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Peter Andolfatto

  1. Importance of Junk DNA (10/05)

Raffi V. Aroian

  1. Stemming Infections of Parasitic Roundworms (08/09)
  2. Bt Toxin Treats Parasites (09/06)
  3. Bt Toxin Defense (7/04)
  4. Bt Toxin Uses (2/03)
  5. Embryo Partitioning (1/02)
  6. Bt Toxin Resistance (8/01)
  7. Achievement Honors (5/01)
  8. Embryonic Development (4/01)
  9. Achievement Honors (11/00)
  10. Seed Dispersal Genes (4/00)

Darwin K. Berg

  1. Named AAAS Fellow (12/08)

Timothy Baker

  1. DNA Knot Keeps Viral Genes Tightly Corked (06/08)

Ethan Bier

  1. Evolution of Nervous System (09/06)
  2. Multiplex RNA labeling (5/05)
  3. Multiplex RNA labeling (10/04)
  4. Gene Visualization (8/04)
  5. Differentiation Triggers (1/02)
  6. Disease Genes (6/01)
  7. Human Genome Ethics (1/01)
  8. Beckman Scholars (4/00)

Steve Briggs

  1. Scientists and Investors Mingle at Summit (04/09)
  2. Algae is the Answer (09/08)
  3. Eureka! Undergrad Summer Research Program (09/08)
  4. UCSD Organizes Biofuels Conference (02/08)
  5. Stephen Briggs Named to AAAS (10/07)
  6. Igert Training Grant Awarded (8/05)

Lisa Boulanger

  1. Neuroregeneration Professorship (7/05)
  2. Sloan Foundation Fellowship (3/06)

Madeline Butler

  1. California - A Sunny State of Opportunities (05/06)

Ted J. Case

  1. Ants Displace Lizards (2/02)
  2. Argentine Ants' Success (5/00)

Lin Chao

  1. Protein Receptor for Carbonation Taste (10/09)

Lin Chao

  1. Eng Endowment Supports Wilderness Studies (10/07)

Shu Chien

  1. $2.1 Million Science Education Grant (06/06)

Maarten J. Chrispeels

  1. Bio Grad Students Bring Research into Classrooms (07/08)
  2. UCSD Organizes Biofuels Conference (02/08)
  3. Named an Inaugural Fellow of the ASPB (09/07)
  4. Partnership to boost Chile's biotech science (09/07)
  5. "Natural" Farming? (6/04)
  6. Named AAAS Fellow (10/03)

Elsa Cleland

  1. Climate Change and Southern California Ecosystems (04/09)

Nigel Crawford

  1. Faculty Excellence Award (04/09)

Michael David

  1. Anti-inflammatory Drugs and Cancer (06/09)
  2. New Antiviral Mechanism in Mammals (10/07)
  3. Anthrax Immunology (1/04)

Russell Doolittle

  1. Charles Darwin Bicentennial (2/09)
  2. NAS John J. Carty Award (1/06)

Jean-Claude Farré

  1. Key Protein in Cell’s “Self-Eating” Function (03/08)

Richard A. Firtel

  1. Protein Compass Guides Amoebas Toward Their Prey (10/08)
  2. Cell Motility Regulation (08/07)
  3. Cell Steering (5/02)

Morris Enton Friedkin

  1. Passes away at age 84 (10/02)

Anirvan Ghosh

  1. Brain Connection Genes (1/04)

Yuki Goda

  1. Memory Formation (11/01)
  2. Achievement Honors (6/00)

Susan Golden

  1. Regional Partnership to Develop Algal Biofuels (04/09)

Ananda Goldrath

  1. Named 2007 Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences (06/07)

Meredith Gould

  1. UCSD Biologist, Beloved Teacher Dies (3/06)

Cindy Gustafson-Brown

  1. Fruit Fly Protein Helps Heal (6/03)

Rachel Hirschmann

  1. Mouse/Mammoth Fur Mutations (07/06)

David A. Holway

  1. Invasive Wasps' Ecological Harm (07/09)
  2. Ecology of San Diego's Ant "Super Colony" (2/08)
  3. Argentine Ants Eating Across California (12/07)
  4. Argentine Ant Diet Shifts (12/07)
  5. Invasive Ant Territoriality (11/06)
  6. Water Culprit In Ant Invasions (03/06)
  7. Success of Ant Invasions (11/05)
  8. Ants in San Diego (7/03)
  9. Genetic Diversity of Ants (5/00)

Colin Jamora

  1. Hellman Faculty Fellows Awards (05/09)
  2. A Protein Link to Wound Healing (03/09)

Walter Jetz

  1. “Weedy” Birds May Win as Temperatures Rise (06/09)
  2. Egg Count (05/09)
  3. Islands top a global list of places to protect (05/09)
  4. Why Do Some Bird Species Lay Only One Egg? (12/08)
  5. Amphibians Predict Changes in Biodiversity (10/08)
  6. East Africa Biodiversity Maps Guide Conservation (07/08)
  7. Future ‘Battlegrounds’ for Conservation (02/08)
  8. Threatened Birds' Population Overestimated (12/07)
  9. Declines in Global Bird Diversity (06/07)
  10. Greater Biodiversity on Islands (05/07)
  11. Global Map of Plant Biodiversity (03/07)

Yishi Jin

  1. Essential protein for axon regrowth in animal model (09/09)

Randall S. Johnson

  1. Tumor Growth and Angiogenesis (11/08)
  2. EPO: Tale of Mice and (Super) Men (05/08)
  3. Mice Can Sense Oxygen Through Skin (04/08)
  4. Hepcidin Regulation to Treat Anemia (06/07)
  5. White Blood Cells (7/05)
  6. Aerobic Mice (8/04)
  7. Fly Protein Helps Heal (6/03)
  8. Blocking Inflammation (3/03)

Tracy Johnson

  1. Presidential Award (07/06)

James T. Kadonaga

  1. Motor Protein Rewinds DNA (10/08)

Steve A. Kay

  1. Genes controlling insulin can alter biological clock (09/09)
  2. Regional Partnership to Develop Algal Biofuels (04/09)
  3. Biologists Discover Missing Piece of Plant Clock (03/09)
  4. Happy Birthday, Mr. Darwin
  5. The other legacy of Charles Darwin (02/09)
  6. Interview: Celebrating Darwin's Legacy (02/09)
  7. Algae Could Boost Jobs in San Diego (1/09)
  8. San Diego Algae Biofuels Industry R&D Consortium (1/09)
  9. Trying to Turn San Diego into the Green Houston (1/09)
  10. Biofuels: Hype vs. Hope (11/08)
  11. Do plants have body clocks? (11/08)
  12. What the new president should do first (11/08)
  13. Genes Controlling Rhythmic Plant Growth (09/08)
  14. Elected to National Academy of Sciences (04/08)
  15. UCSD Organizes Biofuels Conference (02/08)
  16. Named among Metro Movers to Watch (12/07)
  17. Evolution Matters Public Lecture (11/07)
  18. Named UCSD Dean of Biological Sciences (09/07)

Amy Kiger

  1. The Scientist's Scientist to Watch (05/07)
  2. Named Kimmel Scholar (05/06)

Joshua R. Kohn

  1. Eng Endowment Supports Wilderness Studies (10/07)
  2. Evolution of Monkeyflowers (09/06)
  3. One-Way Evolution (1/06)

Dave Kosman

  1. Multiplex RNA labeling (5/05)

Sally Lamh

  1. Patterns of Human Ebola Outbreaks (11/06)

Herbert Levine

  1. Biocomplexity Grant (10/00)

Mike Levine

  1. Multiplex RNA labeling (10/04)

William F. Loomis

  1. Biologist Bill Loomis on Life As It Is (07/08)
  2. Biocomplexity Grant (10/00)

Eduardo Macagno

  1. Partnership to boost Chile's biotech science (09/07)
  2. Innovation on both sides of the border (06/06)
  3. $2.1 Million Science Education Grant (06/06)
  4. California's Educational Divide (11/04)
  5. Technology Award (4/05)
  6. Mysteries of the Brain (10/04)
  7. Academy of Sciences (4/04)
  8. Diversity in Science (8/03)
  9. UCSD Honors Dr. Crick (7/03)
  10. Award to Dr. Crick (6/03)
  11. Architecture (5/03)
  12. Prof. Friedkin, 84, dies (10/02)
  13. Dean, Div. of Biology (11/00)

Vivek Malhotra

  1. Named Fellow of the AAAS (10/05)

Theresa Markow

  1. Students Travel to Panama for Research Expedition (08/09)
  2. Charles Darwin Bicentennial (2/09)
  3. Named AAAS Fellow (12/08)
  4. Fruits of the fly (12/08)
  5. Flies May Reveal Evolutionary Step to Live Birth (11/08)

Stephen Mayfield

  1. Expert on Genetics of Algae Joins UC San Diego (11/09)

William McGinnis

  1. Charles Darwin Bicentennial (2/09)
  2. Second “Evolution Matters” Lecture (01/08)
  3. Evolution Matters Public Lecture (11/07)
  4. Multiplex RNA labeling (5/05)
  5. Multiplex RNA labeling (10/04)
  6. Gene Visualization (8/04)
  7. Body Evolution (2/02)

Mieko Mizutani

  1. Evolution of Nervous System (09/06)

Mauricio Montal

  1. Biophysical Society Fellow (6/03)

Cornelis Murre

  1. First 3-D Image of Antibody Gene (04/08)

John Newport

  1. Distinguished Biologist Dies (1/06)

James Nieh

  1. Bees Can Learn Differences in Food’s Temperature (11/09)
  2. Academic Senate Teaching Awards (05/09)
  3. Charles Darwin Bicentennial (2/09)
  4. Bees Heat up, Fly Faster with Protein-Rich Food (07/08)
  5. Bee Espionage (6/04)
  6. Bee Communication (9/03)

Amy Pasquinelli

  1. Keck Young Scholar Award (07/06)

Gentry Patrick

  1. Named Hellman Fellow (07/08)
  2. Ray Thomas Edwards Award (10/05)

Kit Pogliano

  1. Fellow in American Academy of Microbiology (02/09)
  2. Nationwide Science Education Program (12/07)
  3. The Scientists: Imaging Bacterial Protein (06/07)
  4. Fly Protein Helps Heal (6/03)

Mu-ming Poo

  1. Nerve Cell Development (3/01)

James W. Posakony

  1. Fly's Clues to Hearing (3/00)

Paul A. Price

  1. Species Divergence (1/01)

Kaustuv Roy

  1. Extinction Runs in the Family (08/09)
  2. Charles Darwin Bicentennial (2/09)
  3. Tropics are the Source of Most New Species (10/06)
  4. Evolution of Size (1/06)
  5. Bee Communication (9/03)
  6. Genetic Diversity (5/01)

Paul Saltman

  1. Human Genome Ethics (1/01)

Massimo Scanziani

  1. How the brain represents both faint and intense signals (11/09)
  2. Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator (05/08)

Immo E. Scheffler

  1. Named AAAS Fellow (12/08)
  2. UMDF Sage Fellowship (9/03)

Pablo Schilman

  1. Fruit Fly Model for Reperfusion Injury (12/07)

Robert J. Schmidt

  1. Plant Branching Gene (5/05)

Julian I. Schroeder

  1. How plants survive drought (10/09)
  2. Making Plants That Sip, Not Gulp, Water (07/09)
  3. Drought-Resistant Crops (05/09)
  4. Gene that Controls Ozone Resistance (02/08)
  5. Plant Abstinence by Mutual Consent (12/07)
  6. AAAS Fellows in Biological Sciences (11/06)
  7. Igert Training Grant Awarded (8/05)
  8. Bioremediation Steps (8/03)
  9. Plant Water Loss (6/01)

Terrence J. Sejnowski

  1. Elected to Institute of Medicine (10/08)
  2. Homeland Security (1/03)

Nicholas C. Spitzer

  1. Light Triggers a New Code for Brain Cells (11/08)
  2. Electrical Activity Nerve Cells Language (12/06)
  3. Achievement Honors (5/01)
  4. Nerve Cell Development (3/01)

Cynthia Steiner

  1. Two Genes Govern Mice Coloration Patterns (08/07)

Suresh Subramani

  1. Key Protein in Cell’s “Self-Eating” Function (03/08)

Kiyoteru Tokuyasu

  1. Achievement Honors (11/00)

David Traver

  1. Stem Cell Research Grant - SD Union Tribune (12/07)
  2. Stem Cell Research Grant - UCSD News (12/07)
  3. Named Kimmel Scholar (05/06)
  4. Beckman Scholar (04/06)
  5. Zebrafish Stem Cells (11/05)

Emily Troemel

  1. Hellman Faculty Fellow (05/09)
  2. Microbe in Roundworm (12/08)

Roger Tsien

  1. 2009 Stephen Kuffler Lectures (04/09)

Jing W. Wang

  1. Odor Flips a Neural Switch Between Attraction and Aversion (05/09)
  2. Olfactory Fine-Tuning in Fruit Flies (07/08)
  3. Searle Scholar (5/05)

Steven Wasserman

  1. Academic Senate to Honor Wasserman (05/07)
  2. Tweedle Coat Fashions Stocky Flies (10/06)

Gabriele Wienhausen

  1. Nationwide Science Education Program (12/07)

Jim Wilhelm

  1. 2009 New Scholar Award in Aging (10/09)

Christopher J. Wills

  1. Charles Darwin Bicentennial (2/09)
  2. Third “Evolution Matters” Lecture (02/08)
  3. Evolution Matters Public Lecture (11/07)
  4. Nature Favors Diversity (1/06)

Flossie Wong-Staal

  1. Dr. Selma Silagi Award (6/00)

David S. Woodruff

  1. "Biological Divide" - In the News (03/09)
  2. Biological Divide Along the Malay Peninsula (03/09)
  3. Nature Matters Lecture (11/08)
  4. Elephant Species (9/02)
  5. Achievement Honors (11/00)

Yang Xu

  1. CIRM Awards $5 Million Early Translational Grant (05/09)
  2. Cancer Therapies' Effectiveness Questioned (04/07)
  3. Stem Cell 'Quality Control' (12/04)

Michael P. Yaffe

  1. Presentation of Student Services awards (06/07)

Martin F. Yanofsky

  1. Martin Yanofsky named a Fellow of the AAAS (04/09)
  2. Elected to National Academy of Sciences (04/08)
  3. Fourth “Evolution Matters” Lecture (02/08)
  4. Evolution Matters Public Lecture (11/07)
  5. Distinguished Teaching Award (03/07)
  6. AAAS Fellows in Biological Sciences (11/06)
  7. Crops Damage Ozone (5/04)
  8. Plants Harm Ozone (10/03)
  9. Leaves into Petals (2/01)
  10. Double Flowers (5/00)
  11. Seed Dispersal Genes (4/00)

Yunde Zhao

  1. Plant Growth Hormones (06/06)
  2. Gene for Plant Growth (10/03)

Charles Zuker

  1. Protein Receptor for Carbonation Taste (10/09)
  2. Named to Institute of Medicine (10/06)
  3. Evolution of Compound Eyes (10/06)
  4. Basis of Sour Taste (08/06)
  5. Cilia Formation Genes (9/04)
  6. Cilia Gene Dysfunction (5/04)
  7. Academy of Sciences (4/04)
  8. Fly's Clues to Hearing (3/00)
  9. Taste Genes (3/00)

Elina Zuniga

  1. Named Hellman Fellow (07/08)