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UC Davis Research

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After the Fires: Protecting LA’s Trees While Learning Lessons for the Future

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Students Learn Plant Breeding, Gain Career Experience

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Bird Flight Research Advances Drone Technology and Wild Raptor Care

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How Does the Human Brain Help Us Navigate?

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Our talented students are more likely to collaborate than compete. This friendly approach has led to an incredibly rich campus community that turns big ideas into real solutions.

Where we research

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Aggie Square

Aggie Square is a Sacramento-based innovation hub for research programs, private industry partners, classrooms and student housing.

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McClellan Nuclear Research Center

Developed by the US Air Force to detect low-level corrosion and hidden defects in aircraft.

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Tahoe Environmental Research Center(TERC)

TERC is internationally recognized for its multidisciplinary, collaborative research on lakes and their surrounding watersheds.

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Bodega Marine Laboratory

A leader in solving complex environmental problems in coastal ecosystems.

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National Biomedical Research Institute

The NBRI enables breakthrough discoveries in human and animal health through the mission to improve human health and quality of life.

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UC Davis Institute of the Environment

The John Muir Institute of the Environment supports innovation and discovery aimed at solving real-world environmental problems.

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Comprehensive Cancer Center

A major source of new knowledge about cancer prevention, diagnosis and therapy.

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Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science

The Robert Mondavi Institute was founded at The University of California, Davis, to enhance our quality of life through wine, brewing, and food science.

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