Professor Cascade J. Sorte (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) has discovered that blue mussel populations have significantly declined over the past 40 years in one of the fastest warming regions in the ocean. Blue mussel loss…
Sending astronauts on deep space missions is a future goal of both NASA and the private sector. Unfortunately, little is known about the ramifications of long-term exposer to cosmic radiation on most physiological functions, including…
Distinguished Professor Bruce L. McNaughton (Neurobiology and Behavior) was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) award and named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. An appointment to the Royal Society of Canada is…
Distinguished Professor Anthony A. James (Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics) was recognized by The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) on this year’s World Mosquito Day. World Mosquito Day was first established…
Professor Bruce Blumberg (Developmental and Cell Biology) has recently commented on a proposal for mosquito control from the Orange County Vector Control District (OCVCD), featured in the OC Weekly. The OCVCD’s plan involves spraying Duet,…
New research published by Professors Anne L. Calof, Anatomy and Neurobiology and Developmental and Cell Biology; Arthur D. Lander, Developmental and Cell Biology; and their colleagues, report that the role of genes in congenital heart…
Recently, the president and founder of Ambry Genetics, Charles “Charlie” L. Dunlop, joined the DLC in order to help build new opportunities for School of Biological Sciences students and faculty. “We are proud to have…
Daniel Winkler is a Ph.D. student in the lab of Professor Travis E. Huxman, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Daniel was recently awarded the Exploration Fund grant and designated a Mamont Scholar by the Explorers Club…
Director of the Exercise Medicine and Sport Sciences Initiative, Professor James W. Hicks, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, along with Steven L. Small, Chair of Neurology and Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, worked with their colleagues…
Professor Rachel W. Martin, Chemistry and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and her collaborator Professor Carter T. Butts, Sociology and Statistics, have sequenced the genome of the carnivorous plant, Drosera capensis, which is related to the…