Link to the interview: https://www.pharmamanufacturing.com/development/article/55329926/plant-based-biologics-from-setbacks-to-reinvention
News
Professor McDonald presents at the iCAMP Protein Central November 2025
Professor McDonald presented at the Advancement of Biomanufacturing session at AiChE Fall 2025 Meeting
https://aiche.confex.com/aiche/2025/prelim.cgi/Session/58430
Katie wins Spring 2025 GSA Travel Award
Katie received a travel award through the UC Davis Graduate Student Association to present her work at the American Chemistry Society (ACS) conference in San Diego, CA.
The lab presents at NASA HRP-IWS 2025
Karen, Katie, and Shanice present their work at the NASA HRP-IWS conference in Galveston, TX.
Katie receives Summer Entrepreneurial Fellowship
Katie was selected as a fellow with the UC Davis Innovation Institute for Food and Health over the summer. She worked in customer discovery and validation and helped to create a go-to-market strategy for rising UC Davis research. She enjoyed Read More …
Steve – BEST Fellowship Awardand New graduate student in lab member
Steven was appointed as a Graduate Student Researcher in the National Science Foundation NRT Bioindustrial Engineering for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) Program for AY 2025-2026. He will be immersed in a comprehensive traineeship during which he will acquire key technical Read More …
Tressa – NASA Fellowship
Tressa was awarded the NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities (NSTGRO) in summer of 2024, and this award was renewed for a second year of funding this year. She is working on developing genetic engineering tools in the aquatic plant Read More …
McDonald-Nandi Lab awarded NSF Future Manufacturing Grant
A new NSF Future Manufacturing Grant that will Support New Technology, Workforce Training, entitled “Bio–Engineered Plants in Culture (EPiC) – Biomanufacturing in Low Resource Environments” has been in news on the UC Davis channel. This grant will help Cheaper, Sustainable Read More …
Matthew wins 2nd Place Poster at 2025 iCAMP Summit
Matthew was awarded 2nd place in the poster competition at the 4th Annual Innovation Summit for Protein-Rich Foods (iCAMP 2025). He presented research from the BioMADE BUILD project on cultivating Aspergillus oryzae as a sustainable protein source, competing against 13 other posters, Read More …
