USC Dornsife News

The genetic variants found by scientists account for a small fraction of the differences across individuals in education.

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.

Researchers find that complex interactions among genetic variants have major ramifications — and may help explain the “missing heritability” problem.

With the rapidly expanding world population, food production must increase in tandem. USC Dornsife’s Sergey Nuzhdin is investigating how the humble chickpea may be a solution.

Sean Curran, who has a joint appointment at USC Dornsife, is corresponding author of a study that finds a genetic mechanism linking aging to specific diets.

USC Dornsife’s Peter Ralph has reconstructed European ancestry, using DNA to demonstrate just how closely everyone on Earth is related to everyone else.

Installed by President C. L. Max Nikias as the 21st dean of USC Dornsife, Steve Kay reminds faculty and friends that “at our core, we are a community of humanist and scientific scholars, here to serve society.”

USC Dornsife professors Frank Alber, Liang Chen and Andrew Smith have been awarded research grants from the National Institutes of Health to develop computational methods to study biological processes in cells.

Laura Baker's Southern California Twin Project housed in USC Dornsife is investigating how genes and environment influence delinquent behavior from childhood to emerging adulthood.