Hyeyoung Lee was awarded first prize for her talk on the structure and function of milk glycolipids at the ACS/AGFD Withycombe-Charlambous Graduate Student Symposium in Anaheim, CA.
Dr. Nurit Argov-Argaman is currently a faculty member in Agriculture, Food and Environment at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem after completing a successful postdoctoral fellowship in Dr. Bruce German\u2019s lab at the Foods for Health Institute.
A public celebration marked the opening of the brand new teaching winery, brewery and food processing laboratory by the Robert Mondavi Institute. The platinum LEED certified building brings new opportunities to UC Davis students and researchers with a level of sustainability that is the first of its kind.
Dr. Carlito Lebrilla's research regarding the benefits of breast milk from the FFHI's human milk oligosaccharides program has been featured in an article in the magazine, Nature.
The Robert Mondavi Institute hosted a special evening with cookbook author and Mexican food enthusiast Diana Kennedy, which included a series of lectures, food and wine pairings, and a signing of Kennedy's newest book, Oaxaca al Gusto.
Samara Freeman re-joins the Foods for Health Institute as the new Associate Director of Business Development. She will evaluate research and see how it can be developed into commercial activity. Dr. Freeman draws from her years of experience to foster partnerships with industry sponsors and bring research to the next level.
Dr. Jaehan Kim, a Senior Scientist in the Mills Lab, came to Davis from Korea to pursue his PhD in Food Science. At that time met his wife, Dr. Hyun Ju An, who was pursuing a PhD in Chemistry. Several years later, they have two children and are both Senior Scientists; Dr. Kim in the Mills Lab, and Dr. An in the Lebrilla Lab. Dr. Kim recently published a paper in the prestigious journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
Recently Professor Juan F. Medrano was interviewed about his team's exciting RNA-Seq milk cell transcriptome project. He and his team at the Department of Animal Science are working to improve oligosaccharides in bovine milk.
The 7th annual IMGC symposium featured panel discussion, individual paper presentations and poster sessions focused on issues regarding milk lactation, mammary gland regulation and development, and the effects of milk on infant development.
Carolyn de la Pena, director of the UC Davis Humanities Institute and Professor of American Studies, recently published the book "Empty Pleasures" about the history of artificial sweetners.
PNAS has recently published two papers about milk bioactives written by FFHI researchers: one in August specifically about milk oligosaccharides and bifidobacteria. The other, an international collaboration between researchers in Italy, Ireland and UC Davis, is available online.
Dave Dallas, a graduate student in the German Lab working on a new project of the Milk Bioactives and Children\u2019s Health Programs, recently received an NSF fellowship. The fellowship will provide 3 years of funding for a project that span across multiple disciplines with the goal of studying milk digestion in premature infants.
Nicholas Wade, Science writer for The New York Times, recently interviewed FFHI researchers David Mills and Bruce German and reported on the important findings of the Milk Bioactives Program.
Dr. Sara Schaefer is the new Associate Director of Educational Programs at the Foods For Health Institute. She received her doctorate in Nutritional Biology from UC Davis. Her past experience with developing and implementing educational programs in schools both at home and abroad, and her experience in the non-profit sector focusing on community nutrition have prepared her for her new role at the FFHI. Dr. Schaefer shares her plans for her Educational Programs work at the Institute.
