News and Publications

Dr. Duhamel and colleagues published on their investigation of microbial communities in a lava-water system in Iceland as a Mars analogue. T

The Buchan lab published a new paper describing HARLEY, a new open source microscopy analysis software.

Congratulations, Shifat Hossain, one of the recipients of the Danny Brower Memorial Scholarship for undergraduate MCB students. This is her second time winning the scholarship.

My Duyen Tran has been awarded the May 2022 Outstanding Senior Award for the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology. She is also one of the recipients of the Danny Brower Memorial Scholarship

Dr. Gutenkunst worked with European collaborators who sequenced the DNA of 15 humans from the European Neolithic era (6500 - 8500 years ago). They analyzed the DNA of these ancient humans along with contemporary Europeans to measure how much natural selection had changed over time.

This paper reviews recent advances towards providing the general public with first-hand experiences to microbiology and modern biotechnology, such as novel interactive museum exhibits or hands-on activities for schools.

Congratulations to Angelica Escoto, who has won the 2022 Molecular and Cellular Biology Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Teaching. “I am very excited and happy. I hope that this award will make me more competitive for my future teaching career.”

Congratulations to Ben Atwell who has won the 2022 Molecular and Cellular Biology Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Scholarship. Ben is in the last stage of earning his PhD. “Receiving this award is a nice way to finish. It is exciting to be near the end, and it is super cool to be honored in this way,” said Ben.

Dr. Padi and colleagues administered sulforaphane, a compound that can be extracted from broccoli seeds and sprouts, to a cohort of current smokers. They found that sulforaphane significantly increased detoxification of benzene, the cancer-causing chemical found in cigarette smoke.