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Officials from the city of Zhuhai, China, and the University of California, Davis, signed a memorandum of understanding on May 22 to establish the World Food Center-China.
Two prominent researchers at UC Davis are under a microscope for their work in stem-cell biotechnology. The pair from University of California, Davis was awarded close to $4 million in funding to improve biotechnology intended for physicians studying stem cell treatments.
UCLA researchers devise new method to identify disease markers, a key step toward personalized medicine.
UCLA-developed technology would protect children from harmful exposure.
The first nationwide vulnerability assessment for ocean acidification, published today in Nature Climate Change, shows that coastal communities in 15 states that depend on the nation’s approximately $1 billion shelled-mollusk (e.g., oysters and clams) industry are at long-term economic risk from ocean acidification.
Research actually provides further support for Darwin, UCLA professor says.
Ability to quickly restore molecular proteins could slash biotechnology costs.
There is a recent trend towards universities funding the commercialization of their own research, with a new University of California fund one of the most recent examples.