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$2 million grant fuels UC Davis fight against pancreatic cancer

  • by Stephanie Winn
The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research announced the grant recently as part of the launch of a new coalition of leading organizations dedicated to solving early detection of some of the deadliest cancers. The focus includes pancreatic, ovarian and esophageal cancers — all of which have poor long-term survival rates.
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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What is The Mousy Taste in Sour Beer?

Lallemand, in partnership with Dr. Glen Fox and UC Davis, has developed a method to detect mousy off-flavor in sour beer. This innovation will help brewers improve their sour creations.
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UC Davis Physicist Receives $1.25 Million Grant to Investigate Superconductivity

A UC Davis physicist is among the third annual cohort of Experimental Physics Investigators supported by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Associate Professor Inna Vishik, Department of Physics and Astronomy at the College of Letters and Science, joins 18 other researchers nationwide who will each receive a five-year, $1.25 million grant to pursue new research goals and explore uncharted, innovative ideas.
Carrots at the campus Farmer’s Market

Grant Studying Wild Carrots Seeks to Improve Stress Tolerance

The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research awarded a $500,000 grant to the University of California, Davis, to meet to tap into the genetic diversity of wild carrots to breed Alternaria resistance and the ability to grow in water-deficient conditions. FFAR’s Crops of the Future Collaborative partners Bayer, Bejo Zaden, Enza Zaden, Rijk Zwaan, Takii Seed and Vilmorin Mikado are providing matching funds for a total investment of $1 million.
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