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Food & Health Angels (FH Angels), an angel investment network that grew out of the innovation ecosystem in Davis, has announced its first investment: Persperion Diagnostics, a startup developing a...

Food & Health (FH) Angels has announced its first investment, backing Persperion Diagnostics as the company advances a non-invasive glucose monitoring device that measures glucose levels using a small amount...

In a new Food Tank op-ed, Selena Ahmed, Ph.D., Global Executive Director of the Periodic Table of Food Initiative, reflects on food as more than nutrition: it is a biological...

Universities are driving groundbreaking discoveries in food, health, and agricultural innovation, but transforming research into scalable companies requires more than great science alone. This article highlights the growing need for...

The Nutrition Insight article highlights a new collaboration between the UC Davis Innovation Institute for Food & Health (IIFH) and Food Frontier designed to accelerate the path from scientific discovery...

A breakthrough in chickpea breeding is helping unlock new potential for plant-based protein. Supported by FFAR funding, NuCicer developed a high-protein, early-maturing chickpea variety (NC-1) using expanded genetic diversity from...

UC Davis is helping prepare the next generation of food systems innovators by combining scientific expertise with entrepreneurial training. In the inaugural Innovation for Impact: Food Systems course—known as “Hacking...

UC Davis has launched the Aggie Venture Accelerator at Aggie Square, a new initiative designed to help early-stage life science startups transform promising research into scalable companies. The program provides...

What if the future of protein wasn’t just sustainable, but smarter? A new Food Tank op-ed explores how the next generation of protein innovation is being shaped by data, from...

This Earth Day, the connection between human health and planetary health is clearer than ever. A recent Deloitte perspective highlights how food, nutrition, and sustainability are deeply intertwined and how...

UC Davis has launched the Aggie Venture Accelerator (AVA), a new initiative designed to help early-stage startups transform breakthrough discoveries into scalable solutions across life sciences, food, and health. Delivered...

As GLP-1 medications continue to reshape how consumers approach food, nutrition is emerging as a critical companion to pharmaceutical intervention. In a recent Nutrition Insight feature, experts from UC Davis,...