Life Sciences

How duplicated genomes helped grasses diversify and thrive
Family tree of grasses with number of duplicated genes and images of representative grasses.

New study identifies whole-genome duplication events in plant family that includes rice, maize, wheat and bamboo; explores how retention or

$1.7M training grant continues support for graduate students studying gene regulation
Group photo of students in Eukaryotic Gene Regulation predoctoral training program

Renewed $1.7M training grant to support up to 28 graduate students studying gene regulation over five years.

Re-engineering cancerous tumors to self-destruct and kill drug-resistant cells
Justin Pritchard and Scott Leighow
Potential new target for early treatment of Alzheimer's disease
two images of fruit fly brain, top glowing with marker and bottom much darker

Disrupting certain proteins improves cell repair, rescues neuron loss in Alzheimer's model.

Q&A with chemistry graduate student Daniel Heintzelman
Daniel Heintzelman
Heard on campus: Co-founder of green chemistry John Warner
John Warner
New tomato, potato family tree shows that fruit color and size evolved together
collage of fruits and berries in the genus Solanum
Unexpected diversity of light-sensing proteins goes beyond vision in frogs
Photo of frog with illustration of eye and opsins
Bisanz named Huck Early Career Chair in Host-Microbiome Interactions
Jordan Bisanz
Biotechnology senior Nate Carey earns Astronaut Scholarship
Nate Carey headshot
Subscribe to Life Sciences