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Professor Marie Heffern

Agilent Research Catalyst Award Presented to UC Davis for Breakthroughs in Peptide Therapeutics

  • by Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies today announced that the University of California has received an Agilent Research Catalyst (ARC) award on behalf of Marie Heffern, an associate professor of chemistry at the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis. The award recognizes Heffern’s innovative research into the analytical characterization of peptide and protein therapeutics targeting incretin and related pathways, an emerging area critical to advancing treatments for diabetes and obesity.

A farmer runs his hand through the grains of a wheat field. UC Davis scientists have developed wheat plants that can stimulate the production of their own fertilizer. (Getty)

Wheat That Makes Its Own Fertilizer

  • by Trina Kleist
Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have developed wheat plants that stimulate the production of their own fertilizer, opening the path toward less air and water pollution worldwide and lower costs for farmers.
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Fruit and Vegetable Foundation Gifts $10M to UC Davis

The Fruit and Vegetable Foundation announced a $10 million gift to the University of California, Davis School of Medicine and UC Davis Health. This gift establishes the Dr. Douglas S. L. Howard Endowed Chair in Nutrition for Transformative Healthcare and supports the development of the corresponding program. The UC Davis Nutrition for Transformative Healthcare Program will promote infrastructure, research, and outreach into Whole Food Nutritional Health with the goal of expanding the knowledge and understanding of how fruits and vegetables play an important role in supporting good health.
Fellows from the UC Davis Innovation Institute for Food and Health at an industry day event. (IIFH)

Developing Future Food and Health Leaders

The University of California, Davis’ Innovation Institute for Food and Health, UC Investments and Denmark’s Novo Nordisk Foundation today announced a unique collaboration to develop international leaders in food and planetary health.
Postdoc Augustine Arredondo works in the Justin Siegel's lab

A half-century partnership

Foundations and corporate organizations have played an essential role in UC Davis’ Expect Greater campaign, contributing $1,173,263,484 through research exchange and donations. One such partnership between UC Davis and Mars spans nearly 50 years of history, with wide ranging collaborations driving significant advancements across the food, health and agriculture sectors.
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