Dr. Carl Winter, FST's Cooperative Extension Specialist in toxicology, focuses on protecting consumers from chemical contaminants of food, and uses musical parodies to help get his message across. Learn about our department's author of "Parodiomics" in the article in Food Safety and Quality magazine, linked below:
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, and the University of Alberta, Canada, have made preliminary discoveries about how Zika and hepatitis C viruses reproduce at the cellular level, providing new insight into a family of viruses that also includes West Nile and dengue. Now their cutting-edge research will be supported by a $1 million grant from the prestigious W.M. Keck Foundation. The foundation primarily focuses on pioneering efforts in the areas of medical research, science and engineering, and undergraduate education.
FST's Distinguished Professor of Brewing Sciences, Charlie Bamforth, is going to be honored with an Award of Distinction at it's 30th annual College Celebration on October 12.
The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences bestows the Awards of Distinction at College Celbration each year at harvest time to celebrate the advancement and accomplishments of our college and its impact on agriculture and the environment.
View a write up on Charlie and the other award recipients at the link below.
Dr. David Mills' research on the gut microbe Bifidobacterium is featured in a recent UCD News story. The microbe can help keep antibiotic resistant infections at bay, according to his research.
Dr. Bwalya Lungu was recognized for her work as vice chair of the Salmonella committee at the USDA-National Poultry Improvement Plan 44th Biennual conference. She was awarded the Kauffmann-White Award.
The University of California, Davis (UC Davis), and BASF announced a collaboration to unlock new benefits of human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs). The long-term objective of this strategic research partnership is to develop and validate second-generation HMO molecules as potent bioactive compounds that can influence the establishment and maintenance of the gut microbiome and provide benefits beyond the gastrointestinal tract, such as brain health, for infants, children and adults.
Congratulations to Harris Lab postdoc Setereh Shiroodi, who has been awarded a 2018 travel grant form the Center for Produce Safety.
The Center for Produce Safety (CPS) which is located in Woodland, provides the produce industry and government with actionable information needed to continually enhance the safety of produce
Professor David Mills presented as a Plenary speaker at the Korean Society for Food Science International Symposium and Annual Meeting on June 28 in Busan, Korea. His talk was titled "Mammals, Milk and Microbes: The role of Milk in the Establishment and Function of the Neonate gut Microbiome"
Dr. Bruce German's is quoted on research done on the strain of bacteria called B. infantis, which is seemingly disappearing from the Western world. Read the article below.
Faculty, staff and students will be present and presenting at the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) Annual Meeting as well as the Institute of Food Technology (IFT) Annual Meeting and Food Expo. We hope you will come find us!
