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Junior Specialist - Simmons Lab

Food Science and Technology
The position of Junior Specialist provides technical or specialized expertise in the planning and execution of research projects in a Biosafety Level 1 (BSL-1) Laboratory. The Junior Specialist stays apprised of the research area and maintains technical competence in the designated area(s) of specialization. The role of this position is to provide specialized expertise in microbial food safety research projects of the laboratory of the Principal Investigator Dr. Christopher w. Simmons.
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Give Day 2024 - Sensory Hub General Support Fund

Food Science and Technology

Dear FST Alumni, Donors and Friends, 

I'm delighted to serve the Department of Food Science and Technology as the latest Chair. As a UC Davis alumnus myself, I know how special UC Davis is and the lifelong impact it has on its students. As a member of the faculty, it is particularly rewarding to contribute to the success of our Food Science students and witness the growth of our department and community of supporters.

Greenwood and Shruti Parikh at the 2024 UC Davis Little Bang! Pitch + Poster Competition

Greenwood and Parikh win prize in the 2024 Little Bang! Competition

Food Science and Technology

The idea to participate in the UC Davis Little Bang! Pitch + Poster Competition started from a very casual conversation between Brittany Greenwood and Shruti Parikh, grad students in Chris Simmons’ lab, which focuses on waste degradation and sustainable agricultural practices. With a shared background in microbiology and interest in biotechnology, there was no question that a partnership would produce something fruitful. Their “PlasticEaterPro” team was one of eight teams that won a prize of $1000 in the competition, held February 1, 2024.

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Comstock's features UC Davis breast milk science

Food Science and Technology

In a Comstock's Magazine article from Dec. 4, 2023, FST Distinguished Professor and Chemist J. Bruce German shares how a visit to the UC Davis Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in the early 2000s provided the emotional and motivational underpinning for the study of breast milk science at UC Davis since then. The article describes the formation of the Milk Bioactives Program within the Foods for Health Institute, and also features Assistant Professor of Cooperative Extension in the Department of Nutrition Jennifer Smilowitz, as well as FST Distinguished Professor David Mills.

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Using Yeast to Convert Almond Hulls to Animal Feed

Food Science and Technology

Yeast grown on almond hulls could be a new, sustainable route to produce high-protein animal feed from an agricultural waste product, according to research from UC Davis published Nov. 15 in PLOS One.

Raising animals for meat requires livestock feed that is high in protein, especially essential amino acids that animals need to grow. That makes feed the most expensive input in meat production.

Dave Mills Clarivate Highly Cited 2023

Mills on Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher list for 6th year

Food Science and Technology

Congratulations to FST's David Mills, who joins twelve other UC Davis researchers (and a total of 7,125) on the 2023 Clarivate Web of Science Group annual Highly Cited Researchers list.  This is Mills' sixth year that he has been on the list - quite an accomplishment!  The list identifies exceptional scientists and social scientists who have demonstrated significant influence by publishing multiple papers that rank in the top 1 percent by citations in a particular field and year, over

Junior Specialist - Harris Lab

Food Science and Technology
The position of Junior Specialist provides technical or specialized expertise in the planning and execution of research projects in a Biosafety Level 2 (BSL-2) Laboratory. The Junior Specialist stays apprised of the research area and maintains technical competence in the designated area(s) of specialization.
Dr. Weibiao Zhou seminar, 9-22-23

Seminar Announcement, Sept. 22, 2023, Dr. Weibiao Zhou

Food Science and Technology

Professor Weibiao Zhou, the Head of the Department of Food Science and Technology at the National University of Singapore, will be here on Friday, September 22nd. He will give a presentation on “Food Science Landscape and Career Opportunities in Singapore” at noon - 1:30 pm in the Sensory Theater.

We invite everyone in the RMI complex to join us.

Pizza and soft drinks will be offered. 

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