Experts from UC Davis give talk on irrigation at INIA La Platina and U. Talca

Doctors Daniele Zaccaria and Richard Snyder, UC Davis academics, will come to Chile for their line of work in Climate Change. On the occasion, they will offer the drought lecture "Towards next generation decision support for irrigation management" in two locations: on Tuesday, March 8th at INIA La Platina in Santiago and Friday, March 11th at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Talca. 

13 UC Davis Discoveries That Changed Our World

Today, UC Davis is a powerhouse with almost $800 million in research funding. Since our earliest days — we opened our doors in 1908 — UC Davis scientists and engineers have been making breakthroughs that impact our lives, from expanding agricultural capabilities to understanding DNA and mental disorders. Check out what we’ve done to help the world eat and drink better, survive serious illnesses and live in a healthier environment.
 

Food, wine and agriculture


1. Blazing the way for chardonnay, 1950s-1960s

"Research to Business Catalyst" inaugurates scientific co-work "Patagonia LabSpace" in Puerto Montt

Puerto Montt, Thursday, January 21, 2016. - Leonardo de la Prida, Governor of the Los Lagos region; Adolfo Alvial, Director of Corfo Lakes region; Eduardo Zavala, CEO of Patagonia LabSpace; Dr. Alan Bennett, Executive Director of the University of California Davis-Chile and Felipe Jara, Deputy of Corfo´s Ecosystem Entrepreneurship, inagurated Patagonia LabSpace, the first center for scientific co-work and product scaling in Chile. Patagonia LabSpace will focus on  projects in areas relevant to the south, such as aquaculture, livestock and agriculture.

Research to Business Catalyst inaugurates base in Puerto Montt, its first location outside Santiago

Thursday of next week, we will inaugurate Patagonia LabSpace with the support of CORFO. A bit to understand the background, UC Davis and STGO LabSpace Chile generated an alliance and created Research to Business Catalyst (R2B Catalyst), the first scientific hub for the development of business, generating synergy between researchers, entrepreneurs, mentors and investors to materialize science-based businesses. In the case of Patagonia LabSpace, it is a 600 m2 laboratory enabling the scaling of products.

Bio-products: the way of synergy

Pablo Zamora, Chief Science Officer of UC Davis Chile, highlights Chile biodiversity of extreme environments. It indicates that among them, there is a high probability of existing functions and organisms that can be used in agriculture, that no one else in the world has.

UC Davis Chile participates in innovation and scientific enterprise fair, "Open Science"

On Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th of November, the Bustamante Park in Providencia Santiago was the stage of the first scientific innovation and entrepreneurship fair, "OpenScience." The initiative, which counted on the support of the Municipality of Providencia, was led by Santiago LabSpace, an entrepreneurship and innovation platform which, together with Chile UC Davis, is part of the "Research to Business Catalyst" (R2B Catalyst).

Alliance between UC Davis Chile and STGO LabSpace: R2B Catalyst, first scientific Hub devoted for business development

The University of California, Davis in Chile ( UC Davis Chile) and STGO LabSpace joined forces to create "Research to Business Catalyst" ( R2B Catalyst ), the first Hub that aims to support the development of scientific and technological products that are "Made in Chile " and its effective position in the market. The company will have a number of centers in Santiago and the south of the country. Its headquarters, UC Davis LabSpace, will begin operations in early 2016 .

UC Davis is preparing to once again hosts the Chile-California Conference C3

On Saturday October 17th, UC Davis again welcomes the Chilean graduate students from UC Berkeley, Stanford and of course, their own representatives for the fourth version of the Chile-California Conference. Since 2012, these three schools take turns hosting the new generation of Chilean researchers being formed in California; first it was UC Davis, followed by UC Berkley and last year, Stanford. UC Davis itself has 60 Chileans who are either pursuing a masters, doctorate or post-doctorate degree or have positions as researchers or teachers in this university .