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.
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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 …
Shanice Received Poster Presentation Award at NOBCChE Conference 2025
Shanice participated in the 2025 NOBCChE Conference in Atlanta, GA. During the conference, she presented her research poster, “Expression of Protein Biologics in Transgenic Lettuce for Osteopenia Treatment,” and was selected as a winner in her division. The event also Read More …
Welcome back, Rupak!
We’re delighted to welcome Dr. Rupak Goswami back to the Global healthShare Initiative and McDonald-Nandi group at UC Davis as a Visiting Associate Professor and incoming Research Fellow with the JapanFoundation Indo-Pacific Partnership (JFIPP) program. Dr. Goswami’s current research explores Read More …
Katie and Shanice complete the UC Entrepreneurship Academy
Katie and Shanice participated in the UC Entrepreneurship Academy on September 10-13, 2024. During the academy, students developed their skills in articulating business ideas and explored both their technical feasibility and market potential. More information on the academy can be Read More …