Microbiologist brings his photography skills to support a global research effort
Christopher Corzett of USC Dornsife’s Department of Biological Sciences documents efforts to study and preserve gut bacteria of people around the globe.
To better understand diabetes, scientists gaze inside insulin-producing pancreatic cells
A USC-led team has developed advanced imaging techniques that allow for a uniquely detailed glimpse inside the body’s insulin factories.
Researchers may have found a path to longer life
USC Dornsife scientists are investigating if a drug that extends the lives of female flies who’ve mated could also have an effect on humans.
Antibiotic used to treat tuberculosis could be surprise treatment for deadly superbug
Through a new screening method, USC researchers have found that the antibiotic rifabutin is effective against life-threatening Acinetobacter baumannii.
Disease detectives investigate how COVID-19 spread from animals to humans
The coronavirus may have started with bats, but scientists at USC and beyond are researching how it ended up infecting humans.
Award-winning doctoral student plans to explore the molecular unknown
After graduating from USC Dornsife with a level of scholarly productivity that her faculty advisor called ‘breathtaking,’ Pragya Goel is ready to further transform neuroscience.
Training program leads to collaboration among grad students in chemistry and biology
Two-year program aims to build innovative thinkers and solve biological problems.
USC teams with big industry to solve immune diseases
New postdoctoral program could speed up research and development of immunological treatments.
Why biosciences and engineering are on a collision course
USC goes all in on convergent bioscience, bringing scientific curiosity and engineers’ know-how to solve medical problems.
Industry teams with academics to achieve medical advances
USC Dornsife and a nonprofit research institute will collaborate to transform basic research into medicines.
Small variations in genetic code can team up to have a big impact
USC scientists find that complex interactions among genetic variants have major ramifications.
Intestinal cells that make insulin? It could be possible one day
Stem cell researcher wants to use the cells to treat both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
Six USC professors named fellows of AAAS
Six USC scientists have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), selected for the honor by their academic peers.
USC scientists ID protein with potential for anticancer therapy
Molecular microbiologists at USC have uncovered intricate regulatory mechanisms within the cell that could lead to novel therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and other diseases.
Cancer-killing cells controlled by epigenetic process, new study shows
A new Keck School study has described how natural killer cells in the human body, which can kill and contain viruses and cancerous tumors, can be manipulated by epigenetics.
USC researcher receives grant to study amyloid proteins
Ansgar Siemer is working on some amyloid fibers that can be necessary for long-term memory in fruit flies and other organisms.
When fear factors in
A little bit of learned fear is a good thing, keeping us from making risky, stupid decisions or falling over and over again into the same trap.