At the recent American Dairy Science Association meeting in Denver, Dr. Mills was awarded the Cargill Flavor Systems Food Specialties Award for his research contributions on the microbiology of cheese and cultured dairy products.
The UC Discovery Program and the California Dairy Research Foundation have recently approved funding of a four year, $1.3M study entitled "Characterization and Function of Human Milk Glycopeptides". This project includes several members of the UC Davis Milk Bioactives Project team including: Dr. Bruce German, Dr. Carlito Lebrilla, Dr. Bart Weimer, Dr. Helen Raybould, Dr. Xiangdong Zhu and Dr. Mills. Way to go guys!
Ricky LoCascio won a poster award at the recent conference entitled "Foods for Health in the 21st Century: A Roadmap for the Future". Ricky's poster and abstract are listed below. Congratulations Ricky!