-- UC Davis Assistant Professor Sean Burgess in the Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology is one of 16 scientists nationwide selected this year to receive a research award by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. As a Beckman Young Investigator, she will receive $200,000 over three years to support her studies on the three-dimensional space of the nucleus. The award provides research support for "the most promising young faculty members in the early stages of academic careers in the chemical and life sciences."