Technology Research Content

Cheaper, Sustainable Plant Biomanufacturing on Earth and in Space

Andy Fell — September 15, 2025 - 3:31pm

Researchers at the ��о��, have been awarded a $3 million National Science Foundation grant to develop new technologies and workforce training programs to grow plants in low-resource environments both on Earth and in space.

Vladimir Filkov, Ph.D.

Tristan Peery — June 09, 2025 - 12:43pm

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Tristan Peery — April 14, 2025 - 3:49pm

College of Engineering (Network Resilience)

Developing Future Food and Health Leaders

Amy M Quinton — March 24, 2025 - 10:00am

The ��о�� Innovation Institute for Food and Health will partner with UC Investments and Denmark's Novo Nordisk for exchange fellowship.

Innovative New Technology Helps Seniors Age in Place

Jocelyn C Anderson — August 27, 2024 - 10:30am

I-Care connects older adults with mild cognitive impairment to long-distance family members, providing support for daily tasks and continuing care at home.

Making Human Breast Milk Sugars in Plants

Andy Fell — June 13, 2024 - 11:17am

About three in four babies worldwide drink infant formula in the first six months of life, either as their sole source of nutrition or as a supplement to breastfeeding. But while formula provides an essential food for growing babies, it currently does not replicate the full nutritional profile of breast milk.

Big Data Comes to Dinner

Jocelyn C Anderson — April 29, 2024 - 9:01am

Learn how ��о�� leverages artificial intelligence to transform food and agriculture, ensuring sustainability and health from seeds to stomachs.

Lettuce Could Protect Astronauts’ Bones on Mars Trip

Andy Fell — March 22, 2022 - 8:30am

Astronauts might one day grow and eat genetically modified plants to ward off disease associated with long spaceflights. Researchers at the ��о��, College of Engineering have developed a transgenic, or genetically modified, lettuce producing a drug to protect against bone density loss in microgravity. The work will be presented March 22 at the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Diego.

Genome-Edited Bull Passes on Hornless Trait to Calves

Amy M Quinton — October 07, 2019 - 8:00am

For the past two years, researchers at the ��о��, have been studying six offspring of a dairy bull, genome-edited to prevent it from growing horns. This technology has been proposed as an alternative to dehorning, a common management practice performed to protect other cattle and human handlers from injuries.

��о�� Biomaker Space: A Unique Model in Biotechnology Education

Andy Fell — September 20, 2017 - 10:08am

A “makerspace” for biologists and engineers is helping ��о��, students get hands-on experience in developing and prototyping their ideas. In just a short time, the Molecular Prototyping and BioInnovation Laboratory (MPBIL), or biomaker lab, has generated three student-run startup companies and is providing a new model for education in biology and bioengineering.