Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology | College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences

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Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology

Preparing for the future

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Department of MCSB

Research in the Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology uses multidisciplinary approaches to understanding basic cellular processes in various tissues, including the nervous system, as well as more integrative levels of analysis, including behavior.

Mission & Vision

We have active and engaged faculty, students, and researchers who are busy pushing the boundaries of scientific knowledge, bringing science to bear on critical global concerns, gaining attention in national media, and winning major research grants and international honors.

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I get to address and study real-life, relevant issues. My studies have an actual impact on the world.

ERIC, CLASS OF ‘20

Talbot Lab

Talbot Lab

Brain Awareness

Brain Awareness

Biological Sciences Bldg

Biological Sciences Bldg

UCR Campus

UCR Campus

August 16, 2024

Aerosols from u-cigarettes are at least as harmful as those from e-cigarettes

UC Riverside and Portland State University researchers evaluated four SURGE u-cigarette flavor variants

Prestigious NIH award will advance brain research at UCR

Viji Santhakumar is the first recipient on campus of the Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award

Digital games on vaping devices could lure more youth to nicotine addiction

Like other smart devices, smart vapes have high-definition animated displays

Sophomore wins UCR neuroscience award

Tara Gao, an undergraduate student at UC Riverside who excelled in academics and performed significant mentored research, has won the Austin and Helen Riesen Neuroscience Award for Research and Academic Excellence.

CNAS Welcomes New Divisional Deans

Effective July 1, 2024, the University of California, Riverside (UCR) College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences (CNAS) welcomed three new divisional deans, who will lead CNAS student academic affairs and the College’s life and agricultural sciences core areas: Divisional Dean...

The Graduate Program in CMDB is proud to announce the MS Defense of Mahziar Khazaali.

Title: "Genomics and Mitogenomics of the wasp Ampulex Compressa"

The Graduate Program in CMDB is proud to announce the PhD Defense of Ariana Hardy.

Title: "A Prickly Situation: miR361 plays a critical role in bone development and disorders by directly targeting Prickle."

February 27, 2024

Sniffing our way to better health

New scent-based therapy can delay disease; has implications also for agricultural production

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