Winter 2017 Issue
Research Matters Quarterly Newsletter Winter 2017
Entries by Aj Cheline
UC Davis Licenses Technology for Miniaturized System That Can Detect Chemicals With High Specificity and Sensitivity
By Lisa Howard The University of California, Davis, is pleased to announce a licensing agreement with SensIT Ventures Inc. for a breakthrough technology that can be used to identify a broad range of chemicals from environmental samples. The license, negotiated by the InnovationAccess team within the UC Davis Office of Research, provides exclusive access to […]
Biotechnology Program at UC Davis Has Been Connecting Students with Industry for 20 Years
By Lisa Howard About 70 doctoral students from different departments — Integrative Genetics and Genomics, Food Science, Microbiology, Materials Science and Engineering — fill room 1022 in the UC Davis Life Sciences building for course MCB 294, “Current Progress in Biotechnology.” The Friday seminar is part of the Designated Emphasis in Biotechnology program, what everyone […]
How Susan Ustin Helped Launch a New Field of Study and Why She Continues to Study the Earth from Above
In 1982, Susan Ustin began working with NASA satellite data to study how plants respond to environmental stress. Thirty-five years later, the pioneer in remote sensing, and a distinguished professor of environmental and resource sciences at UC Davis, is still finding new ways to tackle environmental problems from above. By Lisa Howard When Susan L. Ustin […]
Muir Institute Announces Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives
Sara L. Nichols Brings Experience with Cap-and-Trade, International Climate Diplomacy By Lisa Howard The John Muir Institute of the Environment at UC Davis is pleased to announce the selection of Sara L. Nichols as associate director of strategic initiatives. Nichols joins the team to coordinate and manage large-scale interdisciplinary research and outreach initiatives including OneClimate, […]
UC Davis Establishes Alliance of Excellence in Biophotonics with German Leibniz Institute for Photonic Technologies
The University of California, Davis, and the Leibniz Institute for Photonic Technologies (Leibniz-IPHT), in Jena, Germany, have entered an agreement of cooperation to establish the Jena-Davis (JEDIS) Alliance of Excellence in Biophotonics — designed to promote North American-German cooperation on research and development in the field of biophotonics. The project aims to intensify communication between […]
Muir Institute Selects Fellows to Further Its Environmental Mission
By Lisa Howard The John Muir Institute of the Environment at University of California, Davis, is pleased to announce the selection of six UC Davis experts for its inaugural class of fellows. The fellows were identified as those who have made a real-world impact on society and have the potential to help further the Muir […]
Kalindi Vora named director of Feminist Research Institute at UC Davis
By Sarah Rebolloso McCullough The Feminist Research Institute (FRI), a Special Research Program in the Office of Research, announced the selection of Kalindi Vora as its new director. Vora comes to UC Davis from UC San Diego where she served as associate professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies, and as affiliate faculty of the […]
Scientists Rally to Help Unique Research Facility Destroyed by Hurricane Maria
By Lisa Howard When Darcy Hannibal wanted to eat lunch while she was studying rhesus macaques on Cayo Santiago — also known as Monkey Island, a half mile off the coast of Puerto Rico — she had to put herself in a cage. “Otherwise the monkeys will go for your food,” said Hannibal. “They aren’t […]
Mitigating Climate Change with Mud? UC Davis Team Chosen as Part of Resilient by Design’s Bay Area Challenge
By Lisa Howard UC Davis faculty are part of a multidisciplinary design team chosen to develop solutions to strengthen the San Francisco Bay Area’s resilience to the impact of climate change, such as sea-level rise, severe storms and flooding. The contest, Resilient By Design’s Bay Area Challenge, attracted 51 international teams. The ten winners, which […]
