Walter Leal
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Be sure to watch this video showcasing the letter that members of the National Academy of Sciences, including 61 Nobel laureates and 46 recipients of National Medal of Science, sent to Congress urging rejection of the proposed science budget cuts. youtu.be/Vkv0vI6jCnM.
@EntsocAmerica Watch this video showcasing the letter that members of the National Academy of Sciences, including 61 Nobel laureates and 46 recipients of National Medal of Science, sent to Congress urging rejection of the proposed science budget cuts. youtu.be/Vkv0vI6jCnM.
Letter from NAS Members to the Honorable Senators and Representatives of... youtu.be/Vkv0vI6jCnM?si… via @YouTube @theNASciences @SenatorCollins @PattyMurray @NobelPrize @keatleygarvey
Illuminating the Attack on Science. UC Davis-based webinar, "Beyond the Headlines: The Invisible Power of Academic Research in America," featured Nobel Laureate Randy Schekman of UC Berkeley and other scholars. The webinar is on YouTube at youtu.be/Tq5-vBrSDYc.
Federal funding of academic research is in jeopardy. Four Nobel Laureates and many other top scientists will speak at a UC Davis-based webinar on July 1. It's from 1 to 3 p.m. Don't miss this! tinyurl.com/ynwsvdca
Don't this free-access webinar about the loss of academic research and what we can do. #ucdavis distinguished professor Walter Leal has scheduled a July 1 webinar, featuring Nobel Laureate Randy Schekman. ucanr.edu/blog/bug-squad…
Join us on Mon, June 16 to celebrate @ucdavis’s Professor Lynette Hart as she transitions to the UC Davis Emeriti.

Groundbreaking work in olfaction: more than six decades after the discovery of bombykol, here is how it works at the receptor level. A covalent recognition strategy enables conspecific mate identification biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Among the Academies: Searching for New Ways to Treat Pain | UC Davis ucdavis.edu/news/among-aca…
Two @RoyEntSoc’s Honorary Members at @theNASciences annual meeting

52 years in the @UCLA faculty and counting. Great science & good sense of humor.
Congratulations to Michael E. Jung of @uclachem, who is accepting the 2025 NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to Society for his key contributions to synthetic medicinal chemistry and drug discovery! #NASaward #NAS162 Tune into the Awards Ceremony: ow.ly/PJPr50VIscW
A remarkable lecture to close the annual meeting in grandiose style.
In her Public Welfare Medal speech, #NASmember Mary-Claire King explains the science behind how she worked with @abuelasdifusion to determine biological relationships between grandparents and missing children during Argentina’s Dirty War, by sequencing mitochondrial DNA.🧬
The Public Welfare Medal is about to be presented to Mary-Claire King for her pioneering genetic research and its transformative application to human rights. 🧬🏅#NAS162 #NASaward #genetics Don't miss her speech! ow.ly/Cznu50VIsiC
More Entomologists being inducted into @theNASciences tonight

We are all looking forward to Flaminia’s talk on behalf of the Class VI new members
One of MBL's former course directors, Flaminia Catteruccia, will be speaking at the 162nd Annual Meeting of the @theNASciences this Saturday, April 26th! 🎉 Watch her talk on the science of malaria live: bit.ly/3GjGnB0 #NAS162
My first @theNASciences meeting! It is a privilege and honor to be here.
🎉The 162nd NAS Annual Meeting starts today!🎉 Join us online as we welcome new members, spotlight their research, explore big issues in science & celebrate scientific achievement. Follow live coverage + tune into livestreamed events all weekend: ow.ly/6w4K50VHPQc #NAS162
🎉The 162nd NAS Annual Meeting starts today!🎉 Join us online as we welcome new members, spotlight their research, explore big issues in science & celebrate scientific achievement. Follow live coverage + tune into livestreamed events all weekend: ow.ly/6w4K50VHPQc #NAS162