Office of Research News Archives

Call for 2021 UC Davis Chancellor’s Innovation Award Nominations

Distinguished Speaker Series in Research and Innovation – mRNA Vaccine Development for COVID-19

Aijun Wang, Kit Lam and Alyssa Panitch stand outside the Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility, Jan. 7, 2021.

‘Just Sticky Enough’ Compound May Help Patients with Kidney Disease

The UC Davis Finn is one of two new strawberry varieties bred to be large, sweet, and to ripen in winter.

UC Davis Releases 2 New Strawberry Varieties

Leigh Ann Simmons, a professor in the Department of Human Ecology, pictured at the UC Davis Student Community Center.

UC Davis Leads $3M Community-based Project in Yolo County Targeting Adverse Childhood Experiences

Team Science: Opportunities in Neuroscience

Technology Commercialization Proof-of -Concept Grants Available

Public Impact Research Initiative Grants Available

Glenn Yiu, an associate professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science.

UC Davis Receives $3.2 Million Award to Study Age-Related Macular Degeneration

UC Davis Licenses Novel COVID-19 Lung Treatment Using Inhaled Statins to InVixa, Inc

Update on COVID-19 Research Operations on Campus

iSeroSnFR was created by fusing a serotonin binding protein to a green fluorescent protein.

Innovative serotonin sensor to improve neurological drug development

Zika Virus Affects Eye Development Before But Not After Birth

Girl participating in online education training class with teacher and other students using laptop at home. (iStock photo)

New Project Documents How California’s K-12 Schools are Tackling the Pandemic

‘Click Chemistry’ Cancer Treatment Developed by UC Davis Startup Now in Clinical Trials

Holiday Greetings from the Office of Research

Research in Action: The 2019 – 2020 Office of Research Annual Report

Campus Curtailment Impact on Research Support Operations

West African Cuisine at the Heart of New Fortification Clinical Trial Led by UC Davis

Jennifer Doudna on CRISPR, coronavirus and curiosity-driven research

Call to Enter Phase 2x of the On-Campus Research Ramp-Up Plan

Launch Event: Research Pathways to Impact

Distinguished Speaker Series in Research and Innovation – 2020 Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna

UC Davis School of Medicine and UTHealth get nearly $54 million to study the role of white matter lesions in dementia

UC Davis Partnered Pavement Research Center Receives $32 Million Interagency Agreement from Caltrans for Pavement Research

UC Davis Physics and Astronomy Receives $7.4M DOE Grant

UC Davis Engineers Lead $36M Effort to Improve Recovery From Spinal Cord Injuries

Grants Available for Research Impacted by COVID-19

Gerhard Bauer in the clean room at the UC Davis Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) facility. (UC Davis photo)

Gene Therapy Center Developing Cutting-Edge Treatments

UC Davis Receives NSF Funding for Engineering, Sciences, Artificial Intelligence for HSIs

UC Davis Sets Record With $941 Million in Research Funding

Amazon and Congo Basin Focus of New Emerging Infectious Disease Research Center

UC Davis to Lead New Artificial Intelligence Institute for Next Generation Food Systems

Innovative Startups Commercializing UC Davis Technologies

New Partnership Seeds Microbiome Research

San Francisco's Chinatown in 1894. A History Project workshop to study Chinese history in California is one of the projects that received an NEH grant. (Getty Images)

NEH Bestows $250,000 in Grants to The History Project at UC Davis

Susan Ustin Appointed Interim Director of John Muir Institute of the Environment

Tara Niendam, associate professor in psychiatry and executive director of the UC Davis Early Psychosis Program

Tara Niendam Receives $2.8 million for Early Psychosis Project

Research Investments in Cannabis and Hemp Awarded

Cassandra Hart, an associate professor in the UC Davis School of Education

Measuring the Impact of Emergency Remote Instruction at California Community Colleges

Harmonizing guidance on feeding recommendations for birth to 24 months

Neuroscience Researcher Receives $1.5 Million Grant from Department of Defense to Develop New Diagnostic Tool for Hearing Loss

Satya Dandekar honored with prestigious NIH MERIT award for HIV research

Daniel Fong (left) an electrical and computer engineering Ph.D. student, and Soheil Ghiasi (right), a professor of electrical and computer engineering, are photographed in Ghiasi's lab in Kemper Hall, February 2020. Ghiasi and Fong have invented a patented device that can measure blood oxygen saturation in a fetus through the maternal abdomen.)

UC Davis Startup Develops Monitor That Measures Baby’s Blood Oxygen Saturation in the Womb

UC Davis Names Recipients of 2020 Chancellor’s Innovation Awards

UC Davis launches new Ph.D. diversity initiative in biotechnology

UC Davis Awards Grants to Advance Innovative Solutions with Commercial Potential

Call to Enter Phase 2 of On-Campus Research Ramp-Up Plan

Vice Chancellor for Research, Graduate Student Develop COVID-19 Contact-Tracing Tool

Request to Utilize Core Facilities during Campus COVID-19 Phases

Core Facility Access Review and Oversight Process for Covid-19: Phase 2

New USAID-funded Initiative Jumpstarts Africa-based Research Leadership

UC Davis receives $6.7M for 5-year renewal of its NIH Mutant Mouse Resource & Research Center

Phase 1x: Addendum to Guidelines for UC Davis Research Ramp-Up/Down

Addendum to Guidelines for Ramping Up On-Campus Research introducing Phase 1x to begin May 11, 2020

COVID-19 ‘Live’ Series Debuts May 7

Research Continuity & Planning for COVID-19

COVID-19 Research Resources

Data Science Researchers Receive Over $1 Million in Grants

COVID-19 Vaccine With Patch Delivery Technology Enters Preclinical Testing at UC Davis

Guidelines for UC Davis Research Ramp-Up/Ramp-Down

New Foreign Research and Export Control

Covid-19 Research Virtual Town Hall Meetings

Research Core Facilities Status during Covid-19 (updated Nov 10, 2020)

Charging Grants and Contracts (Including Salaries) During COVID-19

Donating Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

COVID-19 Related Funding Opportunities

UC Davis COVID-19 Research Accelerator Fund Call for Proposals and Application Guidelines

New Working Group Advances COVID-19 Research at UC Davis

Campus Guidance on Reducing On-Campus Research Activities Due to COVID-19 (March 17, 2020)

COVID-19 Related Resources for Startups (March 23, 2020)

COVID-19: Guidance related to studies involving human subjects (Updated April 2, 2020)

Lifeng Lai, Eric Kurzrock and Soheil Ghiasi

Wearable Device Assists People with Spinal Cord Injuries

Sierra Biopharma is Developing Antigen-Specific Therapy Targeting Autoimmune Diseases

Mouse Biology Program Joins the Office of Research

UC Davis Associate Professor Justin Siegel.

University Startup PvP Biologics Acquired by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company

Innovator of the Year Award: Nominations Due March 12, 2020

Office of Research Releases 2020 Strategic Plan

Venture Catalyst Announces Launch of 2019-20 STAIR and DIAL Proof-of-Concept Grant Programs

Earth BioGenome Project Receives Support from Pacific Biosciences to Sequence Species in California

UC Davis Selects Fresa Fortaleza, LLC, for Strawberry Licensing in Mexico

Distinguished Speaker Series in Research and Innovation

Cryo-EM: Unleashing the Future of Biology at UC Davis

Carter and Tian Named as Co-Directors of the UC Davis Cannabis and Hemp Research Center

How Researchers Are Responding to Mitigate California’s Wildfire Crisis

New Distinguished Speaker Series in Research and Innovation Announced by Vice Chancellor for Research, Prasant Mohapatra

Startup Uses Advanced Imaging Technology and Machine Learning to Sort Seeds and Insects

Spotlight on Energy-Related Innovations from UC Davis Researchers

Rectal Microbes Influence Effectiveness of HIV Vaccine

Holiday Greetings from the Office of Research

David Bunn Chosen to Direct Environmental Policy and Management Program at UC Davis

Scientists Receive $6 Million to Support Particle Accelerator, Wildfire Research

Calculating the Costs of Ecological Disruption from Climate Change

Fox 40 Video: McClellan Nuclear Research Center Helps Reduce Carbon Footprint From Jet Fuel

Nutrient Supplements Significantly Reduce Child Deaths: UC Davis Study finds 27 percent drop in child mortality

Join Our Team: Associate Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Technology Commercialization

Going BIG for the One Climate Initiative

Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies at UC Davis receives $1M to Expand Research

$7M Grant to Study Cooperative Automated Vehicles in Rural and Multimodal Environments

EicOsis Receives $15M to Help Fund Human Clinical Trials of Non-opioid Pain Therapy

UC Davis Hosts International Workshop to Tackle Global Food Challenges

Project to Restore Natural Flow of Alameda Creek Receives $31.4 million Grant

University College Dublin and University of California, Davis Strengthen Strategic Partnership

Psychology Professor Receives $275K Grant to Explore Links between Music and Memory

Barriers to Public Acceptance of Climate Science, Impacts, and Solutions: A Talk By Renowned Climate Scientist Katherine Hayhoe

Pakistani Researcher Hopes to Improve Conditions for Women Working in Agriculture

$85M USAID Award Supports New Project Led by UC Davis One Health Institute

Muir Institute Fellows Exemplify Wide Range of Disciplines Tackling Climate Change at UC Davis

$1.5M Award from NSF to Establish New Data Science Institute at UC Davis

UC Davis Awarded $1.5M CRISPR Grant to Test Novel Approach to Cancer Treatment

Extreme Wildfires Are Transforming Forestlands Into Shrublands

Designing a New Class of Drugs to Treat Chronic Pain: UC Davis Researchers Receive $1.5M million

$4M Grant to UC Davis and Drexel Tests Online Tool for Caregivers of Individuals with Dementia

California’s transition to zero emission vehicles could save the state money

Educational Enrichment and Outreach Programs Receives $1.2M to Advance Diversity in Research

Subatomic Particles, Soil, Solar and Space: 4 Research Studies at MNRC

UC Davis Invests $4 Million to Launch New Research Centers

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

Dogs, Cats Rescued From California Camp Fire Heal With Fish Skins

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

High-Severity Wildfires Complicate Natural Regeneration for California Conifers

Cow Gene Study Shows Why Most Clones Fail

Can Ben Houlton Help UC Davis Solve Climate Change?

UC Davis and BASF Announce Collaboration on Development of New Microencapsulation Technology

UC Davis Receives $760 Million in Sponsored Research Funding

How a ‘Nonsense’ Genetic Mutation from a Bull Born in 1962 Caused the Loss of Half a Million Calves Worldwide

Interim Vice Chancellor for Research Cam Carter

Cameron Carter named Interim Vice Chancellor for Research

14 New Startups Based on Technologies Developed at UC Davis Tackle Range of Scientific, Medical and Societal Problems

McClellan Nuclear Research Center Receives “Green Light” on Strategic Plan, Appoints New Director

New Director of John Muir Institute of the Environment Looks to Solve Complex Environmental Problems

From Ideas to Innovation with STAIR Grants

Research Profile: Using robots and computer programming to get students excited about math

Wayne Theibaud poses for a photo at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis)

Recipients of 2016 UC Davis Chancellor’s Innovation Awards Announced

A Priceless View: EyePod Lets Researchers See ‘What’s Really Happening’ Inside Tumors

UC Davis Researchers One Step Closer to Creating Hand-held Device to Detect Pathogens like E. coli

Startups with Roots at UC Davis Pivot as Innovations Become Businesses

Exploratorium and UC Davis Partnership

Research Vice Chancellor Harris Lewin to Step Down

UC Davis Provides Foundational Science to 13 Startups for 2014-15

STAIR Grant 2014-15

Charles E. Hunt, a professor in the UC Davis Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,

STAIR Grant: 2013-14 Awardees

UC Davis ramps up new commercial venture formation with 14 technology startups in past year

Call for 2021 UC Davis Chancellor’s Innovation Award Nominations

The Office of Research is accepting nominations for the Innovator of the Year award. Nominations can be submitted prior to the March 15th deadline. The... Read More

Distinguished Speaker Series in Research and Innovation – mRNA Vaccine Development for COVID-19

Join us for this amazing opportunity to hear from a pioneer in RNA-mediated immune activation, Dr. Katalin Karikó, senior vice president at BioNTech RNA Pharmaceuticals.... Read More

‘Just Sticky Enough’ Compound May Help Patients with Kidney Disease

By Lisa Howard February 18, 2021 Several years ago, Aijun Wang, a biomedical engineer and associate professor in the UC Davis Department of Surgery, became... Read More

UC Davis Releases 2 New Strawberry Varieties

February 11, 2021 By Diane Nelson Red, ripe strawberries are the hallmark of spring in California. Two new varieties from the Public Strawberry Breeding Program at... Read More

UC Davis Leads $3M Community-based Project in Yolo County Targeting Adverse Childhood Experiences

February 8, 2021 Leigh Ann Simmons, a professor and chair in the Department of Human Ecology and co-director of the Perinatal Origins of Disparities (POD)... Read More

Team Science: Opportunities in Neuroscience

February 12th, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM: Presentations and Insights UC Davis Conte Center: Neuroimmune mechanisms in psychiatric disorders Mechanisms underlying the effects of maternal... Read More

Technology Commercialization Proof-of -Concept Grants Available

Public Impact Research Initiative Grants Available

UC Davis Receives $3.2 Million Award to Study Age-Related Macular Degeneration

January 19, 2021 Glenn Yiu, an associate professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, has been awarded a five-year, $3.2 million grant from... Read More

UC Davis Licenses Novel COVID-19 Lung Treatment Using Inhaled Statins to InVixa, Inc

The University of California, Davis and InVixa Inc., a biopharmaceutical startup, have executed a licensing agreement for a novel method using inhaled statins to treat... Read More