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Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Professors Yilin Hu and Markus Ribbe have been delving deep into the field of bacterial nitrogenase and related systems. In a recent study published in Science, the researchers report new structural…

Using a modified natural substance along with current approaches could improve colon cancer treatment, according to findings by University of California, Irvine biologists. The discovery comes from their research into the role of an amino…

With drug resistance a major challenge in the fight against cancer, a discovery by University of California, Irvine biologists could offer new approaches to overcoming the obstacle. Their research reveals that a mechanism enabling the…

Identifying and developing effective new medicines is time-consuming and expensive. This may change thanks to Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Chair and Professor Christopher C.W. Hughes. At the 2019 Winter BioSci Dean’s Distinguished Lecture, Professor Hughes…

Professor Leslie M. Thompson, Neurobiology & Behavior and Psychiatry & Human Behavior, has been awarded the title of Donald Bren Professor. The Bren Fellows Program was established to enhance faculty scholarship, research, and creative achievement…

Congratulations to the 18 MSP undergraduate students who recently received best poster awards for their research at the 2019 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) in Anaheim. Presentations were given by over 5,000…

Christopher C.W. Hughes, Ph.D., is getting the scientific community’s blood pumping.

Hughes, a professor of molecular biology and biochemistry in the School of Biological Sciences and a professor in biomedical engineering at the Henry Samueli School…

Developmental and Cell Biology Assistant Professor Scott Atwood was recently awarded a 2019 Hellman Fellowship Award for his research investigating the immune system’s suppression of tumor growth. He joins an elite group of 58 fellows…