Category: Outreach

UC Davis Innovation Community Partner Award: Seed Central, Francois Korn, Kent Bradford

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Seed Central is the recipient of the UC Davis Chancellor’s Innovative Community Partner of the Year Award, given in recognition of significant contributions to driving regional economic impact through innovation, entrepreneurship or support for growing the startup ecosystem in collaboration with university. Seed Central energizes the seed and ag-biotech industry around UC Davis and contributes…

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Grad Student Julia Jordan Works in Uganda on Irrigation, Gender Roles, and Improving Farming Practices

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Julia Jordan, a UC Davis student who is studying for a master’s degree in international agricultural development, recently spent six months in Uganda helping smallholder farmers improve irrigation practices with an approach that went beyond technology development. “I was searching for an opportunity to work on a project in East Africa that focused on gender,…

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Faculty Position Opening: Assistant/Associate Professor of Crop Improvement for Human and Animal Nutrition

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POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Assistant/Associate Professor of Crop Improvement for Human and Animal Nutrition Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis The Department of Plant Sciences in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of California, Davis, is recruiting an Assistant/Associate Professor of Crop Improvement with an emphasis on improving the nutritional quality…

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Video: Plant Breeding Media Tour in Davis and Woodland, California

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This “Plant Breeding Media Tour” video features academic and industry breeders and seed producers. From UC Davis, Ph.D. students Kimberly Gibson (bean breeding) and Saarah Kuzay are featured, along with Professor Kent Bradford, director of the Seed Biotechnology Center (SBC) at UC Davis, and Allen Van Deynze, research director of the SBC. Bradford addresses the…

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Regulatory Barriers to the Development of Innovative Agricultural Biotechnology by Small Businesses and Universities

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New CAST issue paper, co-authored by Professor Kent Bradford at UC Davis, examines the current U.S. regulatory system for GE crops, compares it with those of major trading partners, and considers the effects it has on agricultural biotechnology. The authors of this paper demonstrate that the current process-based U.S. biotechnology regulatory system is a barrier…

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I’m a fourth-generation California farmer: My research is one reason to support the University of California

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I might be just the kind of person the state’s founders envisioned when on March 23, 1868 – 150 years ago Friday – they chartered the University of California. A fourth-generation California rice grower, I was able to go to a world-class university and pursue an advanced degree, thanks to California’s system of public higher…

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Food and Agriculture: A Global Conversation

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The Food and Agriculture: A Global Conversation symposium will take place on April 24, 2018, at UC Davis. The conference will bring together leaders in academia, industry, and the media to provide participants with scientific information about agriculture, nutrition, and food security. It will spark collaborations between attendees that will enhance the public discourse of scientific issues. The symposium…

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Paul Gepts receives Chancellor’s Award for International Engagement at UC Davis

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Plant Sciences distinguished professor Paul Gepts was one of three recipients of the 2018 Chancellor’s Award for International Engagement at UC Davis. At a reception on March 2, Gepts received the award from UC Davis Chancellor Gary May. Honoring Gepts at the ceremony were: Joanna Regulska (Vice provost and associate chancellor, Global Affairs) Helene Dillard…

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