May 2018

Distinguished Professor Charlie Bamforth awarded the Horace Brown Medal

The Institute of Brewing and Distilling is honoring Distinguished Professor Charlie Bamforth with the Horace Brown Medal, which will be awarded at their Presidential Dinner on September 21st 2018.

Professor Waterhouse named director of Robert Mondavi Institute

Viticulture and Enology

Wine chemist takes helm of UC Davis institute devoted to wine and food

Professor Andrew Waterhouse, a faculty expert in wine chemistry, quality and analysis, has been named Director of the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science at the University of California, Davis.

Kinsella Memorial Prize winner is recent PhD student

Food Science and Technology

Congratulations to Xiaochen (Ellie) Yin, who recently completed her Ph.D. in food science in the Marco lab, and has been awarded the John E. Kinsella Memorial Prize for outstanding research on her doctoral dissertation examining probiotics and health!

Full details of her prize are written up in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences website here.

FST Faculty Affiliate Dr. Matthew Lange's "Internet of Food" featured in article

Food Science and Technology

Dr. Matthew Lange, a Professional Food and Health Informatician and Research Scientist who is an FST faculty affiliate, was interviewed by FoodNavigator.com recently about the Internet of Food, which is creating a common language that can be used to digitize every aspect of the food system.

The article by Katy Askew is online now, read it in full here.

Dr. Diane Barrett featured in NPR news story

Food Science and Technology

Dr. Diane Barrett, Cooperative Extension Specialist Emerita, was recently featured in a news story on National Public Radio (NPR).

Dr. Barrett explained her research for a news story titled "Frozen Food Fan? As Sales Rise, Studies Show Frozen Produce Is As Healthy As Fresh".

Listen to Dr. Barrett speak, or read the news story, on the NPR website.

CE Specialst Dr. Kaan Kurtural featured in Capital Press website

Viticulture and Enology

"In the heart of the Napa Valley, a vineyard produces fine Cabernet Sauvignon with virtually no help from laborers."

"The 40-acre “touchless vineyard” was established by Kaan Kurtural, a University of California Cooperative Extension specialist who has devoted much of his career to improving production efficiency in vineyards as labor shortages have worsened." So begins an article by Tim Hearden on capitalpress.com, "the West's Ag Website".

Dr. Ameer Taha selected for Jordi Folch-Pi Award from ASN

Food Science and Technology

Assistant Professor Ameer Taha, who was selected to receive the Jordi Folch-Pi Award from the American Society for Neurochemistry (ASN).

Winery rounds out the helm with Assistant Winemaker and Cellarmaster

Viticulture and Enology

VEN winery leadership has at last rounded out the helm! We welcomed Eric Hanson, Assistant Winemaker, in the Fall, and Ryan Leeman, Cellarmaster to our department in March.

Bamforth awarded Brewers Association Recognition Award

Food Science and Technology

This week at the at the Craft Brewers Conference, FST Distinguished Professor of Brewing, Dr. Charlie Bamforth was awarded the Brewers Association Recognition Award.

The plaque Dr. Bamforth received says it's "honoring Charlie Bamforth whose inspiration, enthusiasm and support have contributed to the development of the American Craft Brewing Movement."

Over 14,000 delegates attend the Craft Brewers Conference, this year's conference was in Nashville, Tennesee from April 30-May 3.

Congratulations to Dr. Bamforth!

Linda Bisson reacts to Wine Flavor 101 that honored her career

Viticulture and Enology

I want to take this opportunity to thank the organizers (Kay and Anita) of "Wine Flavor 101: Managing Wine Quality – Problematic Fermentation", the program held on February 15 to celebrate my career. I also want to thank all the speakers for their kind words, particularly David Block and Charlie Edwards, on the impact I have had on their careers and the industry. It's very humbling to know that these things can mean so much to others.

Update from the UC Davis Viticulture and Enology extension committee

Viticulture and Enology

The UC Davis Viticulture and Enology extension committee had a busy start to the year, with a booth and reception at the Unified Symposium in January and two “On the Road” educational events: one in Santa Cruz in February and another in Temecula during the first week of March.

Dr. Linda Harris interviewed on NBC

Food Science and Technology

FST Chair Dr. Linda Harris was recently interviewed by NBC Bay Area for a story about food safety and the confusion consumers have around food expiration dates.

In addition to being a Cooperative Extension Specialist for the Department of Food Science and Technology, Dr. Harris is also the Co-Principal Investigator and Chair of the Western Center for Food Safety.

Watch the video here.