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The Graduate Program in Neuroscience is proud to announce the Ph.D. Dissertation Defense of Manali Dey

Title: "To Eat or Not to Eat: The Complex Mechanisms of Dietary Preferences in Drosophilids"

Neuroscience graduate student receives prestigious predoctoral fellowship

Elena Kozlova, a graduate student in the Neuroscience Graduate Program, has received a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship that will help her obtain mentored research training while conducting dissertation research.
By IQBAL PITTALWALA |

Studies identify new strategies for insect control

UC Riverside research shows how ammonia and amine odorants could be used to combat insect-driven diseases
By IQBAL PITTALWALA |

Sarjeet Gill: Success over Discrimination

Facing both religious and racial discrimination in his native Malaysia, Sarjeet Gill vacated a tenured university position to attempt a risky and unemployed transition to the United States.
By Marlin E. Rice |

How the brain stores remote fear memory

UC Riverside mouse study could lead to novel therapies for people living with PTSD
By IQBAL PITTALWALA |

How do worms develop their gut?

The pandemic helped a husband-and-wife team at UC Riverside solve the mystery
By IQBAL PITTALWALA |

Flavor chemical use is increasing popularity of tobacco-flavored products

Students and young adults are especially attracted to e-cigarettes with appealing flavors

Neuroscientist named to board of directors of American Epilepsy Society

Viji Santhakumar, a professor of neuroscience in the UCR Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, has been appointed a member of the board of directors of the American Epilepsy Society, or AES. Her three-year term begins January 1, 2023.

Thirdhand smoke can trigger skin diseases

UC Riverside-led clinical study advances molecular understanding of THS effects on skin
By IQBAL PITTALWALA |

Cell Reports Methods Q&A

In this Q&A, Cell Press Community Review Product Manager Matt Pavlovich talks to Martin Riccomagno

Lingering Chemicals From Smokers Exceed "Safe Level" Guidelines

Some smells seem to seep into everything they touch. Tobacco smoke is one of the worst offenders.
By Technology Networks |

Coolants in Puff electronic cigarettes present health hazard

UC Riverside-led study highlights need for regulation to protect public health
By IQBAL PITTALWALA |

Switching from tobacco to e-cigarettes does not reverse respiratory epithelium damage

UC Riverside study reports prolonged e-cigarette use may contribute to airway epithelium damage and lead to respiratory diseases
By IQBAL PITTALWALA |

STEAM: Insect neuroscientist Anandasankar Ray on CBS News

Olga Ospina highlights Professor Anandasankar Ray, a insect neuroscientist who studies how insects can detect smells in their environment using different scents that react with their brain.
By CBS News |

Graduate student receives predoctoral fellowship for epilepsy research

Andrew Huang, a biomedical sciences graduate student at UC Riverside, has been awarded a one-year American Epilepsy Society Predoctoral Research Fellowship.
By IQBAL PITTALWALA |

Human skin can be damaged by exposure to thirdhand smoke and electronic cigarette spills

A University of California, Riverside, study has found that dermal exposure to nicotine concentrations found in thirdhand smoke, or THS, and electronic cigarette spills may damage the skin.
By IQBAL PITTALWALA |

Graduate student receives grant to study how maternal gut microbiome affects social behavior of offspring

Doctoral student Elena Kozlova has received a $25,000 grant from the food and beverage company Danone North America to explore how the gut microbiome, probiotics, and yogurt help support and maintain human health and wellness.
By IQBAL PITTALWALA |

Cell biologist receives Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement

Congratulations!!!! Dr. Martins-Green, for being selected as a faculty recipient of the 2021-22 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement.
By IMRAN GHORI |

World Malaria Day 2022 - interview Karine Le Roch Ph.D

World Malaria Day 2022: How the knockdown of P. falciparum RAP01 and RAP21 proteins could lead to novel antimalarial therapeutics
By Aimee Molineux |

Malaria parasite’s survival linked to two proteins

UC Riverside-led research could lead to novel antimalarial therapeutic strategies
By IQBAL PITTALWALA |
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