Chan

Welcome to Simon Chan's Lab

With deep regret we inform you that Simon Chan (1974-2012) has passed away on Aug 22nd at an age of 38

Simon’s Viewing
When: Wed 29th August, 3-6pm
Where: Wiscombe Funeral Home
116 D Street Davis CA 95616
phone #: 530 758 5500

Simon’s Memorial Service
When: Thurs 30th August, from 3pm
Where: Alpha Gamma Rho Hall, Buehler Alumni Center, UC Davis.
Mrak Hall Drive and Old Davis Rd
* Please wear your most ‘Simon’ shirt and cool sneakers if the mood takes you *

Also, on both events you will be able to leave a personal note in the memorial book that is currently at the office of the Department of Plant Biology (1002 Life Sciences).

Additional information can be found on the BMCDB blog and the Department of Plant Biology website.


For any comments, notes, or requests, please contact Ravi at ravigenome@gmail.com or Han at suprduprhan@gmail.com or Daniël at dpmelters@me.com


We study chromosome inheritance using the small plant Arabidopsis thaliana.

Haploid plants (represented by pink pots) have only one copy of each chromosome, and are very useful in plant breeding. We have produced haploids by manipulating centromeres. Image by Janet Iwasa.

For any comments, notes, or requests, please contact Ravi at ravigenome@gmail.com or Han at suprduprhan@gmail.com or Daniël at dpmelters@me.com