USC Dornsife News

A USC Dornsife team shows how synapses rapidly adjust when their receptors fail, revealing a new mechanism of neural resilience.

With near-atomic precision, a USC Dornsife team of scientists visualized for the first time how opioids and the antidote Narcan engage a key brain receptor, offering insight that could lead to improved pain treatments and overdose reversal.

The trailblazing primatologist advanced the study of great apes at the College, and left a lasting mark on its students and faculty.

Challenging long-held ideas of evolution on islands, a USC Dornsife study found most Channel Islands foxes evolved proportionally larger brains than their mainland cousins — a surprising trait shaped by novel, isolated conditions and survival demands.

Election by their peers recognizes four scholars for pioneering research on microbial systems, nanoscale physics and chemistry, and sensory neurobiology.

Cellular physiologist Emily Liman, renowned for her work on sensory receptors, is among the latest cohort to earn the prestigious designation.

USC Dornsife scholar Julia Schwartzman joins a select group of science luminaries that includes nearly 60 Nobel laureates.

A human anatomy teacher for four decades, John Callaghan played a key role in USC’s commencement and convocation ceremonies.

Professors bring expertise in topics such as quantum field theory, low-energy microbes and mathematical data science.