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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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MAR 18, 2015Immunology
After a chance observation in the lab, researchers found a method that can force dangerous leukemia cells in the l ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 18, 2015Genetics & Genomics
When viruses such as influenza and Ebola jump from one species to another, their ability to cause harm can change dramat ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 17, 2015Cancer
Vanderbilt University researchers have achieved the first "image fusion" of mass spectrometry and microscopy - a technic ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 17, 2015Chemistry & Physics
To pack two meters of DNA into a microscopic cell, the string of genetic information must be wound extremely carefully i ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 16, 2015Microbiology
A robust new material is extraordinarily adept at destroying toxic nerve agents that were first used 100 years ago durin ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 16, 2015Microbiology
Targeting deadly, drug-resistant bacteria poses a serious challenge to researchers looking for antibiotics that can kill ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 12, 2015Immunology
An extensive database identifying immune traits, such as how immune cell function is regulated at the genetic level in h ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 12, 2015Health & Medicine
Electrical engineer Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh calls the stinking mixture puddled in jars inside his laboratory "fecal inocu ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 11, 2015Microbiology
Households can serve as a reservoir for transmitting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to a ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 10, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
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When UC Berkeley bioengineers say they are holding their hearts in the palms of their hands, they are no ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 09, 2015Genetics & Genomics
UCLA stem cell researchers have shown that a novel stem cell gene therapy method could lead to a one-time, lasting treat ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 09, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), La Jolla, Calif, has determined the basic structural ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 09, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A first-of-its-kind study shows that who we inherit genetic variants from - our mother or father - is crucial for the de ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 08, 2015Health & Medicine
Is it love or a diarrheal parasite? In this Valentine's-appropriate image, it's the parasite. Caught on scanning electro ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 07, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
In the absence of food, neurons that normally control appetite initiate complex, repetitive behaviors seen in obsessive- ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 06, 2015Genetics & Genomics
When it comes to gene expression - the process by which our DNA provides the recipe used to direct the synthesis of prot ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 05, 2015Immunology
A team of infectious disease computer modelers at the University of Pittsburgh have launched a free, mobile-friendly too ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 04, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Evolution brings improvements, but it's also a hotbed for lots of diseases that defy treatment.
We see this i ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 04, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientific debate has been hot lately about whether microbial nanowires, the specialized electrical pili of the mud-dwel ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 04, 2015Immunology
Researchers at Vanderbilt University, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, and The Scripps Research Inst ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 04, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Throughout the world, beer is a welcome refreshment. In order to satisfy an increasingly discriminating customer brewers ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 04, 2015Microbiology
For the first time, researchers have produced a 3-D image revealing part of the inner structure of an intact, infectious ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 04, 2015Immunology
Rats in New York City carry a species of flea that is capable of transmitting plague pathogens.
For a new stu ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAR 02, 2015Microbiology
Scientists have captured the first detailed microscopy images of ultra-small bacteria that are believed to be about as s ...Written By: Judy O'Rourke
MAR 18, 2015
Immunology
After a chance observation in the lab, researchers found a method that can force dangerous leukemia cells in the l ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 18, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
When viruses such as influenza and Ebola jump from one species to another, their ability to cause harm can change dramat
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 17, 2015
Cancer
Vanderbilt University researchers have achieved the first "image fusion" of mass spectrometry and microscopy - a technic
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 17, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
To pack two meters of DNA into a microscopic cell, the string of genetic information must be wound extremely carefully i
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 16, 2015
Microbiology
A robust new material is extraordinarily adept at destroying toxic nerve agents that were first used 100 years ago durin
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 16, 2015
Microbiology
Targeting deadly, drug-resistant bacteria poses a serious challenge to researchers looking for antibiotics that can kill
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 12, 2015
Immunology
An extensive database identifying immune traits, such as how immune cell function is regulated at the genetic level in h
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 12, 2015
Health & Medicine
Electrical engineer Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh calls the stinking mixture puddled in jars inside his laboratory "fecal inocu
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 11, 2015
Microbiology
Households can serve as a reservoir for transmitting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to a
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 10, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
BERKELEY -
When UC Berkeley bioengineers say they are holding their hearts in the palms of their hands, they are no ...
When UC Berkeley bioengineers say they are holding their hearts in the palms of their hands, they are no ...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 09, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
UCLA stem cell researchers have shown that a novel stem cell gene therapy method could lead to a one-time, lasting treat
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 09, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), La Jolla, Calif, has determined the basic structural
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 09, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A first-of-its-kind study shows that who we inherit genetic variants from - our mother or father - is crucial for the de
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 08, 2015
Health & Medicine
Is it love or a diarrheal parasite? In this Valentine's-appropriate image, it's the parasite. Caught on scanning electro
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 07, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
In the absence of food, neurons that normally control appetite initiate complex, repetitive behaviors seen in obsessive-
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 06, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
When it comes to gene expression - the process by which our DNA provides the recipe used to direct the synthesis of prot
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 05, 2015
Immunology
A team of infectious disease computer modelers at the University of Pittsburgh have launched a free, mobile-friendly too
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 04, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Evolution brings improvements, but it's also a hotbed for lots of diseases that defy treatment.
We see this i ...
We see this i ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 04, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientific debate has been hot lately about whether microbial nanowires, the specialized electrical pili of the mud-dwel
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 04, 2015
Immunology
Researchers at Vanderbilt University, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, and The Scripps Research Inst
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 04, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Throughout the world, beer is a welcome refreshment. In order to satisfy an increasingly discriminating customer brewers
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 04, 2015
Microbiology
For the first time, researchers have produced a 3-D image revealing part of the inner structure of an intact, infectious
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 04, 2015
Immunology
Rats in New York City carry a species of flea that is capable of transmitting plague pathogens.
For a new stu ...
For a new stu ...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAR 02, 2015
Microbiology
Scientists have captured the first detailed microscopy images of ultra-small bacteria that are believed to be about as s
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke