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Lecturer – FST104L Food Microbiology Laboratory

The Department of Food Science and Technology at the University of California, Davis invites applications for a lecturer positions to teach FST104L – Food Microbiology Laboratory during the Spring 2018 Quarter. See http://foodscience.ucdavis.edu/ for course descriptions.

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

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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.)

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

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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.

From Waste to Taste - The Transformative Power of Fermented Foods

Food Science and Technology

In this interview and video conducted for News-Medical.net at Pittcon Conference and Exposition 2024 in San Diego, FST Professor Maria Marco discusses her research on the health benefits, safety, and waste reduction potential of fermented foods, and the microbial processes involved in their production.

Read the full interview, and watch the video below.

World Food Safety Day, June 7, 2024

Food Science and Technology

Food Science and Technology's Cooperative Extension would like to wish you all a happy and safe World Food Safety Day today, June 7th. World Food Safety Day is an initiative that was started by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). The motto for this year is "Food Safety: Prepare for the Unexpected".

Donpon (Dawn) Wannasin wins IFT's Caldwell Graduate Fellowship

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A huge congratulations to Donpon (Dawn) Wannasin on her being awarded the prestigious and competitive IFT Feeding Tomorrow Fund Dr. Elwood F. Caldwell Graduate Fellowship! Dawn, a first-year Ph.D. student in Selina Wang's lab, was awarded the $25,000 fellowship for her research which focuses on the extraction and characterization of phenolic compounds and other important bioactives in agricultural and food byproducts for potential food and supplement application to improve human and planetary health.

Yeast and Microbial Oils feature in Bon Appetit

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Research on yeast oil being done at UC Davis was mentioned in a May 15, 2024 article in Bon Appetit magazine about microbial cooking oils. Phaff Yeast Culture Collection curator Dr. Kyria Boundy-Mills was quoted several times in this article about the future of cooking oils made by fermentation of microbes, including yeasts. The article discusses the favorable properties of several commercially available microbial cooking oils, the improved carbon footprint relative to vegetable oils, and discusses challenges, especially the costs of production.

2024 Distinguished Graduate and Postdoctoral Mentorship Award Recipients

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Graduate Studies and Graduate Council are thrilled to honor four extraordinary faculty members with the Distinguished Graduate and Postdoctoral Mentorship Awards. These awards shine a light on the power of mentorship in shaping the academic and professional journeys of UC Davis graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.

Meet the 2024 Recipients

Bruce Hammock, Distinguished Professor
Department of Entomology and Nematology