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**Collaborations**
The Davis, California has a long and productive history of collaborative research involving stakeholders.

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Current collaborators and projects:
                            Valorization of Dairy Sidestreams to Fight Calcium Deficits in Postmenopausal Women                        
                            Are Protective Effects of Blueberry Polyphenols Mediated by the Microbiome                        
                            Integrated Conventional and Genomic Approaches to Almond RootstockDevelopment                        
                            Maternal Diet, Trans-generational Inheritance of Microbiota and Metabolic Syndrome                        
                            Mothers, Infants and Lactation Quality-Extra Analyses (MILQ II) Project                        
                            Effect of Yogurt on Mucosal Immunity in the Gastrointestinal Tract                        
                            Improving Irrigation Management in Specialty Crop Systems                        
                            Science Advisory Panel Support to the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force                        
                            Climate-Informed Reforestation Guidance and Support                        
                            Application of Forward and Reverse Genetics to Rice Improvement (continuing project)                        
                            Putting phenotypic and genotyplc tools to work for improving walnut rootstocks (2023-2024)                        
                            Human Milk Volume Measurement by the Deuterated Water Method in the E-MILQ                        
                            Solutions to the Armillaria Root Rot Threat Affecting the U.S. Stone Fruit Industry                        
                            Stacking RNAi-based Resistance to Phytophthora, Crown Gall, and Nematodes in Almond and Walnut Rootstocks                        
                            Composition of Early Human Milk (E-MILQ) Brazil                        
                            Early-MILQ (E-MILQ) Study to Collect and Analyze Human Milk During the First Month Postpartum                        
                            Composition of Early Human Milk (E-MILQ) Denmark                        
                            Effect of Daily Consumption of Peanuts/Peanut Butter on Immune Function and Cardiometabolic Markers and Risk Factors in Free-Living Individuals                        
                            Composition of Early Human Milk (E-MILQ) the Gambia                        
                            Additive Effects of Honey and Whole Foods in Altering Postprandial Glycemia                        
                            Synergistic Managed Aquifer Strategies to Sustain Irrigated Agriculture                        
                            Climate Change Mitigation Outreach and Education: California Climate Hub                        
                            Pretreatment Technologies for Managed Aquifer Recharge to Mitigate Clogging and to Remove Contaminants                        
                            Managed Aquifer Recharge to Sustain Irrigated Agriculture                        
                            Rethinking California’s Managed Aquifer Recharge Beyond Flat Terrains: A Multi-Method Assessment of Hillslope Processes                        
                            Science Applications for Advancing Federal and State Forest Management Pace and Scale                        
                            Climate Informed Reforestation Guidance, Resources, Workshops and Extension                        
                            WHNRC Fiber Intervention Study: Dietary Assessment                        
                            The Mothers, Infants and Lactation Quality (MILQ) Study Supplement: MILQ2                        
                            Metagenomic Approaches to Dietary Interventions                        
                            AI Institute for Next Generation Food Systems                        
                            Objective-based Climate Ready Reforestation Workshop                        
                            Synergistic Managed Aquifer Strategies to Sustain Irrigated Agriculture (CA)                        
                            Integrated Optimization Framework of California Water and Land Use                        
                            Linking Measured Root Zone Dynamics to Atmospheric and Subsurface Fluxes                        
                            Improving Irrigation Efficiencies and Sustainability in Woody Perennial Crops Specific to California                        
                            Linking Climate Change Impacts on Forest Health, Fire Risk, and Vegetation and Snow Dynamics in California                        
                            Machine Learning for Unearthing Environmental Drivers of Soil Moisture Dynamics and Scaling to Hillslope and Remote Sensing Observations                        
                            Supporting Climate Literacy for United States Forest Service (USFS)                        
                            Application of a Watershed Model to Assess Groundwater Sustainability Under Changing Climatic and Management Scenarios                        
                            UC Davis West Coast Metabolomics Center                        
                            Synergistic Managed Aquifer Strategies to Sustain Irrigated Agriculture (NACA)                        
                            Identifying the Role of Pulses in a Healthful Diet:  Metabolomic Signatures of Dietary Pulses and their Benefits on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors                        
                            Linking Ground Based and Remotely Sensed Stress Physiology of California Woody Perennial Crops                        
                            Investigating Alternative Protein Foods in the Dietary Guidelines                        
                            Pest Management in Floriculture Crops Through Applications of Optical Sensing and Other Innovative Technologies                        
                            Advancing Methods and Applications in Metagenomics Sequence Analysis                        
                            Determining Subsurface Hydraulic Properties and Water Content Using Geophysical Methods and Limited Soil/Sediment Datasets                        
                            A Water Sensitivity Analysis for Sustaining Irrigated Agriculture in the Southwest                        
                            Evaluating the Physiological Responses of Superior Juglans Germplasm to Drought Stress                        
                            Evaluating New Technology and Grapevine Genotypes to Improve Vineyard Water Use Sustainability                        
                            California Partnership for Personalized Nutrition                        
                            Evaluating Models of Radiation Transfer and Carbon-Water Exchange in Vineyard and Orchard Canopies                        
                            Measuring Grape Smoke Exposure Impact                        
                            Using Diversity Outbred Mice to Model Heterogenous Diet Responses                        
                            Multifaceted Pathways to Climate-smart Agriculture Through Integrated Participatory Program Development and Delivery                        
                            Advancing Applied Climate Science Action for Diverse Agro-ecological Applications Across California                        
                            Characterization of Variation in Phenology and Chill Requirement in the USDA-NCGR Pistacia Collection                        
                            Evaluation of Walnut Blight Resistance in USDA-NCGR Juglans regia Accessions from the Republic of Georgia                        
                            Enhancing Water Adaptation in the Arid West                        
                            Development of RNA Interference-based Resistance in Almond and Walnut Rootstocks Against Phytophthora Pathogens                        
                            Analytical Study and Method Development for Nutrient Composition of Human Milk                        
                            Agricultural Water, Land Retirement, and Habitat on the Pacific Flyway: A Non-market Value Assessment                        
                            UC Davis Dietary Biomarkers Development Center - Metabolomics and Intervention Cores                        
                            Modernizing Dietary Assessment: Adapting Deep Learning to Predict Ingredients from Food Photos                        
                            Impact of Wildfire Smoke Taint and Key Trunk Pathogens on Grapevine Wood and Grape Chemistry                        
                            Impact of Wood-infecting Fungi on Horticultural Crops                        
                            Assessing the Fate of Metal Oxide Associated Contaminants During Managed Aquifer Recharge                        
                            Collaborative Research in Human Nutrition                        
                            Development of New Standard Rodent Diet                        
                            Examining Perennial Crop Physiology, Evapotranspiration, and Carbon Dynamics Using Surface-based Measurements and Proximal Remote Sensing Techniques                        
                            Stacking RNAi-based Resistance to Phytophthora, Crown Gall, and Nematodes in Almond and Walnut Rootstocks                        
                            Ecobiology, Impact and Management of Grapevine Red Blotch Virus and Its Vector(s) in California and Oregon Vineyards                        
                            Nonequilibrium Processes Influencing Contaminant Fate During Managed Aquifer Recharge                        
                            Identify Novel Compounds Associated with Smoke Taint in Grapes, Musts, and Wine Sampled in California Vineyards                        
                            Improving the Dietary Guidelines for Americans by Understanding Genetic and Dietary Interactions in Mice                        
                            Defining Soil Health for Winegrape Production                        
                            Characterizing the Physiological Role of SLC22A24                        
                            Multifaceted Pathways to Climate-smart Agriculture Through Integrated Participatory Program Development and Delivery                        
                            Biological Mechanisms Through Which TMAO Promotes Atherosclerosis                        
                            A Webinar and Workshop Series of Decision Support Resources for Forest Managers in California                        
                            Assessment of Intestinal Permeability in Adults