Chiu Lab at UC Davis

We are in the Department of Entomology and Nematology at University of California, Davis. Our research interests include molecular genetics of animal behavior, biological timing (circadian and seasonal rhythms), posttranslational regulation of proteins, and enhancing global food security via insect genomics and biotechnology

LAB NEWS

April 2022

Congratulations to undergraduate researcher Kiya Jackson for her acceptance into NIH PREP@UCD. She will be spending a year in Professor Alex Nord's lab conducting research in neuroscience before applying to graduate school.

April 2022

Congratulations to undergraduate researcher Ana Armenta Vega! Ana will be an NIH IRTA scholar starting this summer, performing neuroscience research at the NIH.

March 2022

Congratulations to graduate researcher Rodrigo Del Rio! He was awarded the 2022 Society for Research on Biological Rhythm Emmett Chappelle Travel Award.

March 2022

Congratulations to postdoctoral scholar Sergio Hidalgo Sotelo! He was awarded the 2022 Society for Research on Biological Rhythm Merit Award for his abstract submission.

March 2022

Congratulations to undergraduate researcher Daniel Eweis-LaBolle. He has been accepted to the MCB Ph.D. program at Cornell for Fall 2022.

November 2021

Our paper "Timeless in animal circadian clocks and beyond" has been published in FEBS Journal. First author is graduate student Yao Cai. [html]