Research

Xuezhu Zhang, Ph.D., Assistant Project Scientist in the Qi Lab, has been named the 2019 recipient of the Henry N. Wagner, Jr, MD, Best Paper Award by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) for the paper titled “Total-body Parametric Imaging Using Kernel and Direct Reconstruction on the uEXPLORER.”

Award supports his imaging work at UC Davis Biomedical Engineering Department facility

The UC Davis Biomedical Engineering Department congratulates Center for Molecular and Genomic Imaging’s (CMGI) Dr. Douglas Rowland on being named a Chan Zuckerberg Initiative honoree for his cutting-edge work in imaging.

‘A perfect example of researchers collaborating for real change’

UC Davis researchers working on in-utero stem cell-based therapies are excited to have their work highlighted in the latest edition of the FASEB Journal.

While individuals’ left and right wrists are similar, genders show true differences

UC Davis researchers are excited to share breakthrough findings about essential tools we use each and every day: our wrists.

Robot-assisted throat cancer surgery gets assist from novel optical device

View video of augmented reality during head and neck cancer surgery.

New cell-combination strategy creates longer transplant viability

UC Davis researchers have discovered a promising new way to use a combination of two types of stem cells to improve transplantation viability – and possible patient outcomes.

As outlined in Stem Cell Research & Therapy, the UC Davis team took on a long-standing challenge for stem-cell researchers: stem cells’ potentially short transplant lives.

Nearly 100 registrants participated in the first-ever Northern California Biomaterials Day Jan. 11, 2019.

Editor Tami Freeman of Physics World chose the EXPLORER total-body PET system as one of her top-five "Breakthroughs of the Year," and the publication's entire editorial team named EXPLORER among its top-10 2018 breakthroughs: