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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
By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Prestigious NIH award will advance brain research at UCR

Viji Santhakumar is the first recipient on campus of the Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award
By Iqbal Pittalwala |

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

Like other smart devices, smart vapes have high-definition animated displays
By IQBAL PITTALWALA |

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.
By IQBAL PITTALWALA |

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 of Life Sciences: Morris Maduro, Professor of Biology in the Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology...
By CNAS |

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."

Sniffing our way to better health

New scent-based therapy can delay disease; has implications also for agricultural production
By IQBAL PITTALWALA |

Vaping can increase susceptibility to infection by SARS-CoV-2

UC Riverside study urges e-cigarette users to be cautious about vaping in the era of COVID-19
By IQBAL PITTALWALA |

Fight against malaria takes a step forward

Identification of RNA-binding proteins using R-DeeP reveals new drug targets
By IQBAL PITTALWALA |

The early bird (or scientist) gets the worm

Size does not matter. Certainly not when it comes to tiny worms securing the attention of biologists. One such biologist, Morris F. Maduro at the University of California, Riverside, has just been awarded a grant of nearly $1.3 million from the National Science Foundation, or NSF, to study a worm (or nematode) about a millimeter...
By IQBAL PITTALWALA |

2023 ‘Highly Cited’ list celebrates UCR faculty influence

Prue Talbot, a professor of cell biology (cross field category). Talbot's laboratory is focused on tobacco-related diseases, electronic cigarettes, stem cell biology, and video bioinformatics. She has been on the list every year since 2020.
By JULES BERNSTEIN |

Findings challenge standard understanding of COVID-19 infection

UC Riverside research can help scientists develop methods to prevent COVID-19 in mink and other species
By IQBAL PITTALWALA |

Scientists tame biological trigger of deadly Huntington’s disease

New hope for other nervous system disorders like ALS
By JULES BERNSTEIN |

How did a fly species gain sole access to a fruit in the Seychelles?

A UC Riverside-led study offers an answer
By IQBAL PITTALWALA |

UCR joins new regenerative medicine consortium

By IQBAL PITTALWALA |

Grant to postdoc will increase understanding of how e-cigarettes affect human health

Esther Omaiye, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology at UC Riverside, has been awarded a three-year, postdoctoral grant exceeding $305,000 from the University of California’s Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, or TRDRP, to investigate how ratios of solvents and chemical mixtures in e-cigarettes influence their toxicity.
By IQBAL PITTALWALA |

New approach to fighting malaria

UC Riverside-led study zeroes in on special RNA molecules in the human malaria parasite
By IQBAL PITTALWALA |

Study examines salt taste in flies

UC Riverside research uncovers mechanism that reduces intake of harmful levels of salt
By IQBAL PITTALWALA |
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