Meeting Professor David Mills

Today we had discussions with Professor David Mills, who is in the Departments of Viticulture & Enology and Food Science & Technology at  UC Davis. He is an expert in the molecular biology of Gram-positive microorganisms, with an emphasis on the lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and bifidobacteria used in food fermentations or active as probiotics. An overall goal of Dr. Mills research is to link genomic content, ecological context and specific strain behavior to better understand LAB biology in their “working” environments. Dr. Mills is the founder of the LAB Genomics Consortium USA and is a founding member of the UC Davis Milk Bioactives and Functional Glycobiology Programs. In 2012 Dr. Mills became the Peter J. Shields Endowed Chair in Dairy Food Science at UC Davis.