A NEW DEAN TACKLES NEW CHALLENGES

Claire Pomeroy becomes vice chancellor of human health sciences and dean of the School of Medicine at UC Davis on Feb. 1.

A NEW CHANNEL OF RESEARCH

Ion channels are now taking center stage for a host of physiological processes.

HARVESTING NEW KNOWLEDGE

As director of the Genome Center on the main UC Davis campus, Richard Michelmore brings passion to bear on a spectrum of scientific investigations into plant and human diseases.

GENOME FACILITY OPENS

More than 30 School of Medicine scientists are conducting their investigations in the new 225,000 square-foot UC Davis Genome and Biomedical Sciences Building.

ONE-STOP SHOP FOR CLINICAL TRIALS

The new General Clinical Research Center is now home to some 63 approved clinical studies from UC Davis School of Medicine and the Sacramento Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

RUDY THE ROBOT MAKES 'TELEROUNDS'

Physician Lars Ellison commutes to work using two very different types of machines. After he pedals a well-used bike to the medical center, he makes rounds with a 5 1/2-foot-tall robot.