The Department of Food Science & Technology Research Symposium was held on December 8th 2016. The one day event included talks from FST faculty, graduate students, and postdocs. 

Posters were presented by postdocs and graduate students who had entered the annual Robert Mondavi Institute poster competition. See the list of winners below. 

Additionally, the event featured talks from representatives of the California Institute for Food and Agricultural Research (CIFAR) and the new UC Davis Coffee Center. 

The keynote lecture was given by William Rosenzweig on "The Extraordinary Future of Food." See the full program at the bottom of this page. 

Congratulations to the FST Symposium Organizing Committee: Professors Maria Marco, Erin DiCaprio, and Nitin Nitin. 

Congratulations also to these folks who were included in the "4 Best Posters" for each category: 

2016 POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH POSTER COMPETITION 

- Dr. Yigal Achmon (FST); Advisor: Chris Simmons 
- Dr. Melanie Massonnet (VEN); Advisor, Dario Cantu 
- Dr. Javad Barouei (FST); Advisor: Linda Harris 
- Dr. Marie Hennebelle (FST); Advisor: Ameer Taha 

2016 GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH POSTER COMPETITION 

- Sara Yang (FST); Advisor: Jean-Xavier Guinard 
- Elizabeth Chin (FST); Advisor: Carolyn Slupsky 
- Abraham Morales-Cruz (VEN); Advisor: Dario Cantu 
- Lianna Tilton (FST); Advisor: Nitin Nitin