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  • Posted on July 1, 2016
    Five things everyone should know about . . . Pulses

    1. You’ve eaten them without knowing it. If the word “pulse” as a food leaves you flummoxed, fear not. The word pulse comes from the […]

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    To Market, to Market

    A new program called Discovery
    to Product is helping researchers
    become entrepreneurs

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    Safer Nanotech

    A CALS researcher is investigating the biological impacts of nanomaterials

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    CRISPR: The Promise and the Peril

    Dietram Scheufele serves on a national committee examining the risks and benefits of human
    genome editing technology.

    Interview by Joan Fischer

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    Catch up with … Andrea Garber BS’92 PhD’99 Nutritional Sciences

    As a professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, Andrea Garber BS’92 PhD’99 conducted a groundbreaking study concerning a very vulnerable group: […]

  • Posted on June 28, 2016
    Breeding for Flavor

    CALS scientists are breeding new varieties of produce that not only are delicious, but also will thrive in organic growing systems. And in a new collaboration called “Seed to Kitchen,” they’re partnering with chefs and farmers to help determine what works best.

  • Posted on March 4, 2016
    A Jolt to the System

    For CALS geneticist Barry Ganetzky, insight into the genetic underpinnings of traumatic brain injury began by knocking out fruit flies.

  • Posted on November 3, 2015
    Going for the Gut

    A CALS-based start-up offers an antibiotic alternative to animal producers

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    Bitten

    When it comes to mosquitoes, nobody wants to be attractive

  • Posted on June 9, 2015
    Stealth Entry

    A novel method for replacing defective proteins offers a new way to treat diseases

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    Second Life for Phosphorus

    Soil science professor and students turn a sometime pollutant into a valuable product

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    Uganda: The Benefits of Biogas

    Generating enthusiasm for a new kind of technology is key to its long-term success. Rebecca Larson, a CALS professor of biological systems engineering, has already […]