Entries by Aj Cheline

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 […]

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 […]

UC Davis Sponsored Research Funding Increases to $783 Million

By Lisa Howard The University of California, Davis, received $783 million in external research funding for fiscal year 2016-17, up $23 million from the previous year. UC Davis remained fourth overall among University of California campuses, which received a combined total of $6.08 billion from all external sponsors during fiscal year 2016-17, about 1 percent […]