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An Evaluation of eDNA Sampling for Aquatic Species
By Isoline Donohue, Biological Sciences, ’23 Author’s Note: I wrote this literature review for UWP 102B during the spring quarter of 2022, and learned about the Aggie Transcript from that course. I chose to write about this topic because I am very interested in conservation biology and work as an undergraduate researcher in this field. […]
A New Titan Among Bacteria
By Ethan Feild, Molecular and Medical Microbiology Author’s Note: I have always been interested in “huge” single celled organisms, like the amoebas living at the bottom of the ocean or even slime molds. When I heard about a single bacteria cell reaching 2 centimeters, I almost couldn’t believe it. This article was originally written for my […]
The Long-term Effects and Implications of Testicular Cancer Treatment
By Michael Guo, Molecular and Medical Microbiology ‘25 Author’s Note: After I returned home for winter break last year, I learned that a friend from my high school was diagnosed with testicular cancer. While I have limited experience with cancer and pathology, I hoped to educate myself about a topic that impacts and will continue […]
650-million year old enzyme used to target cell death in cancer cells
By Vishwanath Prathikanti, Anthropology, ‘23 Author’s note: As someone studying Anthropology at Davis, I often see my friends confused when I tell them how much of my studies consist of biology and chemistry. It’s a fairly common conception that Anthropologists mainly study human culture, and while cultural anthropology is an important aspect of the field, […]
Clearing the Cellular Landfill: The Use of Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease
By Reshma Kolala, Microbiology, ‘22 Author’s Note: Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders, affecting nearly 1 in 9 individuals aged 65 or older. Available current therapies fail to address the underlying pathophysiology of the disorder, focusing on the amelioration of neuronal symptoms that result from Alzheimer’s disease. I was immediately intrigued […]
How Poop is Fighting COVID-19
By Laura Gardner, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ‘22 Author’s Note: With so much information in the media and online about COVID-19, I find many people get lost in, and fall victim to, false information. I want to reassure the Davis community with factual information on how Davis is fighting COVID-19. With UC Davis’ strong scientific […]
The Human-Animal Interface: Exploring the Origin, Present, and Future of COVID-19
By Tammie Tam, Microbiology ‘22 Author’s Note: Since taking the class One Health Fundamentals (PMI 129Y), I have been acutely aware of this One Health idea that the health of humankind is deeply intertwined with the health of animals and our planet. This COVID-19 pandemic has been a perfect model as a One Health issue. […]
Cover Art Guidelines for The Aggie Transcript’s 2020-2021 Print Edition
Thank you for submitting to The Aggie Transcript! The Editorial Board is excited to view your submission. All received submissions, pending board review, will be featured on our website and our social media. The winning art submission will be featured as the cover of our 2020-2021 print edition journal! Here are a few guidelines on […]
Fold@Home: Aid in COVID-19 Research from Home
Image via Folding@Home By Nathan Levinzon, Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior ‘23 Author’s Note: The purpose of this article is to introduce and inform the UC Davis scientific community of Folding@Home; a distributed computing project that allows individuals and researchers to donate computing resources from their computers towards COVID-19 research. Keywords: COVID-19, Folding@Home, Distributed Computing Reports […]
The Scientific Cost of Progression: CAR-T Cell Therapy
By Picasso Vasquez, Genetics and Genomics ‘20 Author’s Note: One of the main goals for my upper division UWP class was to write about a recent scientific discovery. I decided to write about CAR-T cell therapy because this summer I interned at a pharmaceutical company and worked on a project that involved using machine learning […]