By Lisa Howard The University of California, Davis, has signed a four-way memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Zhengzhou Normal University in China, University of Hildesheim in Germany and Hanbit Psychiatric Rehabilitation Hospital in South Korea to establish an International Joint Laboratory of Cognitive Science. Jeff Sherman, a professor in the UC Davis Department of Psychology […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
