Leah Johnson BSx’19 didn’t have cable TV until her freshman year of high school. Even after the box arrived, her parents enforced a daily one-hour […]

Enterprising Alumni Many CALS graduates go on to launch small businesses, patent new products, and found successful companies, among other entrepreneurial endeavors. This special In […]

Making strides with stem cells

Meet the “designer phage,” a potential assist or alternative to antibiotics

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