Recent human infections with avian influenza viruses (AIV) highlight the need for continued surveillance of AIV in waterfowl. California’s Sacramento Valley is an important wintering site for waterfowl from which avian influenza viruses may be isolate . . .

This study examined the diets of two predatory fish species, the native Sacramento Pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus grandis) and the introduced Striped Bass (Morone saxitilis), within the Sacramento River, CA, USA. Sampling occurred between March and Decembe . . .

Flammulated owls (Psiloscops flammeolus) are small nocturnal owls that are thought to migrate long distances every year from summer breeding grounds in the western United States and southern Canada to winter habitat in Mexico. They are cryptic and elu . . .

95% of the cases of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) are caused by a chromosomal translocation linking the breakpoint cluster region (BCR) gene to the Abelson murine leukemia viral oncogene-1 (ABL1). Downstream of BCR-ABL is growth receptor bound protei . . .

Hematopoiesis is a highly regulated biological process that begins with a singular adult stem cell called the hematopoietic stem cell (HSC). HSCs are responsible for generation of trillions of cells a day, yet the pathways that instruct an HSC to self . . .

Diabetes is a disease in which patients exhibit deficiencies in their ability to secrete or respond to insulin and is affecting both national and worldwide populations. There are two types of diabetes, type I and type II. In type II diabetes patients, . . .

Macrophages are important for protection against infection with influenza viruses, they may also contribute to disease severity during H5N1 influenza virus infection through the virus induced alteration of important antiviral functions. One reason for . . .

Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) is a disease which affects a large percentage of the United States and the risk of developing T2D is increasing according to recent CDC estimates. T2D can be fatal, and although patients are living longer with it, the costs of ca . . .

Panamint alligator lizards (Elgaria panamintina) are a rare lizard species endemic to Inyo County, California. Little is known about the species and it is thought to be of conservation concern. Monitoring efforts for rare species requires conservative . . .

I studied fall and winter habitat utilization of Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope), and American Wigeon (Anas americana) using time budgets in the Sacramento Valley, California. Habitat utilization by American and Eurasian Wigeon differed only in the pr . . .