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Peter Andolfatto

1. Importance of Junk DNA (10/05)

Raffi V. Aroian

1. Synergy Between Two Types of De-worming Drugs (03/10)
2. Bt Protein Effective Against Parasitic Roundworm (02/10)
3. Stemming Infections of Parasitic Roundworms (08/09)
4. Bt Toxin Treats Parasites (09/06)
5. Bt Toxin Defense (7/04)
6. Bt Toxin Uses (2/03)
7. Embryo Partitioning (1/02)
8. Bt Toxin Resistance (8/01)
9. Achievement Honors (5/01)
10. Embryonic Development (4/01)
11. Achievement Honors (11/00)
12. 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. Getting to the Heart of Down Syndrome (11/11)
2. Fruit Flies Reveal Secrets of How Anthrax Kills (10/10)
3. Evolution of Nervous System (09/06)
4. Multiplex RNA labeling (5/05)
5. Multiplex RNA labeling (10/04)
6. Gene Visualization (8/04)
7. Differentiation Triggers (1/02)
8. Disease Genes (6/01)
9. Beckman Scholars (4/00)

Steve Briggs

1. Lowering Tumor Risk in Stem Cell Therapies (07/10)
2. Mechanisms of How Immune Cells Move (05/10)
3. Scientists and Investors Mingle at Summit (04/09)
4. Algae is the Answer (09/08)
5. Eureka! Undergrad Summer Research Program (09/08)
6. UCSD Organizes Biofuels Conference (02/08)
7. Stephen Briggs Named to AAAS (10/07)
8. Igert Training Grant Awarded (8/05)

Lisa Boulanger

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

Stuart Brody

1. UC San Diego Establishes Center for Chronobiology (03/10)

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. Do Bacteria Age? (10/11)
2. Protein Receptor for Carbonation Taste (10/09)
3. Eng Endowment Supports Wilderness Studies (10/07)

Shu Chien

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

Andrew Chisholm

1. Secrets of Wound Healing (11/11)
2. Genes That Repair Nerves After Injury (09/11)

Maarten J. Chrispeels

1. Bringing Graduate Research to High School Classrooms (06/10)
2. Bio Grad Students Bring Research into Classrooms (07/08)
3. UCSD Organizes Biofuels Conference (02/08)
4. Named an Inaugural Fellow of the ASPB (09/07)
5. Partnership to boost Chile's biotech science (09/07)
6. "Natural" Farming? (6/04)
7. Named AAAS Fellow (10/03)

Elsa Cleland

1. 2010 Hellman Faculty Fellows (05/10)
2. 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. Mechanisms of How Immune Cells Move (05/10)
2. Protein Compass Guides Amoebas Toward Their Prey (10/08)
3. Cell Motility Regulation (08/07)
4. 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)

James Golden

1. In Love with Research, and with Each Other (02/10)

Susan Golden

1. Elected to National Academy of Sciences (04/10)
2. Study Finds Bacteria Divide Like Clockwork (03/10)
3. UC San Diego Establishes Center for Chronobiology (03/10)
4. How Biological Clock Controls Cell Division in Bacteria (02/10)
5. In Love with Research, and with Each Other (02/10)
6. Regional Partnership to Develop Algal Biofuels (04/09)

Ananda Goldrath

1. Ananda Goldrath named Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Scholar (12/11)
2. 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)

Jeff Hasty

1. Living ‘Neon Signs’, Millions of Glowing Bacteria (12/11)
2. Glowing, Blinking Bacteria Reveal How Cells Synchronize Biological Clocks (09/11)
3. Researchers Synchronize Blinking “Genetic Clocks” (01/10)

Rachel Hirschmann

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

David A. Holway

1. Fire Ants’ Spread Aided by Partnership With Other Insects (12/11)
2. Faculty Director of UCSD's Natural Reserve System (01/10)
3. Invasive Wasps' Ecological Harm (07/09)
4. Ecology of San Diego's Ant "Super Colony" (2/08)
5. Argentine Ants Eating Across California (12/07)
6. Argentine Ant Diet Shifts (12/07)
7. Invasive Ant Territoriality (11/06)
8. Water Culprit In Ant Invasions (03/06)
9. Success of Ant Invasions (11/05)
10. Ants in San Diego (7/03)
11. 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. Model to Predict Extinction Risk to Birds (10/10)
2. “Weedy” Birds May Win as Temperatures Rise (06/09)
3. Egg Count (05/09)
4. Islands top a global list of places to protect (05/09)
5. Why Do Some Bird Species Lay Only One Egg? (12/08)
6. Amphibians Predict Changes in Biodiversity (10/08)
7. East Africa Biodiversity Maps Guide Conservation (07/08)
8. Future ‘Battlegrounds’ for Conservation (02/08)
9. Threatened Birds' Population Overestimated (12/07)
10. Declines in Global Bird Diversity (06/07)
11. Greater Biodiversity on Islands (05/07)
12. Global Map of Plant Biodiversity (03/07)

Yishi Jin

1. Named to Association for the Advancement of Science (01/11)
2. Essential protein for axon regrowth in animal model (09/09)

Randall S. Johnson

1. High-Altitude Metabolism Lets Mice Stay Healthy (04/10)
2. Tumor Growth and Angiogenesis (11/08)
3. EPO: Tale of Mice and (Super) Men (05/08)
4. Mice Can Sense Oxygen Through Skin (04/08)
5. Hepcidin Regulation to Treat Anemia (06/07)
6. White Blood Cells (7/05)
7. Aerobic Mice (8/04)
8. Fly Protein Helps Heal (6/03)
9. Blocking Inflammation (3/03)

Tracy Johnson

1. Presidential Award (07/06)

James T. Kadonaga

1. Biologists' Discovery May Force Revision of Biology Textbooks (08/11)
2. Second Motor Protein That Rewinds DNA (11/10)
3. Motor Protein Rewinds DNA (10/08)

Steve A. Kay

1. 'Evening' Protein Complex Regulating Plant Growth (07/11)
2. Compound with Potent Effects on Biological Clock (12/10)
3. Biochemical Link Between Biological Clock and Diabetes (09/10)
4. Faculty Excellence Awards Recipient (03/10)
5. 2009 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (12/09)
6. Genes controlling insulin can alter biological clock (09/09)
7. Regional Partnership to Develop Algal Biofuels (04/09)
8. Biologists Discover Missing Piece of Plant Clock (03/09)
9. Happy Birthday, Mr. Darwin
10. The other legacy of Charles Darwin (02/09)
11. Interview: Celebrating Darwin's Legacy (02/09)
12. Algae Could Boost Jobs in San Diego (1/09)
13. San Diego Algae Biofuels Industry R&D Consortium (1/09)
14. Trying to Turn San Diego into the Green Houston (1/09)
15. Biofuels: Hype vs. Hope (11/08)
16. Do plants have body clocks? (11/08)
17. What the new president should do first (11/08)
18. Genes Controlling Rhythmic Plant Growth (09/08)
19. Elected to National Academy of Sciences (04/08)
20. UCSD Organizes Biofuels Conference (02/08)
21. Named among Metro Movers to Watch (12/07)
22. Evolution Matters Public Lecture (11/07)
23. Named UCSD Dean of Biological Sciences (09/07)

Amy Kiger

1. 2010 Hellman Faculty Fellows (05/10)
2. The Scientist's Scientist to Watch (05/07)
3. Named Kimmel Scholar (05/06)

Joshua R. Kohn

1. Non-self-fertilizing Flowers Diversify Faster (10/10)
2. Eng Endowment Supports Wilderness Studies (10/07)
3. Evolution of Monkeyflowers (09/06)
4. 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)

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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 Mexico for Advanced Ecology Course (09/10)
2. Students Travel to Panama for Research Expedition (08/09)
3. Charles Darwin Bicentennial (2/09)
4. Named AAAS Fellow (12/08)
5. Fruits of the fly (12/08)
6. Flies May Reveal Evolutionary Step to Live Birth (11/08)

Stephen Mayfield

1. Biofuels Research Continues Rapid Growth (01/12)
2. Biologists Use Algae-Produced Protein in Global Health Initiative (11/11)
3. New Jobs in State's Green Economy (09/11)
4. $9 Million for Algal Biofuels Research (06/10)
5. Potential of Algae to Produce Human Therapeutics (03/10)
6. Expert on Genetics of Algae Joins UC San Diego (11/09)

William McGinnis

1. Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (04/10)
2. Charles Darwin Bicentennial (2/09)
3. Second “Evolution Matters” Lecture (01/08)
4. Evolution Matters Public Lecture (11/07)
5. Multiplex RNA labeling (5/05)
6. Multiplex RNA labeling (10/04)
7. Gene Visualization (8/04)
8. 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. Bringing Graduate Research to High School Classrooms (06/10)
2. ‘Stop’ Signal in Honey Bee Communication (02/10)
3. Bees Can Learn Differences in Food’s Temperature (11/09)
4. Academic Senate Teaching Awards (05/09)
5. Charles Darwin Bicentennial (2/09)
6. Bees Heat up, Fly Faster with Protein-Rich Food (07/08)
7. Bee Espionage (6/04)
8. Bee Communication (9/03)

Amy Pasquinelli

1. Researchers Identify microRNA Targets in C. elegans (01/10)
2. Keck Young Scholar Award (07/06)

Gentry Patrick

1. 2010 Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action and Diversity Awards (02/11)
2. Named Hellman Fellow (07/08)
3. 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. Jim Posakony Named 2011 AAAS Fellow (12/11)
2. Fly's Clues to Hearing (3/00)

Paul A. Price

1. Species Divergence (1/01)

Scott Rifkin

1. Genes, Environment, or Chance? (02/10)

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. Professor Saltman Lives on in our Hearts and Minds (4/10)

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. 2009 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (12/09)
2. Plant Branching Gene (5/05)

Julian I. Schroeder

1. 2010 Cozzarelli Prize (03/11)
2. Genes That Control Toxic Metal Accumulation (11/10)
3. One of Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year (01/10)
4. Plants' Carbon Dioxide Response Informs Water-wise Crops (12/09)
5. How plants survive drought (10/09)
6. Making Plants That Sip, Not Gulp, Water (07/09)
7. Drought-Resistant Crops (05/09)
8. Gene that Controls Ozone Resistance (02/08)
9. Plant Abstinence by Mutual Consent (12/07)
10. AAAS Fellows in Biological Sciences (11/06)
11. Igert Training Grant Awarded (8/05)
12. Bioremediation Steps (8/03)
13. Plant Water Loss (6/01)

Terrence J. Sejnowski

1. Elected to National Academy of Engineering (02/11)
2. Elected to National Academy of Sciences (04/10)
3. Elected to Institute of Medicine (10/08)
4. Homeland Security (1/03)

Jonathan Shurin

1. Wild Weather's Influence on Biodiversity (01/10)

Nicholas C. Spitzer

1. Development Influences Neurotransmitter Use (07/10)
2. Light Triggers a New Code for Brain Cells (11/08)
3. Electrical Activity Nerve Cells Language (12/06)
4. Achievement Honors (5/01)
5. 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. Birth of Blood-Forming, Stem Cells in Embryo (02/10)
2. Stem Cell Research Grant - SD Union Tribune (12/07)
3. Stem Cell Research Grant - UCSD News (12/07)
4. Named Kimmel Scholar (05/06)
5. Beckman Scholar (04/06)
6. Zebrafish Stem Cells (11/05)

Emily Troemel

1. Packard Fellowship for Science & Engineering (11/10)
2. Hellman Faculty Fellow (05/09)
3. Microbe in Roundworm (12/08)

Roger Tsien

1. 2009 Stephen Kuffler Lectures (04/09)

Jing W. Wang

1. Fruit Fly's Response to Starvation (03/11)
2. Odor Flips a Neural Switch Between Attraction and Aversion (05/09)
3. Olfactory Fine-Tuning in Fruit Flies (07/08)
4. Searle Scholar (5/05)

Steven Wasserman

1. “Biotech Demystified”: Science Basics For Industry Leaders (03/10)
2. Academic Senate to Honor Wasserman (05/07)
3. Tweedle Coat Fashions Stocky Flies (10/06)

David Western

1. 2010 World Ecology Award (04/10)
2. Wildlife Declines in Kenya National Parks (7/09)

Gabriele Wienhausen

1. 2010 Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action and Diversity Awards (02/11)
2. Nationwide Science Education Program (12/07)

Jim Wilhelm

1. Novel Cytoskeletal Filaments with Role in Cancer Treatment (09/10)
2. 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. Reducing Stem Cell Loss During Cancer Treatment (09/10)
2. Lowering Tumor Risk in Stem Cell Therapies (07/10)
3. Genetic Modification of Human Embryonic Stem Cells (01/10)
4. CIRM Awards $5 Million Early Translational Grant (05/09)
5. Cancer Therapies' Effectiveness Questioned (04/07)
6. 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. How Plants Synthesize Their Growth Hormone (10/11)
2. Plant Growth Hormones (06/06)
3. Gene for Plant Growth (10/03)

Yimin Zou

1. New Insights into Brain Circuit Wiring (02/11)

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)