Assistant professor of biology, Stephen Porder, has been named one of 20 environmental researchers nationwide to a competitive Leopold Leadership Fellowship at Stanford University. Read more…
Archive for the ‘Biology’ Category
Porder wins Leopold fellowship
Monday, February 4th, 2013Student’s curiosity produces ecological buzz
Monday, February 4th, 2013Tyler Coverdale’s newly published study in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment establishes connection between fishing and marsh grass die off. Read more…
New research potential for molecular biology
Monday, February 4th, 20133.8-ton magnet allows chemists and biologists to determine the structure and motions of proteins down to the level of their individual atoms. Read more…
A cell’s ability to maintain control of harmful transposons diminishes as it ages.
Friday, February 1st, 2013According to a new study by Professor John Sedivy published online in the journal of Aging Cell. Read more…
Notorious Alzheimer’s Protein Could Be Used to Grow New Cells for Treatment
Friday, February 1st, 2013A protein associated with neuron damage in Alzheimer’s disease—apolipoprotein E-4 (apoE4)—may actually promote neuron growth in the lab, according to researchers at Brown University. Read more…
Brown University researcher receives Stanford environmental fellowship
Friday, February 1st, 2013Stephen Porder, assistant professor in Brown’s department of ecology and evolutionary biology, is one of 20 Leopold Leadership Fellows announced Wednesday by the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, based at Stanford University in California. Read more…
Pew Scholar of the month
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013Erica Larshan talks about her research in mapping a genetics path to the future. Read more…
Linchpin of Skin Response to UVA Light
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013According to Elena Oancea, assistant professor in Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology, TRPA1 is an essential step in the skin’s response to UVA light. Read more…
Two groups of grasses that once had a common ancestry diverged.
Friday, January 4th, 2013Study led by Brown University biologists, explains why some grasses got better photosynthesis. Read more…
Services for Leon Goldstein, PhD
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013Funeral services for Professor Goldstein will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at the Temple Beth-El, 70 Orchard Avenue in Providence. Read More….