There’s a lot we don’t know about the tiny engines that reside in nearly every living cell. But CALS biochemist David Pagliarini is shedding light on more of their functions and behavior— with important implications for human health.

Biochemist Ron Raines and colleagues are developing an enzyme that identifies and destroys cancer cells

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

A challenging after-school class keeps middle schoolers interested in science

Biochemist Alan Attie tracks the internal mechanisms behind a fast-growing disease that takes millions of lives each year

Kartik Chandran (PhD’01 Biochemistry) has spent years studying an organism that most of us hope never to experience: the Ebola virus. Last year the infectious agent not only spread within West Africa […]

A CALS partnership engages Native American kids in science by integrating indigenous knowledge into teaching and learning

Hong-En Chen

A successful treatment in mice holds promise for humans

Doug Weibel has a seemingly endless list of questions about bacteria, and he is using all tools at his disposal—and creating some new ones—to find the answers

It’s the “miracle vitamin” that was discovered by a CALS-trained researcher—-and our scientists have been prominent in exploring it ever since.What have we learned about the true benefits of vitamin D and its promise?

Retired professors band together to teach and preserve CALS history