Office of Research News Archives

Denneal Jamison-McClung Named Director of UC Davis Biotechnology Program

Tahoe Environmental Research Center Transitions to a Special Research Program

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

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

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

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

Denneal Jamison-McClung Named Director of UC Davis Biotechnology Program

By Lisa Howard July 8, 2019 Denneal Jamison-McClung has been named director of the UC Davis Biotechnology Program by the Office of Research. Founded in... Read More

Tahoe Environmental Research Center Transitions to a Special Research Program

On July 1, 2019, the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) transitioned to being a Special Research Program within the Office of Research. Previously... Read More

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

Dozens of community clinics, health centers and hospitals will become training sites for resident physicians from UC Davis and Oregon Health & Science University June... Read More

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

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

New Data Opens New Opportunities for Research, Conservation and Animal Breeding By Lisa Howard June 21, 2019 A team of researchers has carried out a... Read More

Breeding Crops for Enhanced Food Safety

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

June 12, 2019 DAVIS, Calif. — Innovators at the University of California, Davis, are receiving financial support to advance their research and technologies toward commercialization.... Read More

UC Davis Honors Recipients of 2019 Chancellor’s Innovation Awards

By Lisa Howard May 30, 2019 The University of California, Davis, announced the recipients of the 2019 Chancellor’s Innovation Awards at a ceremony at the... Read More

Mukherjee Celebrates the Power of the Network

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

UC Davis launches center to advance genome-editing tools New center will serve as the nation’s testing site for safety and efficacy By Charles Casey May... Read More