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Food and Health Entrepreneurship Academy

A one-week intensive designed for science and engineering PhD students, postdocs, and research faculty in the fields of nutrition, viticulture and enology, plant science, biochemistry, nutritional genomics and fields relevant to foods for health.

What
  • Special Event
When Feb 01, 2010 08:00 AM to
Feb 05, 2010 05:00 PM
Where University of California, Davis
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The Academy

The five-day intensive academy provides participants with focused lectures, practical exercises, networking sessions, and hands-on experiences designed to give them the knowledge, skills, and networks to explore how their research can make broader impact in industry, the marketplace, and the world.

The academy is taught by university faculty, venture capitalists, angel investors, industry executives, attorneys and entrepreneurs.

 

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Faculty Spotlight

 

billristenpart FFHI Faculty member, Bill Ristenpart

was recently published in Nature for his exciting new research!  The new study shows that there is a point at which an increased electrical field actually keeps droplets from coalescing.

These surprising findings, published in the Sept. 17 issue of the journal Nature, could lead to improved applications in diverse fields including microchip manufacturing, biofuel and crude oil purification, and food oil processing. The research also increases our understanding of atmospheric conduction.  Link to article... 

 

More on Dr. Rosenpart...
Upcoming Events

  • Nutritional Genomics Conference:

The Impact of Dietary Regulation of Gene Function on Human Disease

November 12-14, 2009 at California Polytechnic State University, Pomona.  *Approved by the California Dietetics Association for up to 25 CEUs. Official website...

 

  • Food and Health Entrepreneurship Academy

February 1-5, 2010 at UC Davis.  This one-week business intensive is designed for researchers of all levels in the fields relating to food and health.  Apply for enrollment by January 1!  More information...

Link to our Calendar for more exciting events!
About the FFHI

Foods for Health Institute
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616

530 752 9211 phone
530 752 8966 fax