Entries by Aj Cheline
Commercialization of Innovative Treatments Aided by STAIR Plus Grants
By Lisa Howard Three research teams at University of California, Davis, have received STAIR-Plus™ Grants to help demonstrate proof-of-concept and commercial feasibility for their innovations. Now in its second year, the Venture Catalyst STAIR-Plus Grant program is intended to offer additional support to Science Translation and Innovative Research (STAIR™) Grant recipients who have successfully achieved […]
Record Number of UC Davis Startups for 2017–18
By Lisa Howard The University of California, Davis, enabled the foundation of 16 commercial companies during the fiscal year ending June 30, an all-time high for the university. This brings the total number of startups made possible by UC Davis technologies during the past 10 years to 137. “Our commitment to supporting innovative faculty, students and […]
Multicenter study finds Zika virus may pose greater threat of miscarriages than previously thought
26 percent of nonhuman primates lost pregnancies despite not showing symptoms Research from several institutions, including the California National Primate Research Center at UC Davis, suggests that more women could be losing their pregnancies to the Zika virus without knowing they are infected. The study, published in Nature Medicine July 2, found 26 percent of […]
UC Davis Chancellor Selects Prasant Mohapatra as Vice Chancellor for Research
By Dana Topousis in University News UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May has selected Prasant Mohapatra to serve as vice chancellor for research. Mohapatra, who has been the dean of graduate studies and vice provost of graduate education since 2016, will oversee an annual research funding portfolio of about $783 million (as of fiscal year […]
UC Davis STAIR and DIAL Grant Recipients Developing Breakthrough Innovations
By Lisa Howard June 25, 2018 DAVIS, Calif. — Innovators at the University of California, Davis, are receiving financial support to advance their research and technologies toward commercialization. Managed by Venture Catalyst, the Science Translation and Innovative Research (STAIR™) and the Data, Informatics & Application Launch (DIAL™) grant programs are designed to provide funding to […]
Research Shows Deporting Immigrants Hurts Local Economies
By Lisa Howard During the early days of the Great Depression, when many Americans were desperate to find jobs, state and local officials in the United States began forcibly repatriating Mexicans, including American citizens of Mexican descent, to Mexico. Jobs were scarce — unemployment would eventually reach 25 percent in 1933 — and the thinking […]
