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.

The Gabilan Distinguished Professor in Science and Engineering and professor of biological sciences is recognized for a career devoted to mentorship of students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty colleagues.

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.

Ten years ago Hurricane Katrina blew Morgan Hawkins off his path to medical school, but with the help of USC Dornsife, the alumnus got back on course to realizing his dream.

Susan Forsburg of biological sciences and her USC Dornsife colleagues create mutant yeast to understand how some cells survive after dividing without copying all of their DNA.

USC Dornsife’s Susan Forsburg has been honored with a fellowship from the American Academy of Microbiology for her cancer research.

The new GE DeltaVision OMX Blaze at USC Dornsife, which can generate 3D images of objects at the nanometer scale, bends the laws of physics.

In a study recently published in Cell Reports, USC Dornsife researchers found that dual systems collaborate to keep chromosomes intact during DNA replication.

A new progressive master’s degree in molecular genetics and biochemistry gives undergraduates a chance to earn an advanced degree and delve into a research project with an extra year of study. Application deadline is March 1.