UC Davis Events Calendar

UPDATED 11/16/18: The Storer Seminar scheduled for Monday, November 19, has been postponed due to the continued uncertainty of the regional air quality.

We are currently working with Dr. Leif Andersson to find another date to bring him to campus.

The Storer Life Sciences Lectureship presents Leif Andersson, Professor, Uppsala Universitet, Sweden: "Domestic animals – models for the evolution of phenotypic diversity"

Dr. Leif Andersson is a specialist in genetics and genome biology. He has made groundbreaking studies on the relationship between genetic and phenotypic variation. He has been working on comparative genomics using domestic animals as study objects the last 30 years. The work has focused on domestic animals as models for phenotypic evolution and resulted in a steady stream of interesting findings on genotype-phenotype relationships such as mutations affecting pigmentation, gaits in horses, comb morphology in chickens and muscle growth in pigs. He has also studied the genetic basis for domestication of rabbits, chicken and pigs. More recently the research program has been expanded to include natural populations such as the Darwin’s finches, the ruff and Atlantic herring because of the exciting opportunities opened up by the development of new sequencing technologies. Leif Andersson is professor in Functional Genomics at Uppsala University and in Animal Genomics at Texas A&M University, and guest professor at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. He is member of The Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, The Swedish Royal Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, Foreign Associate of the National Academy (USA) and International Member of the American Philosophical Society. He was awarded the Wolf prize in Agriculture 2014.

Seed Business 101 focuses on the optimum operations of the five major functional areas of a seed company: Plant Breeding Research, Production, Operations, Sales and Marketing, and Administration.

The course offers a broad understanding of the major aspects of a seed company’s operations and a cross-departmental knowledge of best practices for profitability, including four case studies.

This Seed Business 101 course emphasizes flowers and vegetable crops as examples in the curriculum. Instructors include Maurice Smith, Pieter Vandenberg, and John Sorenson.

Course information and registration here.

The Storer Life Sciences Lectureship presents Maria Dominguez-Bello, Ph.D., of the New York University School of Medicine

The Storer Life Sciences Lectureship presents Hopi Hoekstra, Ph.D., of Harvard University.

The 63rd annual Weed Day provides an opportunity for pest control advisers, farm advisors, chemical company cooperators, college faculty and students, and regulatory officials to learn about current weed science research at UC Davis.

The agenda and registration information will be posted closer to the event date. Tentative information here.
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Through topic-related sessions and demonstrations, this workshop provides an intensive overview of fresh-cut production, processing, packaging, distribution and quality assurance.

Who Should Attend
The workshop is relevant to all levels of fresh-cut produce industry professionals—from small, local and regional produce processors to large businesses with nationwide distribution. Food scientists, food engineers, quality assurance personnel and new product development staff as well as representatives from research institutions, the restaurant and Institutional food industries, and equipment, packaging and ingredient suppliers will all benefit from attending.

Agenda and registration information.