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Spotlight

Dr. Charest Receives $1.6m NSF Grant!

Grant Title: The role of receptor dynamics in eukaryotic chemotaxis  PI: Pascale Charest, University of Arizona Co-I: Wouter-Jan Rappel, UCSD  Award: $1,648,162  Grant...


Unlocking the Secrets of Cell Communication: Ras and mTORC2 in Action

Recent research by Stephen F. Smith, A.F.M. Tariqul Islam, Shoxruxxon Alimukhamedov, Ethan T. Weiss, and Pascale G. Charest published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry revealed...


Study highlights that a globally abundant cyanobacterium, Synechococcus, can access a broad range of phosphorus compounds to grow and photosynthesize.

In a paper recently published in FEMS Microbiology Ecology, authors Emily M Waggoner, Kahina Djaoudi, Julia M Diaz, and Solange Duhamel explore how the common marine cyanobacterium, Synechococcus...