Congratulations to Brandon and Patrick on completing their degrees! Best of luck on your future pursuits.
News
Media coverage of space-grown lettuce to potentially help astronauts avoid bone loss
Other coverage can be found below: Videos: ACS Spring 2022: http://www.acs.org/spacelettuce KCRA3 News: https://www.kcra.com/article/space-lettuce-uc-davis-correct-bone-loss-space-travel/39589662 CBS13 News: https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/video/6216805-qanswers-how-will-lettuce-protect-astronauts-in-space/ Stories: UC Davis News (March 22, 2022): https://www.ucdavis.edu/curiosity/news/lettuce-could-protect-astronauts-bones-mars-trip?utm_source=datelinehtml&utm_medium=datelinenewsletter&utm_campaign=dateline_20220322 New York Post (March 22, 2022): https://nypost.com/2022/03/22/humans-on-mars-may-feast-on-gene-edited-salad-to-stop-bones-breaking/ Daily Mail, UK (March 22, 2022): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10636451/Gene-edited-lettuce-grown-SPACE-protect-astronauts-against-bone-loss-missions-Mars.html Republicworld.com Read More …
McDonald-Nandi Lab attends ACS Spring 2022 in San Diego, CA
The McDonald-Nandi Lab made its way down to sunny San Diego, CA to attend the American Chemical Society Spring National Conference. Find our labs presentations here! Karen McDonald: 1. 2022 DIC Wang award lecture: Plants as molecular foundries: From earth Read More …
Karen McDonald is presented with the Daniel I.C. Wang award at ACS in recognition of her contributions in the field of biochemical engineering
McDonald-Nandi Lab Awarded BioMADE Grant with Checkerspot
New Project: Simulating Manufacturing Scale Aerobic Fermentation in Pressurized Miniature Bioreactor This project, led by Checkerspot in partnership with University of California, Davis will evaluate a pressurized scale-down model for fermentation development, to determine whether it can replace more costly intermediate scale fermentation systems. Read More …
McDonald-Nandi Lab Members Finish 2nd in the 2022 Cultivate Tomorrow Hackathon
Stephan Alfaro (UC Davis), Liber McKee (UC Davis), Patrick Negulescu (UC Davis), Justin Wong (UC Davis), Abd El Hamis Sherief (AUC) and mentor Saam Shahrokhi (Mission Barns) of Leafy Beefy take second place in the underutilized resource track as part Read More …
Karen McDonald Selected to Receive the 2022 D.I.C. Wang Award
Congratulations to Dr. McDonald on being selected to receive the 2022 D.I.C Wang Award in recognition of her innovation and significant contributions to her field! The award will be presented at the American Chemical Society National Meeting in San Diego, Read More …
Matthew McNulty Receives 2022 COE Excellence in Graduate Student Research Award
Congratulations to Matt for winning the 2022 COE Excellence in Graduate Student Research Award in recognition of his significant contributions to his field of research!
Brandon Pizarro Awarded the Richard and Joy Dorf Engineering Fellowship
Congratulations to Brandon for winning the Richard and Joy Dorf Engineering Fellowship!