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 …
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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 …
Ani received the Best Poster Award at iCAMP 2024
Ani received the best poster award at the 3rd Annual Cultivated Meat and Alternative Protein Summit 2024 highlighting his research work on producing bFGF using transgenic rice suspension cultures and its application as an alternative source of growth factor in Read More …
Katie and Shanice are accepted into the Business Development Fellowship Program
They are excited to join a cohort of academics for the nine month program with the Mike and Renee Child Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Graduate School of Management. They are looking forward to expanding their knowledge and Read More …
McDonald-Nandi Team received the Alpha-1 Foundation Grant
The McDonald and Nandi team have been awarded a grant from the Alpha-1 Foundation for their project titled “Production and Characterization of a Biobetter Recombinant AAT-Fc Therapeutic Protein.” This grant will support the development of a recombinant alpha-1 anti-trypsin crystallizable Read More …
Korn won a dissertation award from the National Research Council Thailand (NRCT)
Justin won the 1st place in poster presentation at the Cultivated Meat Summit 2023
