Tyler Coverdale’s newly published study in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment establishes connection between fishing and marsh grass die off. Read more…
Student’s curiosity produces ecological buzz
February 4th, 2013 by carolyngridelliNew research potential for molecular biology
February 4th, 2013 by carolyngridelli3.8-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.
February 1st, 2013 by carolyngridelliAccording 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
February 1st, 2013 by carolyngridelliA 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
February 1st, 2013 by carolyngridelliStephen 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
January 22nd, 2013 by carolyngridelliErica Larshan talks about her research in mapping a genetics path to the future. Read more…
Linchpin of Skin Response to UVA Light
January 22nd, 2013 by carolyngridelliAccording 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…
Gift to Brown will fund new initiative on healthy aging
January 9th, 2013 by carolyngridelliA major gift from the Irene Diamond Fund will enable Brown University’s Program in Public Health to launch an initiative on healthy aging. Read more…
Two groups of grasses that once had a common ancestry diverged.
January 4th, 2013 by carolyngridelliStudy led by Brown University biologists, explains why some grasses got better photosynthesis. Read more…
Services for Leon Goldstein, PhD
January 2nd, 2013 by Karen L. ScanlanFuneral 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….