Noah Pflueger-Peters writes an article published in UC Davis News titled, “UC Davis joins new $274.5M bioindustrial manufacturing center,” about the new multi-institution center, the Bioindustrial Manufacturing and Design Ecosystem (BioMADE). Dr McDonald leads the UC Davis site.
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NSF Center grant awarded to UC Davis
The lab is included in a recent National Science Foundation Center grant awarded to UC Davis for open-access cultivated meat research to establishes Research, Training in Cultivated Meat: https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/uc-davis-establishes-research-training-cultivated-meat
Guest Editors for Recombinant Protein 2.0
Somen and Karen are serving as Guest Editors for special issue on Recombinant Proteins 2.0 are currently open for articles to be published by Journal of Molecular Sciences, August 2020. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms/special_issues/recombinant_proteins_2
The Pharmaceutical Journal covers ‘drugs in space’
Megan Tatum writes an article that includes the lab’s research in The Pharmaceutical Journal, A Royal Pharmaceutical Society Publication, titled, “Drugs in Space: the pharmacy orbiting the Earth.”
UC Davis Engineering Progress covers the lab’s plant virus work
Noah Pfleuger-Peters writes an article published by UC Davis Engineering Progress on the lab’s ongoing research with plant viruses titled, “Going Viral.”
UC Davis News covers diversity initiative
Noah Pfleuger-Peters writes an article published in UC Davis News that covers Dr. McDonald’s involvement in a new diversity initiative titled, “UC Davis launches new PhD diversity initiative in biotechnology.”
Video on COVID-19 Solutions
The lab participates in a UC Davis Video on Covid-19 solutions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqULA49etkc,
Asgardia The Space Nation writes on plant-based medicine for Mars
Jessica Zeitz writes an article published in Asgardia The Space Nation that discusses the lab’s work titled, “Lettuce could be used to make drugs for the first Mars settlers.”
MIT Technology Review (German Edition) takes interest in green pharmacies for space
Veronika Szentpétery-Kessler covers the lab’s research in an article published by MIT Technology Review (German edition) titled, “Green pharmacy for space.”
Forbes covers the Center for Utilization of Biological Engineering in Space (CUBES)
John Cumbers covers the lab’s research involvement in an article published by Forbes titled, “NASA is quietly funding this project to understand how synthetic biology can support life in space.”