“Research Remix” is a new public affairs show on UC Davis radio station KDVS, co-created by Jonathan Berlingeri to interview fellow grad students and postdocs at the university.
Fourth-year undergrad Sharada Karthik won first place at the recent MANRRS conference for explaining how techniques such as CRISPR can contribute to food security.
Undergrad Jackeline Limon won a $5,000 grant from Breathe California to take soil samples from 15 Yolo County locations and measure bits of plastic pollution in them.
Faculty and grad students mentor local high schoolers as part of a national program to share what they have learned with a new generation of scientists.
By winning a scholarship to attend an ag industry conference, doctoral student Oluwatosin Adebanjo accessed holistic resources to help him become a leader in the ag sector.
Ph.D. student Anca Barcu has been recognized for leadership in promoting health and well-being among students, including awareness of resources and accessibility in her teaching.
Students from the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences presented and networked at the recent ASTA 65th Vegetable & Flower Seed Conference, supported by the private-public partnership Seed Central.
UC Davis Plant Sciences students earned first-place oral and poster awards at the CANVAS annual meeting. Research focused on oak restoration and water-efficient wheat that still delivers strong yields and quality bread.
Early career scientists are wrapping up a summer of research in the PEAS program -- the Plant, Environmental and Agroecology Sciences Fellowship. Their work links their undergraduate academic studies with real-world problems in service to California farmers.
Graduate student Aileen Salas, in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, will use her $3,000 grant from the Miller Plant Science Award to research ways to boost yield and fight pests in almond orchards.
