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12/17/09 Dean Steve Kay and Biology Professor Robert Schmidt named 2009 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
12/14/09 Newly Identified Enzymes Help Plants Sense and Respond to Elevated Carbon Dioxide and Could Lead to Water-wise Crops
12/02/09 A Sapphire Energy Co-Founder Sees Solutions in Algae for Drugs as Well as Biofuels
11/16/09 Study Finds Bees Can Learn Differences in Food’s Temperature
11/06/09 Neurobiologists determine how the brain represents both faint and intense signals
11/05/09 2009 Graduate Retreat- A great success
11/02/09 Expert on Genetics of Algae Joins UC San Diego
10/26/09 Scientists learn how hormones aid plants in drought (San Diego Union-Tribune)
10/24/09 Noriyuki Nishimura Wins 2009 Bayer Early Excellence in Science Award
10/23/09 Scientists Making Crops Drought Tolerant (KPBS)
10/23/09 Jim Wilhelm Receives 2009 New Scholar Award in Aging
10/22/09 Shape of a hormone sensor helps biologists understand how plants survive drought
10/19/09 Fizzy drinks leave sour taste (Australian Broadcast Corporation News)
10/19/09 How Tongues Taste the Carbonation in a Fizzy Beverage (NY Times)
10/19/09 How your tongue tastes the bubbly: Sour taste buds (AP)
10/19/09 Tongue's Sour-Sensing Cells Taste Carbonation (Science News)
10/15/09 Scientists Discover Protein Receptor for Carbonation Taste
10/07/09 Division Congratulates Nobel Winning Alum (Nobel Foundation)
09/23/09 UCSD Team Looks at Body's Clock (Del Mar Times)
09/17/09 Interest in algae's oil prospects is growing (LA Times)
09/17/09 Algae as Fuel of the Future Faces Great Expectations - and Obstacles (NY Times)
09/17/09 Insulin-Linked Genes Tied to Body's Internal Clock (US News & World Report)
09/17/09 RNA Screen IDs Pathways Influencing Human Circadian Clock (GenomeWeb)
09/17/09 Genes controlling insulin can alter timing of biological clock
09/02/09 Neurobiologists identify an essential protein for axon regrowth in animal model
08/27/09 Students Travel to Panama for Research Expedition
08/11/09 Experimental drug can kill roundworms
08/10/09 Discovery Could Help Stem Infections of Parasitic Roundworms
08/07/09 Extinction 'Gene': Some Species Are More at Risk
08/07/09 Extinction hits 'whole families'
08/07/09 Extinction: Is It in the Genes?
08/03/09 Extinction Runs in the Family
07/20/09 New Life Histories Emerge for Invasive Wasps, Magnify Ecological Harm
07/07/09 National Parks in Kenya Not Insulated From Wildlife Declines
07/01/09 Making Plants That Sip, Not Gulp, Water
06/24/09 Anti-inflammatory Drugs May Defeat a Treatment-Resistant Type of Cancer
06/18/09 Success of Socrates Fellows Program Shows After One Year
06/15/09 Biologist-comic seeks good chemistry with audience
06/10/09 “Weedy” Bird Species May Win as Temperatures Rise
06/04/09 Division Celebrates First-Ever Research Showcase 2009!
06/01/09 Graduate Student Community Awards
05/28/09 Academic Senate Teaching Awards
05/21/09 Biology Sweeps UCSD Alumni Awards
05/20/09 Scientists crack the mystery of why some birds lay more eggs than others
05/13/09 UC San Diego Assistant Professors Receive Hellman Faculty Fellows Awards
05/11/09 Islands top a global list of places to protect
05/08/09 UC San Diego Expands Summer Program for Undergraduate Cyberinfrastructure Research in Asia and Pacific Rim
05/04/09 Strong Odor Flips a Neural Switch Between Attraction and Aversion
05/01/09 Plant genetics could yield crops that need less water
04/30/09 CIRM Awards $5 Million Early Translational Grant to UC San Diego Researcher
04/30/09 2009 Herbert Stern Lecture: Control of Cell Fate and Body Growth in Drosophila
04/30/09 NY Times: Sustainability and Crop Engineering
04/29/09 2009 Stephen Kuffler Lectures
04/28/09 Regional Partnership to Develop Algal Biofuels Gets Backing of San Diego Leaders
04/20/09 Martin Yanofsky named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
04/17/09 Nature Matters Lecture: Climate Change and Southern California Ecosystems
04/8/09 Nigel Crawford Presented Faculty Excellence Award
04/04/09 Scientists and Investors Mingle at Summit
03/31/09 Pioneering Geneticist Named Recipient of 2009 UCSD/Merck Life Sciences Achievement Award
03/24/09 UC San Diego Biologists Discover a Protein Link to Wound Healing
03/13/09 Biologists Discover Missing Piece of Plant Clock
03/05/09 New Explanation for a Puzzling Biological Divide Along the Malay Peninsula
02/12/09 Happy Birthday, Mr. Darwin
02/12/09 The other legacy of Charles Darwin
02/12/09 Celebrating Darwin's Legacy: Interview with Dean Kay
02/12/08 Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebrations
02/05/09 Kit Pogliano Elected a Fellow in the American Academy of Microbiology
01/26/08 Algae Could Boost Jobs in San Diego
01/21/08 San Diego Algae Biofuels Industry Gains Steam With R&D Consortium
01/05/08 Marine algae good for green fuel
01/01/08 Trying to Turn San Diego into the Green Houston
12/18/08 Three Biological Sciences Professors Named AAAS Fellows
12/18/08 Fruits of the fly
12/09/08 Why Do Some Bird Species Lay Only One Egg? UC San Diego Study Offers Some Answers
12/08/08 Discovery of Microbe in Roundworm Provides Animal Model for ‘Emerging Pathogen’
11/26/08 Biofuels: Hype vs. Hope
11/25/08 Do Plants have Body Clocks? The Naked Scientists interviews Dean Steave Kay
11/24/08 Flies May Reveal Evolutionary Step to Live Birth
11/24/08 UC San Diego A Living Laboratory for Real-World Solutions, Studies
11/13/08 Experts in science, medicine and technology weigh in on what the new president should do first
11/12/08 Light Triggers a New Code for Brain Cells
11/09/08 Tumors Grow Faster Without Blood-Supply Promoting Molecule
11/04/08 Nature Matters: Free Public Lectures Tell How Modern Ecology Can Guide Conservation
10/30/08 UC San Diego Biologists Discover a Motor Protein That Rewinds DNA
10/28/08 Study Confirms Amphibians’ Ability to Predict Changes in Biodiversity
10/23/08 Protein Compass Guides Amoebas Toward Their Prey
10/22/08 UCSD Near You Program Connects UC San Diego with Alumni in New York and Bay Area
10/13/08 Sejnowski Elected to Institute of Medicine
09/29/08 Eureka! Program Gives Undergrads Chance to Trade Summer Jobs for Opportunity to Conduct Hands-on Research
09/15/08 Biologists Identify Genes Controlling Rhythmic Plant Growth
09/02/08 Algae is the Answer
07/30/08 Olfactory Fine-Tuning Helps Fruit Flies Find Their Mates
07/24/08 Biologist Bill Loomis on Life As It Is
07/22/08 Bio Grad Students Megan Eckles and Sam Lasse Help Bring Research into Area Classrooms
07/11/08 Two Biology Faculty Named Hellman Fellows
07/10/08 Wasps and Bumble Bees Heat Up, Fly Faster With Protein-Rich Food
07/07/08 Biodiversity Maps Developed by UC San Diego Scientists Will Help to Guide Conservation Measures in East Africa
06/30/08 Bio Grad Awarded Fulbright Grant to Study in Uruguay
06/23/08 UCSD Scientists Highlight Biofuels, Stem Cells Research at Biotech Convention
06/17/08 Scientists Discover DNA Knot Keeps Viral Genes Tightly Corked Inside Shell
06/11/08 Staff in Memoriam: Mary La Blue
05/27/08 UC San Diego Biology Professor Named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
05/12/08 EPO: Tale of Mice and (Super) Men
04/29/08 Two Plant Biologists at UC San Diego Elected to National Academy of Sciences
04/28/08 2008 Life Sciences Career Expo, hosted by BSSA
04/18/08 UC San Diego Scientists Show First 3-D Image of Antibody Gene
04/17/08 Mice Can Sense Oxygen Through Skin - Washington Post
04/17/08 UC San Diego Study Finds Mice Can Sense Oxygen Through Skin
04/10/08 Final “Evolution Matters” Lecture Finds Clues to Human Disease in Genetics of Primates
04/02/08 Biology Senior and Biology Alumnus Win Top Awards from UC San Diego Alumni Association
03/11/08 Biologists at UC San Diego Identify Key Protein in Cell’s “Self-Eating” Function
02/27/08 Study Finds Future ‘Battlegrounds’ for Conservation Very Different to Those in Past
02/27/08 Gene That Controls Ozone Resistance of Plants Could Lead to Drought-Resistant Crops
02/26/08 Fourth “Evolution Matters” Lecture Unravels the “Abominable Mystery” of Flowers
02/19/08 Third “Evolution Matters” Lecture Explores Nature’s Complexities — from Human Brain to Rainforest
02/05/08 Ant "Super Colony" Could Endanger San Diego's Local Ecology
02/04/08 Part of the Solution: UCSD Organizes Conference to Discuss Developing Biofuels to Replace Dependence on Oil
01/10/08 Second “Evolution Matters” Lecture Focuses on Genetic Patterns of Embryos, Kinship among Species
12/20/07 Biologists Find Unusual Plant Gene: Abstinence by Mutual Consent
12/19/07 South American Ants Eating Way Across California
12/18/07 Study Links Success of Invasive Argentine Ants to Diet Shifts
12/13/07 5 local scientists get slice of stem cell research pie
12/13/07 UC San Diego Researcher Receives New Faculty Award for Stem Cell Research from The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)
12/13/07 UC San Diego Selected for Nationwide Science Education Program
12/10/07 Threatened Birds May Be Rarer than Geographic Range Maps Suggest
12/07/07 Discovery of Fruit Fly Model Could Help Stroke and Transplant Patients
12/05/07 Dean Steve Kay among "Metro Movers to Watch in 2008"
11/15/07 Division’s Evolution Matters Public Lecture Series to Explain Biological Links among All Living Creatures
10/29/07 Professor Stephen Briggs Named to AAAS
10/17/07 Eng Endowment of $50K Supports Wilderness Studies at UC San Diego
10/17/07 Discovery of New Antiviral Mechanism in Mammals May Improve Treatment of Hepatitis C Infections
10/04/07 Division's Undergraduate Student Organization (BSSA ) Launches New Year
09/17/07 Scripps Research Institute Biologist Named UCSD Dean of Biological Sciences
09/10/07 Professor Maarten Chrispeels Named an inaugural Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists
09/05/07 In First Step of Promising Partnership, Chile Will Send Scholars to UC San Diego to Boost Chile's Biotech Science
08/13/07 Interaction of Two Genes Governs Coloration Patterns in Mice
08/08/07 Researchers Examine How Cells Change the Pace of Their Steps
08/07/07 The Power To Empower
06/20/07 Key Finding by UC-San Diego Scientists May Improve Treatment of Anemia
06/19/07 Professor Ananda W. Goldrath named 2007 Pew Scholar
06/18/07 Division holds 5th Annual Graduating Senior Reception and Award Ceremony
06/14/07 Making Pretty Pictures: The images Kit Pogliano takes of bacterial proteins are breathtaking, but the science is even more so.
06/05/07 Study Warns Climate Change and Deforestation will Lead to Declines in Global Bird Diversity
05/10/07 UCSD Academic Senate to Honor Biology Professor Steve Wasserman
05/02/07 Amy Kiger: A Scientist to Watch
05/01/07 Global Survey of Lizards Reveals Greater Abundance of Animals on Islands Than on Mainland Ecosystems
04/09/07 UCSD Discovery Raises Questions About Some Therapies Designed to Treat Half of all Human Cancers
03/27/07 Harvard Biologist Named Recipient of 2007 UCSD/Merck Life Sciences Achievement Award
03/20/07 Biologists Produce Global Map of Plant Biodiversity
03/09/07 UCSD Alumni Association to Honor Martin Yanofsky for Distinguished Teaching
12/19/06 Electrical Activity Alters Language Used By Nerve Cells
11/30/06 Invasive Ants Territorial When Neighbors Are Not Kin
11/23/06 AAAS Fellows in Biological Sciences
11/14/06 Pattern of Human Ebola Outbreaks Linked to Wildlife and Climate
10/26/06 Tweedle Coat Fashions Stocky Flies
10/10/06 UCSD Faculty Named to Prestigious National Organization
10/05/06 Study Finds Tropics Are the Source of Most New Species
10/02/06 Compound Eyes, Evolutionary Ties
09/25/06 Bacterial Protein Shows Promise in Treating Intestinal Parasites
09/19/06 Red Is for Hummingbirds; Yellow for Moths
09/11/06 Mechanism to Organize Nervous System Conserved in Evolution
08/23/06 UCSD-led Team Discovers How We Detect Sour Taste
07/26/06 UCSD Biologist Receives Prestigious Presidential Award
07/18/06 Discovery of Genetic Mutation in Florida Beach Mice Suggests Extinct Mammoth Had Light and Dark Fur
07/17/06 Amy Pasquinelli named 2006 Keck Distinguished Young Scholar
06/30/06 UCSD Biologists Solve Plant Growth Hormone Enigma
06/28/06 Innovation on both sides of the border
06/01/06 UCSD Receives $2.1 Million Grant to Enhance Undergraduate, Community College and Pre-College Science Education
5/11/06 California - A Sunny State of Opportunities
5/08/06 Kiger and Traver Named Kimmel Scholars
4/27/06 Beckman Young Investigator Awards
3/30/06 Water Found To Be Main Culprit In Argentine Ant Invasions
3/24/06 UCSD Biologist, Beloved Teacher Dies
2/27/06 Young Faculty Awarded Prestigious Sloan Foundation Fellowships
1/26/06 Study of Tropical Forests Worldwide Reveals that Nature Encourages Diversity
1/18/06 National Academy of Sciences Awards Major Prize to UCSD Chemistry and Biology Professor
1/18/06 UCSD Biologists Find New Evidence for One-Way Evolution
1/17/06 Evolution Doesn't Always Favor Bigger Animals
1/06/06 Internationally Recognized Cell Biologist at UCSD Dies
11/30/05 Bridging California's Educational Divide
11/17/05 Biologists Examine Success and Failures of Ant Invasions
11/09/05 Zebrafish Stem Cells Provide Clues to Blood and Immune System Development
10/28/05 Professor Vivek Malhotra named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
10/19/05 UCSD Study Shows 'Junk' DNA Has Evolutionary Importance
10/18/05 Dr. Gentry Patrick, recipient of this year's Ray Thomas Edwards Award
9/15/05 The Origin of the Human Mind: Insights from Brain Imaging & Evolution
9/06/05 The V Foundation for Cancer Research names Ananda W. Goldrath one of 18 V Scholars for 2005
9/05/05 Obituary for Silvio Varon
8/30/05 UCSD Pioneer in Neuroregeneration Dies at 81
8/18/05 UCSD Named "Hottest" in Science
8/03/05 Biologist Discovers What May Be World's 'Pickiest' Mates
8/02/05 Igert Training Grant Awarded to Professors Briggs and Schroeder
7/26/05 Assistant professor Lisa Boulanger has been named holder of the Professorship in Neuroregeneration
7/01/05 Researchers Boost White Blood Cells' Ability to Kill Bacteria
6/30/05 Charles Carpenter Retires
5/30/05 Jing W. Wang, assistant professor of biology, has been named a 2005 Searle Scholar
5/09/05 UCSD 'Dude' Making Waves in Public Service
5/05/05 Amoeba Genome is Latest to be Charted
5/04/05 Biologists Determine Genetic Blueprint Of Social Amoeba
4/14/05 Master Gene Controls Healing Of "Skin" In Fruit Flies And Mammals
4/04/05 RNA Symposium Attracts 500 Biologists to UCSD
2/10/05 Discovery May Help Extend Life Of Natural Pesticide
12/26/04 UCSD Discovery Shows How Embryonic Stem Cells Perform 'Quality Control' Inspections
12/01/04 UCSD Biologists Identify Gene In Corn Plants That May Have Paved Way For Development Of Maize
11/14/04 Professor Steven Briggs joins UCSD Biological Sciences faculty
10/21/04 Unlocking the Mysteries of the Brain San Diego Union-Tribune
10/11/04 New multiplex labeling technique fills gap between in situ hybridization and microarray analysis
10/16/04 Opportunities for Research in the Behavioral Sciences
9/01/04 Cilia and Cilia
8/23/04 UCSD Biologists Develop 'Super-Endurance' Strain Of Mice
8/05/04 Method To Visualize Gene Activity May Provide Important Insight Into Normal Development And Genome Function
7/12/04 UCSD Biologists Discover Cell's Defense Mechanism Against Class Of Disease-Causing
6/16/04 No such thing as natural farming
6/15/04 Espionage May Have Driven The Evolution Of Bee Language According To UCSD-Led Study In Brazil
5/13/04 UCSD Biologists Uncover Genetic Links To Broad Range Of Human Disorders Resulting From Cilia Dysfunctions
5/01/04 UCSD Biologist Marty Yanofsky discuses crops as a threat to the ozone layer on The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's "Science Show"
4/20/04 Two UCSD Professors In Biology And Physics Elected To National Academy Of Sciences
3/13/04 Amy Pasquinelli has won The Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award of the Peter Gruber Foundation
1/08/04 Scientists Discover New Gene Essential For The Development Of Normal Brain Connections Resulting From Sensory Input
1/06/04 Study Gives New Insight Into How Anthrax Bacteria Can Evade A Host's Immune Response
10/30/03 Maarten J. Chrispeels Named Fellow Of American Association For The Advancement of Science
10/13/03 Plant Gene Discovered That Promotes Production Of Ozone-Destroying Methyl Halides
10/10/03 New Gene Necessary For Plant Growth And Development Discovered Using A Promising Experimental Technique
09/22/03 Study of Stingless Bees in Brazil by UC San Diego Biologist Provides Insight Into Evolution of Bee Communication
09/12/03 Immo Scheffler receives UMDF Sage Fellowship for studying mitochondrial function
08/13/03 Why we need more Latino scientists and engineers
08/08/03 UCSD Biologists Discover Key Step For 'Designer Plants' That Could Clean Up Heavy Metals At Hazardous Waste Sites
08/01/03 Preservation of genetic information stored in plants and animals (National Public Radio)
07/27/03 Argentine insects once again making North County antsy
07/03/03 UCSD honors the father of DNA, Francis Crick
06/30/03 Mauricio Montal Named Biophysical Society Fellow
06/18/03 Francis Crick Wins First 'Life Sciences Achievement Award'
06/13/03 Cuts And Wounds In Mammals - Protein Critical For Development In Fruit Flies Found To Aid Healing
05/05/03 Mind-set: Research project will study architecture's impact on the brain
03/06/03 Biologists Discover Key To Blocking Inflammation
02/28/03 UCSD Biologists' Study Links Human Impacts Along The Coast To Size Declines Of Marine Snails In Southern California
02/19/03 Bt Toxins Found To Kill Parasitic Roundworms
01/24/03 Terror-Fighting Hotbed: San Diego Is Key Battle Ground in Fight Against Terrorists
12/03/02 Biological Sciences Wins Diversity Award
11/07/02 Biological Sciences' Al Hilde Named UCSD Veteran Of The Year
10/07/02 Biology Professor at Salk and UCSD Wins 2002 Nobel Prize in Medicine
10/03/02 Former UCSD Provost And Biology Professor Dies At 84
9/12/02 DNA Evidence Suggests 3 Types Of Elephants Roam Africa
5/30/02 Discovery Sheds Light On Mechanisms That Allow Cells To Steer Directly Towards Chemical Cues
2/28/02 Proliferation Of Argentine Ants In California Linked To Decline In Coastal Horned Lizards
2/06/02 First Genetic Evidence Uncovered Of How Major Changes In Body Shapes Occurred During Early Animal Evolution
1/31/02 UCSD Biologists Discover That Machinery For Cell Division Plays Dual Role In Partitioning Developing Embryo
1/15/02 UCSD Biologists Visualize Protein Gradient Responsible For Dividing Embryo Into Nervous System, Epidermis
11/29/01 Pictures Reveal How Nerve Cells Form Connections To Store Short- And Long-Term Memories In Brain
8/02/01 UCSD Biologists Identify Genetic Mechanisms Conferring Resistance To 'Bt Toxins'
6/28/01 UCSD Researchers Decipher Molecular 'Code' Capable Of Controlling Plant Water Loss During Droughts
6/14/01 UCSD Biologists Identify 548 Genes In The Fruit Fly Likely To Play A Role In Human Genetic Diseases
5/31/01 Study Of Marine Snail Suggests Conservation Efforts Should Consider Factors Beyond Genetic Diversity
5/16/01 UCSD Professors In The Biology And Physical Sciences Divisions Honored For Achievements
4/30/01 UCSD Biologists Discover New Class Of Genes Responsible For Embryonic Development
3/08/01 Calcium Signals Found To Guide Nerve Cell Development
2/05/01 UCSD Biologists Transform Leaves Into Petals
1/17/01 Biologists Uncover Darwin’s ‘Missing Evidence’ For Divergence Of Species In A Warbler's Song
1/03/01 UCSD Biologist, Author To Speak On Benefits And Ethical Issues Raised By Human-Genome Technology
11/21/00 Founding Dean Named For UCSD's Division Of Biology
11/02/00 UCSD Professors In The Biology And Physical Sciences Divisions Honored For Achievements
10/31/00 UCSD Scientists Awarded $3-Million Biocomplexity Grant
6/22/00 UCSD Professors in Natural Sciences Honored for Achievements
6/02/00 Biology Student to Receive Dr. Selma Silagi Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science at UCSD
5/15/00 Success of Introduced Argentine Ants Tied to Reduced Genetic Variation
5/10/00 Genes for Unusual ‘Flower Within A Flower’ are Identified by UCSD Scientists
4/26/00 Four UCSD Students Selected as Beckman Scholars
4/13/00 UCSD Scientists Identify Genes Controlling Seed Dispersal
3/23/00 UCSD Study of Uncoordinated Fruit Flies Provides Molecular Clues to Hearing Problems in Humans
3/16/00 Identification of Bitter-Taste Genes Provides Insight Into the Organization of the Taste System
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