USC Dornsife News

A two-year program aims to train innovative thinkers and solve life-sciences problems by encouraging collaboration across chemistry and biology disciplines.

Susan Forsburg of biological sciences is among the first to receive a new type of NIH grant. The award supports her studies of how cells cope with genetic instability that can lead to disease.

Researchers from across campus, including Don Arnold and Scott Fraser, visualize and study brains as they form memories.

Aiding researchers throughout the world in the underfunded field of plant research, the collection can lead to the design of a more robust plant for future food security.

Darby Saxbe, assistant professor of psychology at USC Dornsife, has been named a “Rising Star” by the Association of Psychological Science for her research on how relationships affect health.

USC Dornsife’s Charles McKenna and Myron Goodman have been awarded a $6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study a DNA repair enzyme, its role in cancer and potential as a target for future chemotherapy.

David McKemy of USC Dornsife and his team have discovered a way to shut down a mouse’s ability to sense cold — paving the way for the development of pain relievers that retain the capacity to feel.

USC Dornsife researchers receive part of large grants to approach their inquiry into cancer in imaginative ways.