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2020-21 Mathias Grant recipients

December 2, 2020 By Kathleen Wong

2020-21 Mathias recipients

Most people will be staying close to home in 2021 due to the pandemic. UC Santa Barbara graduate student Samantha Sambado will not be among them. Her doctoral research will take her on multiple journeys up and down California, in search of ticks and the human pathogens they carry. “Ticks are the number one vector […]

2019-20 Mathias Graduate Student Research Grant awards

December 9, 2019 By Kathleen Wong

2019-20 Mathias awards

Joshua trees will be under the gun in the California of the future. Scientists predict that it’ll become too hot and dry for these striking Mojave plants to persist in much its the high desert habitat by 2100. How much water these treelike yucca plants can store at one time is key to their conservation. […]

Field research, UC mentors inspire career in marine biology

September 27, 2019 By Kathleen Wong

by Brenda Ortiz, UC Merced Lauren Schiebelhut credits the support and opportunities afforded to her at UC with opening the door to her career in marine research. Schiebelhut — a first-generation transfer student from Fresno — earned a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from UC Merced in May 2009 but was uncertain about her future. […]

Foreign bees monopolize Southern California flower resources

February 25, 2019 By Kathleen Wong

three western honeybees forage on a cluster of tiny yellow spherical flowers

Immense numbers of introduced honey bees overwhelm native pollinators for access to pollen and nectar By Mario Aguilera, UC San Diego Hike around the natural habitats of San Diego County and it becomes abundantly clear that honey bees, foreign to the area, are everywhere. In a study published last year, researchers at the University of California […]

Sun protection for mosses and records of paleo climate: the 2018-19 Mathias Graduate Student Research Grant awards

December 3, 2018 By Kathleen Wong

The tiny mosses that glue desert soils together spend the majority of their days dormant—the better to withstand a harsh environment. Yet within seconds of absorbing water, the crumbly wisps of brown green up in a frenzy of photosynthetic activity. How these hardy desert residents withstand the harsh UV rays of the sun while essentially […]

Role of honey bees in ecosystem pollination

January 16, 2018 By Kathleen Wong

honey bee pollination

by Mario Aguilera, UC San Diego An unprecedented study integrating data from around the globe has shown that honey bees are the world’s most important single species of pollinator in natural ecosystems and a key contributor to natural ecosystem functions. The first quantitative analysis of its kind, led by biologists at the University of California […]

From buzz pollination to seal bones: the 2017-18 Mathias Grant awards

December 12, 2017 By Kathleen Wong

Does the personality of a ground squirrel affect its foraging style? Which microbes live in harvester ant guts? What drives the production of Daphnia “superfleas” ?    University of California graduate students aim to answer these natural mysteries and more with funding from the UC Natural Reserve System’s 2017-18 Mildred E. Mathias Graduate Student Research Grant […]

Apply for a 2017–18 Mathias Grant

July 11, 2017 By Kathleen Wong

The UC Natural Reserve System is accepting applications for its 2017–2018 Mildred E. Mathias Graduate Student Research Grants. The program supports research by UC graduate students at one or more of the 39 NRS reserves. Graduate students from any UC campus are welcome to apply. This year, the California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program is supporting […]

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