Professor Wenqi Wang (Developmental and Cell Biology) and his collaborators, have provided new mechanistic insights into protein tyrosine phosphorylation, a critical cellular event that is carried out, in part, by enzymes called protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs)....
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 coincided with a shift in the composition...
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 reproduction. Professor Ulrike...
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 the highest honor a scholar can achieve...
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 August 20th,...
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, a synthetic pesticide,...
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 defects (CHDs) is more complex...
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 Charlie join the DLC,” says Dean LaFerla, “He...
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 for his proposed project to study climate change...
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 to survey over 44,000...