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ASPB News “Luminaries” features CEPCEB’s Natasha Raikhel
Natasha Raikhel was chosen as subject of ASPB News “Luminaries” column, where student and postdoc members are invited to submit their ideas for a 500- to 750-word interview they might like to conduct with a prominent [...]
IIGB’s Naoki Yamanaka awarded $2.3M from NIH’s High-Risk, High-Reward Program
Naoki Yamanaka will study the role of steroid hormone transporters in insect development and reproduction. An Assistant Professor of Entomology, Yamanaka will translate that knowledge into new ways to combat the spread of mosquitoes, which [...]
CEPCEB’s Bailey-Serres and Cutler Among 2017’s Highly Cited Researchers
Julia Bailey-Serres and Sean Cutler were named by Clarivate Analytics as 2017 Highly Cited Researchers, an annual list recognizing leading researchers in the sciences and social sciences from around the world. The final new [...]
CEPCEB’s Sue Wessler Co-Chairs Major Report on Advancing Science in Food and Agriculture
Professor Wessler, the Neil A. and Rochelle A. Campbell Presidential Chair for Innovations in Science Education, co-chaired the report recently released by the National Academies Press. The report is available for free download or purchase.
CEPCEB Hosts 5th Annual Postdoc Symposium
CEPCEB hosted its 5th Annual Postdoc Symposium on June 1, 2018. Steve Kay, USC Director of Convergent Bioscience and Provost Professor of Neurology, Biomedical Engineering and Biological Sciences, presented the keynote address "Grow Up! The [...]
CIDVR Director Karine Le Roch receives new $3.2M NIH grant
A team of researchers led by CIDVR Director Karine Le Roch has found that various stages of the development of human malaria parasites, including stages involved in malaria transmission, are linked to epigenetic features and [...]