Office of Research News Archives

UC Davis Connects with Industry Leaders at World Agri-Tech Summit

The Science of Lake Tahoe: Long-term monitoring of one of the world’s most famous lakes

All-woman Polar Day Forum at UC Davis Features First Woman to Ski Solo across Antarctica

Register Today for the 2019 Annual Research Expo

Call for Proposals: IMPACT Center Program Offers up to $3 Million to Support New Multidisciplinary Research Centers

New Project Focuses on Cultural Inclusivity, Retention in Graduate STEM Training

Request For Proposals: STAIR™ Grant Funding to Support Translational Science and Innovative Research

Anti-Inflammatory Compound Protects Against Cancer Growth and Recurrence

UC Davis–Delta Stewardship Council Journal Has Helped Inform California Water Policies for 15 Years

$4.7M to Study Storing Greenhouse Gases in Soil

How a mysterious box of tobacco industry papers shaped Dr. Elisa Tong’s medical career

Guidance Related to Government Shutdown

UC Davis Microbiome Special Research Program Awards Seed Funding to Seven Collaborative Research Projects

Explorer team selected by Physics World as one of the Top 10 Breakthroughs in 2018

Later-born siblings of children with autism or ADHD are at elevated risk for both disorders

Discovering Curiosity: Protecting Our Oceans from the Tiniest Toxins with Gary Cherr

Student Team Wins Amazon Alexa Artificial Intelligence Challenge

No Super Powers but Nuclear Program Gets Students Excited about Science

International Consortium Officially Launches Earth BioGenome Project in London

Dr. Laurie Brignolo Appointed to Lead Campus Animal Care for Teaching and Research

Muir Institute Recognizes Faculty and Staff Solving Real-world Environmental Problems

UC Davis Selects Global Plant Genetics, Ltd. for Strawberry Licensing in Europe, Mediterranean and South America

UC Davis Sets Record With $846.7 Million in Research Funding

Comprehensive Cancer Center Receives $6.3 million to address disparities for Latinos, Asians and Blacks

Interview with Prasant Mohapatra on His New Role as Vice Chancellor for Research

Abhijit Chaudhari, an associate professor in the UC Davis Department of Radiology

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiatives Enabled by AB 2664 Funding Show Impact

Transforming the Food System through Strategic Partnerships in “Moonshots for Better Food”

International Agreement Will Expand Research on Stereotyping and Prejudice

Can We Grow One of the World’s Largest Food Crops Without Fertilizer?

UC Davis neuroscientists advance learning and memory research to decode how our brains work

Commercialization of Innovative Treatments Aided by STAIR Plus Grants

Record Number of UC Davis Startups for 2017–18

BASF and UC Davis collaborating to unlock new potential in human milk oligosaccharides

Multicenter study finds Zika virus may pose greater threat of miscarriages than previously thought

UC Davis Chancellor Selects Prasant Mohapatra as Vice Chancellor for Research

Anne Britt, a professor in the UC Davis Department of Plant Biology

UC Davis STAIR and DIAL Grant Recipients Developing Breakthrough Innovations

Research Shows Deporting Immigrants Hurts Local Economies

Engineering Postdoctoral Fellow Is Creating New Possibilities for an Old Material

UC Davis Innovators Honored for Contributions in Agriculture, Pathology

Earth BioGenome Project Aims to Sequence DNA From All Complex Life

UC Davis Signs Agreement to with Australian National Science Organization to Enhance Global Cross-Disciplinary Research

Symposium at UC Davis to Focus on the Value and Values of Feminist Research

New Source of Global Nitrogen Discovered

Primo “Lucky” Lara named UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center Director

Startup Founded by Researchers From UC Davis and UC Berkeley Acquired by TDK Corporation

Protestors leave shoes in front of Capitol to protest gun violence

Can Gun Violence Restraining Orders Help Prevent Mass Shootings?

Training a Bee to Fly Upwind: Stacey Combes’ Research Reveals the Complex Biomechanics that Help Insects Survive

Kalindi Vora Receives 2018 Rachel Carson Prize for ‘Life Support’

Consumer, Industrial Products Overtake Transportation as Source of Urban Air Pollution

Startup Receives FDA Clearance for Polymer That Can Help Injured Bones Regrow

UC Davis Is Educating and Inspiring the Next Generation of Nuclear Scientists

UC Davis Licenses Technology for Miniaturized System That Can Detect Chemicals With High Specificity and Sensitivity

Biotechnology Program at UC Davis Has Been Connecting Students with Industry for 20 Years

How Susan Ustin Helped Launch a New Field of Study and Why She Continues to Study the Earth from Above

Muir Institute Announces Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives

UC Davis Establishes Alliance of Excellence in Biophotonics with German Leibniz Institute for Photonic Technologies

Muir Institute Selects Fellows to Further Its Environmental Mission

Kalindi Vora named director of Feminist Research Institute at UC Davis

Scientists Rally to Help Unique Research Facility Destroyed by Hurricane Maria

Mitigating Climate Change with Mud? UC Davis Team Chosen as Part of Resilient by Design’s Bay Area Challenge

UC Davis Sponsored Research Funding Increases to $783 Million

UC Davis Startups Tackle Complex Problems

Elsevier, Inc. and UC Davis Partner on Data Science Initiatives

Researcher Profile: Irwin Donis-González Wants to Share the Best of the Best

Brave New Medicine: How an Enzyme Created with Synthetic DNA May Enable the First Treatment for Celiac Disease

CDC Supports UC Researchers in Fighting Vector-Borne Diseases

Mini-Grant Program in Geriatrics-2017-2018

Podcast: CNPRC Researchers Visit Unique Primate Centers in Borneo and Thailand

Animals in Research and Teaching at UC Davis

Austin Brown Named New Executive Director of UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and the Economy

UC Davis Launches Microbiome Initiative to Leverage Expertise across Campus

Nine grants, totaling $328,000, awarded to help campus innovators advance research and technology towards commercialization

Reconstruction of Ancient Chromosomes Offers Insight Into Mammalian Evolution

America’s Mighty Dream: Pianist/Activist Lara Downes and the Transformative Power of Music

Amber Waves of Genetic Wheat Mutations: Developing Better Wheat to Feed the World

Pianist, Wheat Geneticist Recipients of 2017 Innovator of the Year Award

Feminist Research Institute Looks to Bridge Gap between Humanistic and Scientific Sides of UC Davis

Researcher Spotlight: How an Interdisciplinary Team of Researchers Became Interested in the Ethics of CRISPR/Cas-9

Research Project Looks to Increase Women and Underrepresented Minorities in the Sciences

Researchers launch underwater robots to study how and when ice shelves collapse

Startup Uses Friendly Chat Bot Named Wazlo to Connect Workers with Employers

Kelly Gravuer takes a soil sample at Russell Ranch. Her soil microbe study for her Ph.D. at UC Davis yielded unexpected results.

Invasion of the Poultry Manure Microbes. Or Maybe Not.

5 Things You Probably Don’t Know About the Soil Microbiome

Plant Genes May Lack Off Switch, But Have Volume Control

‘OneClimate’ a Call to Arms Fusing UC Davis’ Collective Strength in Climate Science

Uncovering the Hidden Life of Soil

Flour & Oil: How a UC Davis Researcher is Helping Improve Health in Developing Countries

KeckCAVES Virtual Reality Software Now for Gaming Headsets

The UC Davis-HM.CLAUSE Life Science Innovation Center

$2.2 Million in State Funds to Enhance Entrepreneurship and Innovation

At 27 Years Old, MNRC Remains One of “Newest” Nuclear Reactors in U.S., But Industry May be Waking Up

UC Davis Connects with Industry Leaders at World Agri-Tech Summit

UC Davis joined over 1,300 industry leaders at this year’s World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in San Francisco with the goal of accelerating the advancement of... Read More

The Science of Lake Tahoe: Long-term monitoring of one of the world’s most famous lakes

All-woman Polar Day Forum at UC Davis Features First Woman to Ski Solo across Antarctica

By Lisa Howard March 13, 2019 The first woman to ski alone across Antarctica, a professor who has written a book about the offbeat ephemera... Read More

Register Today for the 2019 Annual Research Expo

The annual UC Davis Research Expo showcases the latest tools, resources and insights to help you advance your research programs and careers. The event includes... Read More

Call for Proposals: IMPACT Center Program Offers up to $3 Million to Support New Multidisciplinary Research Centers

The Office of Research is pleased to announce a program designed to establish and launch new multidisciplinary centers that respond to society’s greatest challenges and... Read More

New Project Focuses on Cultural Inclusivity, Retention in Graduate STEM Training

By Lisa Howard February 14, 2019 The Feminist Research Institute (FRI) and the Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies (GSW) held a one-day workshop... Read More

Request For Proposals: STAIR™ Grant Funding to Support Translational Science and Innovative Research

Anti-Inflammatory Compound Protects Against Cancer Growth and Recurrence

UC Davis–Delta Stewardship Council Journal Has Helped Inform California Water Policies for 15 Years

By Lisa Howard January 21, 2019 When the peer-reviewed journal San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science launched fifteen years ago, the editors chose what was... Read More

$4.7M to Study Storing Greenhouse Gases in Soil

Muir Institute Leads UC Project to Find Shovel-Ready Solutions for Carbon Sequestration January 16, 2019 By Lisa Howard California leads the nation in reducing greenhouse... Read More