Researchers Greatly Improve Evolutionary Tree of Life for Mammals
Mark Springer's lab has released for the first time a large and robust DNA matrix that has representation for all mammalian families.
View ArticleNew Laboratory Test Assesses How DNA Damage Affects Protein Synthesis
Chemists at UC Riverside have developed a test in the lab that helps explain how DNA damage arising from anticancer drugs and environmental chemicals leads to cancer development.
View ArticleScientists Identify Two Transposons That Are Active in Human Cells
One of the transposons was discovered at UC Riverside -- specifically in the lab of Peter Atkinson, the director of the Center for Disease Vector Research.
View ArticleResearchers Identify Key Cellular Organelle Involved in Gene Silencing
Xuemei Chen's lab at UC Riverside is the first to demonstrate that the endoplasmic reticulum, a cellular organelle, is where microRNA-mediated translation repression occurs — a discovery that could...
View ArticleChemist Receives High Honor from American Society for Mass Spectrometry
UC Riverside's Yinsheng Wang has received the Biemann Medal awarded by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry.
View ArticleScientists Discover Chemical Modification in Human Malaria Parasite DNA
UC Riverside researchers trying to understand the biology of Plasmodium, the human malaria parasite, have discovered a potential weakness—low levels of DNA methylation in Plasmodium’s genome that may...
View ArticleSequencing of Barley Genome Achieves New Milestone
A team led by UC Riverside scientists has reached a new milestone in its work, begun in 2000, on sequencing the barley genome.
View ArticleEyewitness Identification Reforms Not Always Supported by Data
California is often a trendsetter on public policy. But when it comes to reforming the way law enforcement agencies and courts handle eyewitness identification evidence, the state may have benefited...
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