March 20, 2014
…to his research, submitting DNA sequence data from some of his unusual bees to an international database of living organisms. But in an age when biologists are more likely to focus on genetic sequences and biochemical pathways than systematics—the description and classification of living organisms—his work in revealing the hidden…
November 5, 2020
…on the science of DNA from January to March of 2019 to a group of men convicted of non-violent crimes. Building on the momentum of the pilot phase, the group continued to run classes each quarter to groups of 16 students on average ranging in age from 18 to 70.…
November 12, 2020
…we put in the DNA and cells assemble them for us,” Zhang said. “They allow us to follow a molecule of interest in a live cell, and see what it does, how, when and where.” Ultrasensitive biosensors developed by Jin Zhang and team help scientists track kinase activity in live…
January 30, 2020
…experiments; I did a DNA sequencing experiment called “Genes in Space” up here, and we do fluids experiments. We do any type of experiment and it is really an amazing playground as a scientist to be up here. I was fortunate enough to go outside the space station three times…
October 10, 2013
…learning how to clone DNA and make proteins and, when I later went to the University of Basel in Switzerland to do my postdoctoral research, I was able to apply those new techniques to make discoveries about the genetics of early embryonic development. Did your undergraduate experience influence how you…
June 23, 2022
…it’s fused in my DNA and I’m at my happiest when I’m in nature. I also love art and wanted to be a fine artist when I was in high school. In undergrad, I pivoted to business entrepreneurship because I felt like it scratched that itch I have for creativity…
April 21, 2016
…and her students use DNA sequencing techniques developed by Rob Knight, a professor of pediatrics and computer science and engineering who heads the campus microbiome initiative, to identify the bacteria living in the human gut. Once isolated, the biologists keep them in a lab freezer for later use, in various…
January 7, 2016
…gap. It’s in our DNA. From Roger Revelle, one of our founders, who discovered climate change and tried to do something about it; to our first chancellor, Herb York, who helped develop the atomic bomb in the Manhattan Project — perhaps the most ethically loaded research ever — but devoted…
April 8, 2021
…the ability to extract DNA, tissue samples for genetic purposes are taken from the fish and benthic invertebrates prior to fixing the specimen in formalin. The location, date, depth, and personnel information are all recorded for each specimen. This data will eventually be digitized into each collection’s online database, a…
December 18, 2020
…on the science of DNA for a group of men convicted of non-violent crimes at East Mesa Re-Entry Facility in South San Diego, with additional topics and participants in the months that followed. Beyond building connections over science and education, the project seeks to create a pipeline from jail to…
