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Molecular Microbiology
Molecular Microbiology: The Division of Molecular Microbiology encompasses a spectrum of research that flows from fundamental science using model organisms to translational research on medically- and economically-significant species. The overarching purpose of the division is to further the science of molecular microbiology through innovative and internationally-recognized research on a broad platform of topics.
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JAN 03, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Zika busted out of obscurity with a vengeance last year. Very little was known about the virus when it began afflicting ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 02, 2017Microbiology
In a study published in Nature Chemical Biology, researchers demonstrated that an herbal remedy used for centuries in Ch ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 01, 2017Microbiology
Vaccines are meant to preemptively protect the body from infection, and while it is possible to produce such protective ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 01, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Proteins are often studied within a small context, such as their behavior within a pathway or behavior under specific co ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 30, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Potassium channels are critical structures in biology; they selectively allow potassium ions to pass through the membran ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Deep in our gastrointestinal tract, a community of microbes lives in symbiosis with our bodies. That community, called t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 28, 2016Microbiology
Researchers at UC Davis and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) have spearheaded an effort to apply geneti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 28, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Proton pumps are specialized proteins that reside in the envelope that surround a cell, the membrane, and the pumps can ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 27, 2016Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant pathogenic bacteria are becoming a serious public health concern. In the video below, the director ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 26, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have found more evidence that RNA that does not code for pro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 26, 2016Immunology
An international group of researchers associated with the World Health Organization published its final report on the Eb ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)DEC 24, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A diet that contains a lot of fat is known to be a poor choice for good heath in part because it can cause metabolic syn ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 21, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
LA JOLLA, CA – December 21, 2016 – A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) is ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)DEC 21, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The movement of tumor cells is dangerous to human health; metastatic cancer can migrate to adjacent tissue and even othe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 21, 2016Microbiology
Can mouthwash cure gonorrhea? That’s the claim that Listerine made way back in 1879. With the incidence of gonorrh ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 21, 2016Microbiology
The first fecal transplant was done in humans in 1958, but has garnered a lot of interest as a beneficial therapeutic in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2016Cancer
For the first time, researchers have traced a childhood form of blood cancer (acute lymphoblastic leukemia or ALL) to a ...DEC 20, 2016Cancer
JUPITER, FL – December 20, 2016 – Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)DEC 20, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Six new patients in Colorado were diagnosed with infection of a superbug known as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriacea ...DEC 19, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
There are vast swaths of genomic regions that don't code for protein, once nicknamed and thought of as junk DNA and RNA. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 18, 2016Microbiology
To construct new tissue or maintain it in adulthood, cells have to be able to respond to mechanical and molecular cues f ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 18, 2016Microbiology
A vast community of microbes lives in symbiosis with the human body, many of which reside in the gastrointestinal tract. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 15, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Evolutionarily speaking, successful species are those that can procreate and pass their genetics to future generations. ...DEC 13, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Genetic information from genes on DNA is first transcribed into RNA before being made into proteins, the major building ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JAN 03, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Zika busted out of obscurity with a vengeance last year. Very little was known about the virus when it began afflicting
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 02, 2017
Microbiology
In a study published in Nature Chemical Biology, researchers demonstrated that an herbal remedy used for centuries in Ch
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 01, 2017
Microbiology
Vaccines are meant to preemptively protect the body from infection, and while it is possible to produce such protective
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 01, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Proteins are often studied within a small context, such as their behavior within a pathway or behavior under specific co
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 30, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Potassium channels are critical structures in biology; they selectively allow potassium ions to pass through the membran
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Deep in our gastrointestinal tract, a community of microbes lives in symbiosis with our bodies. That community, called t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 28, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers at UC Davis and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) have spearheaded an effort to apply geneti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 28, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Proton pumps are specialized proteins that reside in the envelope that surround a cell, the membrane, and the pumps can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2016
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant pathogenic bacteria are becoming a serious public health concern. In the video below, the director
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 26, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have found more evidence that RNA that does not code for pro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 26, 2016
Immunology
An international group of researchers associated with the World Health Organization published its final report on the Eb
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
DEC 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A diet that contains a lot of fat is known to be a poor choice for good heath in part because it can cause metabolic syn
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 21, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
LA JOLLA, CA – December 21, 2016 – A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) is
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 21, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The movement of tumor cells is dangerous to human health; metastatic cancer can migrate to adjacent tissue and even othe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 21, 2016
Microbiology
Can mouthwash cure gonorrhea? That’s the claim that Listerine made way back in 1879. With the incidence of gonorrh
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 21, 2016
Microbiology
The first fecal transplant was done in humans in 1958, but has garnered a lot of interest as a beneficial therapeutic in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2016
Cancer
For the first time, researchers have traced a childhood form of blood cancer (acute lymphoblastic leukemia or ALL) to a
...
DEC 20, 2016
Cancer
JUPITER, FL – December 20, 2016 – Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Six new patients in Colorado were diagnosed with infection of a superbug known as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriacea
...
DEC 19, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
There are vast swaths of genomic regions that don't code for protein, once nicknamed and thought of as junk DNA and RNA.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 18, 2016
Microbiology
To construct new tissue or maintain it in adulthood, cells have to be able to respond to mechanical and molecular cues f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 18, 2016
Microbiology
A vast community of microbes lives in symbiosis with the human body, many of which reside in the gastrointestinal tract.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 15, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Evolutionarily speaking, successful species are those that can procreate and pass their genetics to future generations.
...
DEC 13, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Genetic information from genes on DNA is first transcribed into RNA before being made into proteins, the major building
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch