Professor Katayoon “Katie” Dehesh knows all about planting and replanting roots — in biology and in life. When Dehesh escaped from Iran more than 40 years ago, she had one single goal in mind: education. She loved learning and was always curious about the biological life that surrounded her world in Iran. But in 1980...
Simon "Niels" Groen and coauthor Sophie Zaaijer published an article in Human Genomics regarding melanin reducing the effect of certain drugs. The work advocates that researchers include more diversity in genetic backgrounds for pharmaceutical development, especially when creating computer models or conducting clinical trials.
CIDVR Director Karine Le Roch, in collaboration with other researchers with UC Irvine and Yale School of Medicine, published a report in Science about the efficacy of the new MED6-189 drug against malaria parasites in humans.
Daniel Petras and Mingxun Wang published a new process for computational analytics of metabolites and pollutants in Nature Protocols. The work is part of the Virtual Multiomics Lab (VMOL) a collaborative community of researchers in chemical analysis.
The article was edited by our own Natasha Raikhel, an Associate Editor or PNAS. This article is unusual for a broad science journal because it highlights art and science in the announcement of this year’s Lasker Awards for scientific achievements. Natasha, now an emeritus Distinguished Professor, was the visionary originator of CEPCEB and a former...
Ding lab aims to prevent virus transmission in plants by pinpointing the immune pathway that preventing transmission from parent to progeny, also called vertical transmission.
Robert Jinkerson spoke to ABC news about his work with fellow UCR researcher Martha Orozco-Cardenas to grow tomatoes with acetate instead of light, for applications in future space exploration. Jinkerson also recently lead team Nolux to a $250,000 runner-up prize in NASA's Deep Space Food Challenge with their system to grow mushrooms in the dark.
Professor of the Graduate Division at University of California, Riverside Prue Talbot, PhD and lab assistant Man (John) Wong studied how games encourage vaping and nicotine addiction.
Haiyan Ke and Katayoon Dehesh were co-authors on a paper by Iowa State University researchers who recently published work characterizing the importance of the ZmPILS6 gene in determining plant size.
The American Society of Plant Biologists named Carolyn Rasmussen as one of twenty five women recognized for their research and contributions to the plant biology community. Dr. Rasmussen is recognized for her lab's research in cell division plane orientation, leadership directing the Plant Biology REU program at UCR and her service in various scientific communities.
Congratulations to IIGB affiliated researchers Taryn Dunivant, Inaiara de Souza Pacheco, Feng Teng and Quin McFrederick for their outstanding contributions to UCR through their research and teaching. UCR's Graduate Division presented awards to these individuals and other campus researchers at an event on April 5, 2024.
To study how parasites evolve to break the defenses of their hosts, the National Institutes of Health has granted UC Riverside nematologist Simon “Niels” Groen a $1.9 million Outstanding Investigator Award.
IIGB faculty members Rong Hai and Shouwei Ding published a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences about a novel vaccine strategy taking advantage of RNAi behaviors. The work has application in developing a single vaccination effective across multiple types of viruses.
The fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis also known as Bd has been the cause for the decline in frog and toad populations around the world. A group of researchers at UCR announced the discovery of a virus that can potentially infect, control, and even kill the Bd fungus. Currently, Mr. Yacoub, and Professor Stajich (Dept. of Microbiology...
Many eclipse chasers traveled to Mexico , the United States, and Canada to see the solar eclipse on Monday, April 8th. Morris Maduro along with his wife, Gina Maduro and his family were able to witness one of the few opportunities where there is an alignment with the Sun 93 million miles away and the...
