Frédéric Chédin Elected as AAAS Fellow
Three faculty affiliated with the College of Biological Sciences are among the eight UC Davis faculty newly elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, announced March 27. They are: Frédéric Chédin, a professor and chair in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology; Dario Cantù, a professor in the Department of Viticulture and Enology; and Huaijun Zhou, a professor in the Department of Animal Science.
AAAS fellows are recognized for their exceptional achievements in science, including research, teaching, administration and science communication. There were 471 scientists, engineers and innovators named as fellows this year.
Here are the new fellows from UC Davis, with their fellowship citations:
Professor Frédéric Chédin
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Sciences
Integrative Genetics and Genomics; Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Graduate Groups, College of Biological Sciences
“For distinguished contributions to the fields of gene expression and genome instability, particularly for developing new genomics technologies and theoretical framework for mapping and understanding R-loop structures.”