Latest USC Dornsife News in the Topic Molecular Biology http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/topics/3474/molecular-biology/ Combining genetic tools, drug treatment and state-of-the-art imaging, USC Dornsife’s Susan Forsburg and her researchers have found that some cancer cells continue to replicate even after treatment.]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:00:00 -0500 USC Dornsife’s Don Arnold was a lead researcher on a recent article in Cell Reports. Sarmad Al-Bassam, USC Dornsife Ph.D. student in molecular biology, was lead author of the article.]]> Mon, 27 Aug 2012 09:05:00 -0500 For the first time, scientists have developed a method for generating accurate three-dimensional models of the entire DNA strand of a cell, known as a genome. The genome plays a central role in the functions of almost all human ...]]> Tue, 3 Jan 2012 11:10:00 -0500 When the body fights oxidative damage, it calls up a reservist enzyme that protects cells — but only if those cells are relatively young, a study has found. Biologists at USC discovered major declines in the...]]> Thu, 1 Sep 2011 08:58:00 -0500 The piano in Ray R. Irani Hall provides molecular and computational biology students and faculty a welcome break from lab work.]]> Mon, 23 May 2011 16:24:00 -0500 Sergey Nuzhdin and Co-Researchers Unearth How Plants Survive Marginal Soil Environments]]> Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:03:00 -0500 Sergey Nuzhdin, professor of molecular biology at USC College, has been awarded a $563,000 stimulus grant to purchase an Illumina/Solexa Genome Sequencer. The money also will cover the salaries of technical and bioinformatics...]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:24:00 -0500 The federal stimulus package came too late to help Morgan Hawkins -- his own strength of character had already set him back on his feet -- but a stimulus-funded research job will let him take the next step. The 23-year-old native...]]> Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:19:00 -0500 USC College’s Frank Alber, who studies the structure of the nuclear pore complex, was named 2009 Pew Scholar.]]> Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:38:00 -0500 A small North-African legume may contribute to sustainable agriculture.]]> Sat, 1 Nov 2008 22:23:00 -0500