UAH graduate student wins Three Minute Thesis competition with some help from Spider-Man
Mar 05, 2014
Trying to explain a complex scientific concept like lateral gene transfer in three minutes so that the average person can actually understand it is a task most of us wouldn't even consider undertaking. But not only did David Gray rise to that chall...
UAH professor hopes to use epigenome editing to fight disease
Jan 03, 2014
Growing up in Iowa, Dr. Eric Mendenhall says biology always "came really easily" to him. But other than becoming a doctor, which he wasn't interested in, he didn't know what to do with a degree in the field. That is, until he landed a job at a huma...
Dr. Eric M. Mendenhall published in Nature Biotechnology
Sep 10, 2013
Dr. Eric Mendenhall's article "Locus-specific editing of histone modifications at endogenous enhancers" was published in the journal Nature Biotechnology. Eric M Mendenhall, Kaylyn E Williamson, Deepak Reyon, James Y Zou, Oren Ram, J. Keith Joung &a...
Thanks to our Biology students
Dec 14, 2012
Our very own students presented successfully during the two open house events performed in the months of October and November ingenious and fun interactive experiments to future students and their parents. ...
Dr. Matzkin publishes in the journal Science
Sep 28, 2012
Dr. Luciano Matzkin article "Mutations in the neverland Gene Turned Drosophila pachea into an Obligate Specialist Species" was published by the journal Science. Lang, M., Murat, S., Clark, A. G. Gouppil, G., Blais, C., Matzkin, L. M., Guittard, E., ...
Dr. Cruz-Vera awarded NSF Grant
Sep 26, 2012
Assistant Professor Luis R. Cruz-Vera received a 3-year $403,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Role of the nascent TnaC Peptide in the Inhibition of the Ribosome Function by tryptophan". This project will reveal w...
Dr. Cseke awarded USDA grant
Sep 12, 2012
Dr. Leland Cseke has been awarded a grant from the USDA titled, "Rapid Automated Molecular Identification System for Prohibited Plants" ($74,665). Award Summary Preventing the introduction and spread of prohibited and restricted plants hinges upon ...
