Student’s curiosity produces ecological buzz

February 4th, 2013 by carolyngridelli

Tyler 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

February 4th, 2013 by carolyngridelli

3.8-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 carolyngridelli

According 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 carolyngridelli

A 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 carolyngridelli

Stephen 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 carolyngridelli

Erica 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 carolyngridelli

According 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 carolyngridelli

A 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 carolyngridelli

Study 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. Scanlan

Funeral 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….