate student Gabby Black is part of the team trying to figure out what is in the ash and air.

Studying Prozac in Monkeys by Andy Fell, UC Davis

If you’ve ever tried to untangle a pair of earbuds, you’ll understand how loops and cords can get twisted up. DNA can get tangled in the same way. UC Davis biomathematician Mariel Vazquez talks about her work on the math of how DNA can be cut and reconnected. The math involved turns out to be involved in other fields as well.

For the first time, astronomers have observed an object through both visible light and gravitational waves. UC Davis physicist Stefano Valenti, one of the astronomers whose telescopes recorded the colliding neutron stars, talks about the discovery.