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Undergrad Stem Cell Training Positions Students For Careers After Graduation

September 29, 2022
Rising juniors this fall will have an unprecedented opportunity for stem cell research training that could lead directly to careers in stem cell science after graduation. School of Engineering Professor Kara McCloskey and School of Natural Sciences Professor Jennifer Manilay are leading a...

Mucus Molecules can Thwart Fungal Infection, Researchers Discover

June 6, 2022
An international team of researchers, including Professor Clarissa Nobile from UC Merced, has discovered which component in mucus prevents a fungus most humans carry from turning destructive. This research lays the foundation for a new class of antifungal medicines. Candida albicans (C. albicans...

Postdoc Awarded Fellowship to Support Computation and Immunology Cross-training

February 15, 2022
Postdoctoral scholar Lihong Zhao was one of 10 researchers named a 2022 Intersect Fellow by the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) — a first for UC Merced. The AAI Intersect Fellowship Program for Computational Scientists and Immunologists is intended to improve communication and...

B Cell Study Indicates Promising Direction for Anti-parasitic Vaccines

February 1, 2022
Creating vaccines to train the immune system against parasites is particularly challenging. They are also highly specialized masters of immune evasion. Some parasites can secrete proteins that bind to immune cell molecules, manipulating them for their survival purposes. Some have complex and fast...