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2024 International Symposium on Science and Culture of Alcoholic Beverages honors Shoemaker contributions

On November 4-5 local time, the "2024 International Symposium on Alcohol Science and Culture," co-hosted by Jiangnan University and the University of California, Davis, took place at UC Davis. Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and President of Jiangnan University, Professor Wei Chen, along with UC Davis Vice Provost of Global Affairs, Professor Joanna Regulska, attended the opening ceremony as conference co-chairs and delivered keynote speeches.

Food Waste Diss Track - Emma Vazquez

Food Science and Technology

UC Davis student Emma Vazquez created a “food waste diss track” to call out food waste and highlight solutions for a more sustainable future. The music video was part of a course she took on urban food and society.

FST 160 - Concept to Container

Food Science and Technology

Food science students at UC Davis gain hands-on experience in the Food Product Development class. They come up with a new food concept, develop prototypes, analyze consumer demand, design packaging and marketing concepts and finally present it to an audience of tasters.

Probiotics and Prebiotics - Hype or Health?

Food Science and Technology

Consumers may have noticed a recent trend in food and beverage products labeled probiotic or prebiotic. The products often say they “support a healthy gut” or “boost your immune system” by providing good microbes that are often missing from people’s diets.

David Mills on Clarivate's Highly Cited Researcher Award List for 2024

Food Science and Technology

Congratulations to FST's Dr. David Mills, who joins eight other UC Davis researchers (within a total of 6,886) on the 2024 Clarivate annual Highly Cited Researchers list.

Checking In With Chancellor May - At the Forefront of Feeding the World

Food Science and Technology

To the UC Davis Community: No matter our background or belief systems, every human being deserves to have access to healthy and adequate food. This is one of the key Grand Challenges UC Davis is undertaking to create a healthier tomorrow.

Fox talks hop science with National Geographic

Food Science and Technology

In an October 25th article for National Geographic, FST's Glen Fox adds his expertise to a discussion of the health benefits of hops, the plants that provide beer with its signature tastes and smells, and the compounds of which are under investigation for their health-promoting properties.

Endowed Professorship in Food, Wine and Culture Established at UC Davis

Food Science and Technology

Trinchero Family Honors Darrell Corti and Expands Student Learning

Food and wine are more than just great flavors – they reflect the stories of communities and traditions. Darrell Corti, a Sacramento food and wine expert, has spent a lifetime sharing those stories, enriching California’s culinary landscape with his introduction of new tastes, ingredients and varietals.

Research Team Receives Grant to Study Coatings to Protect Organic Produce

Food Science and Technology

FST's Luxin Wang is one of the co-project directors on the grant (along with Alda Pires, UC School of Vet Med).

(Shared from the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, originally published Oct. 2, 2024.)

Selina Wang Lab Continues Work on "Imposter" Avocado Oils

Food Science and Technology

Selina Wang first became famous for her detective work on olive oil quality. In the last few years, she and her lab have been doing similar work on avocado oil quality, uncovering a multitude of crimes such as adulteration and mislabeling.

Nine UC Davis FST members on World's Top 2% Scientists List

Food Science and Technology

Shout out to the nine FST faculty members on the World's Top 2% Scientists list! Elsevier/Stanford's Top 2% Scientists identifies the most cited scholars in their fields. This ranking (derived from Scopus database data and based on the Elsevier data repository) highlights researchers whose work has had a significant impact across various scientific disciplines.

Marco Lab - Grand Prize Winner, Lab Safety Awards 2024!

Food Science and Technology

A big congratulations to Dr. Maria Marco's lab for their Grand Prize win in the UC Safety Services 2024 Laboratory Safety Awards Program! The Marco lab was the semi-finalist for the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and won the grand prize against five other semi-finalists; one each from the College of Letters & Science, the College of Biological Sciences, the College of Engineering, the School of Veterinary Medicine and the School of Medicine.

More Than a Taste Test - What It’s Like to be on a Trained Sensory Panel

Food Science and Technology

Pieces of dried mango rest on the bottom of a black opaque goblet. Next to it, another glass contains apricot jam. Leticia Cardoso Madureira Tavares, a second-year Ph.D. student in biosystems engineering, brings the glasses up to her nose one at a time to take a sniff.

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