The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP) is a confederated network of partner organizations and affiliated projects that have a common goal of sequencing and annotating the genomes of all 1.5 million... Read More
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From Yellow-Legged Frogs to Chickpeas: Graduate Students Receive Funding for Wide Range of Microbiome Research Topics
By Jose Franco August 26, 2019 The UC Davis Microbiome Special Research Program is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 Microbiome Graduate Research Award. A total of fifteen... Read More
$2.5M to develop bioenergy feedstock poplar trees that can be grown on low-quality land
By Ann Filmer August 22, 2019 Bioenergy crops are central to climate mitigation strategies. This includes their use in BECCS (Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage) and biomass supplied for... Read More
Going for a Hike in Stebbins Cold Canyon? There’s an App for That!
By Lisa Howard August 19, 2019 A group of UC Davis students has created an iPhone app that allows visitors to the Stebbins Cold Canyon trail to view wildlife guides,... Read More
UC Davis Health awarded $3.8M to explore Alzheimer’s Disease in Hispanic Cohorts
By Nadine A. Yehya August 14, 2019 (SACRAMENTO) —A team of researchers lead by Brittany Dugger of UC Davis Health has been awarded a $3.8 million grant from the National... Read More
Research Inspired by ‘Water Bears’ Leads to Innovations in Medicine, Food Preservation and Blood Storage
By Lisa Howard August 5, 2019 When John Crowe and his wife Lois Crowe were researching tardigrades in the 1970s and 1980s, nobody knew much about how the speck-sized organisms... Read More
Research Core Facilities Program Invests $775,000 in New Equipment and Strategic Operating Expansions to Advance Research Infrastructure
By AJ Cheline August 5, 2019 In February 2019, the Research Core Facilities Program (RCFP) within the Office of Research invited proposal submissions for investments to support the acquisition of... Read More