Office of Research News Archives

UC Davis Sustains Research Funding with $845.5 million in Awards

Crocker Nuclear Laboratory Receives DOE Grant to Manufacture Rare Isotope for Medical Use

Bill Tucker Appointed Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Technology Commercialization at UC Davis

Earth BioGenome Project builds foundation for 10-year mission to sequence life

From Yellow-Legged Frogs to Chickpeas: Graduate Students Receive Funding for Wide Range of Microbiome Research Topics

$2.5M to develop bioenergy feedstock poplar trees that can be grown on low-quality land

Going for a Hike in Stebbins Cold Canyon? There’s an App for That!

Brain Molecule Identified as Key in Anxiety Model

UC Davis Health awarded $3.8M to explore Alzheimer’s Disease in Hispanic Cohorts

UC Davis Partners With DEA-Approved Company to Conduct Cannabis Research

Solving the Global Nitrogen Problem

Research Inspired by ‘Water Bears’ Leads to Innovations in Medicine, Food Preservation and Blood Storage

Research Core Facilities Program Invests $775,000 in New Equipment and Strategic Operating Expansions to Advance Research Infrastructure

School of Law Receives $1.15M to Serve Immigrants through Immigration Law Clinics

MRR Innovation Lab Receives Grant up to $30M to Study Root Causes of Poverty, Food Insecurity

UCLA to lead $10 million California conservation project

UC Davis Joins UC Campus Collective on Initiative to Provide Officials with Scientific Basis for Confronting Climate Change

UC Davis Scientist Bruce Hammock Wins $6 Million Federal Program Award

14 New Startups Emerge from UC Davis Innovations

Denneal Jamison-McClung Named Director of UC Davis Biotechnology Program

Tahoe Environmental Research Center Transitions to a Special Research Program

EXPLORER, a UC Davis imaging breakthrough, makes a media splash

From Sheep and Cattle to Giraffes, Genome Study Reveals Evolution of Ruminants

Breeding Crops for Enhanced Food Safety

UC Davis STAIR Grant Awards Over $400K to Advance Innovations Towards Commercialization

COMPADRE: Five-year, $1.8M Award Aims to Transform Health Care in Rural California and Oregon

UC Davis Honors Recipients of 2019 Chancellor’s Innovation Awards

Mukherjee Celebrates the Power of the Network

$9M Grant from NIH for New Center to Develop Safe Genome Editing Tools

More than $30M in Grants Expands Scope of Research at UC Davis Alzheimer’s Disease Center

Allen Van Deynze Receives Excellence in Research Award

New Institute Eyes HOME in Deep Space with $15M Grant from NASA

Connecting the Future: How a UC Davis Invention Helped Build Broadband Communications

Neurologic Disease Research at UC Davis Contributes to First Treatment Specifically Approved for Postpartum Depression

UC Drug Discovery Consortium announces first partnership

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

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

Register Today for the 2019 Annual Research Expo

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

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

UC Davis Sustains Research Funding with $845.5 million in Awards

The University of California, Davis, nearly matched its record level of annual research funding in 2018-19, receiving $845.5 million in grants and contracts, coming in... Read More

Crocker Nuclear Laboratory Receives DOE Grant to Manufacture Rare Isotope for Medical Use

The Crocker Nuclear Laboratory at the University of California, Davis, has received a $340,000 grant from the Department of Energy to manufacture a rare isotope,... Read More

Bill Tucker Appointed Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Technology Commercialization at UC Davis

September 3, 2019 William (Bill) Tucker has been appointed interim associate vice chancellor for Innovation and Technology Commercialization within the UC Davis Office of Research.... Read More

Earth BioGenome Project builds foundation for 10-year mission to sequence life

The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP) is a confederated network of partner organizations and affiliated projects that have a common goal of sequencing and annotating the... Read More

From Yellow-Legged Frogs to Chickpeas: Graduate Students Receive Funding for Wide Range of Microbiome Research Topics

By Jose Franco August 26, 2019 The UC Davis Microbiome Special Research Program is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 Microbiome Graduate Research... Read More

$2.5M to develop bioenergy feedstock poplar trees that can be grown on low-quality land

By Ann Filmer August 22, 2019 Bioenergy crops are central to climate mitigation strategies. This includes their use in BECCS (Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and... Read More

Going for a Hike in Stebbins Cold Canyon? There’s an App for That!

By Lisa Howard August 19, 2019 A group of UC Davis students has created an iPhone app that allows visitors to the Stebbins Cold Canyon... Read More

Brain Molecule Identified as Key in Anxiety Model

UC Davis Health awarded $3.8M to explore Alzheimer’s Disease in Hispanic Cohorts

By Nadine A. Yehya August 14, 2019 (SACRAMENTO) —A team of researchers lead by Brittany Dugger of UC Davis Health has been awarded a $3.8... Read More

UC Davis Partners With DEA-Approved Company to Conduct Cannabis Research