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Professor Jensen discovers increased dangers from parasite

February 27, 2015
New research at UC Merced has discovered that the toxoplasma parasite, an organism capable of infecting almost all warm-blooded animals, can be more dangerous than most believed. The parasite is known to cause toxoplasmosis, a disease that can result in flu-like symptoms, but more serious cases...

Professor Kitazawa Studies Copper's Link to Alzheimer’s Disease

October 24, 2014
http://panorama.ucmerced.edu/news/professor-studies-coppers-link-alzheimer's-disease http://www.ucmerced.edu/news/2014/professor's-research-examine-whether-copper-plays-role-alzheimer's-disease Professor Masashi Kitazawa wants to figure out if any...

Professor Nobile Discovers Key Elements for Biofilm Spreading

July 9, 2014
http://www.ucmerced.edu/news/professor-discovers-key-elements-biofilm-spreading A biology professor at the University of California, Merced, discovered mechanisms that allow a potentially fatal biofilm to spread and resist drugs. The research was published last month in mBio, an open-access...

UC Merced Professor’s Research Helping People Get Well

September 26, 2013
Chances are, sometime in your life, you’ll need an antibiotic. But did you know that bacteria are evolving antibiotic resistance so quickly – and pharmaceutical companies are not inventing new antibiotics – that soon, there will not be any that are effective? It...

Professor Katrina Hoyer's Fellowship Takes Her into the Halls of Power

July 5, 2013
Like many faculty members, Professor Katrina Hoyer is busy running a lab, teaching and researching. This year, she adds another item to her to-do list – learning how public policy is implemented and how she can advocate for policy that affects her research. Hoyer has been named one of 10...

Seals Attracted Grad Student to California

May 13, 2013
Born in central Mexico, the sea has long fascinated graduate student Jose Pablo Vazquez-Medina. Now, he's hoping to figure out some of its secrets. Vazquez-Medina this year earned his doctorate in Quantitative and Systems Biology from UC Merced’s School of Natural Sciences. His research...

Researchers Studying Valley Fever to Help Region

May 1, 2013
In an effort to combat a debilitating disease commonly found in the region, UC Merced researchers are collaborating with area medical leaders to better understand valley fever. Through the campus's Health Sciences Research Institute, immunology Professor David Ojcius is working with Dr. James...

Funding from Major Biotech Company Advances Ortiz's Diabetes Research

March 18, 2013
UC Merced biology Professor Rudy Ortiz is furthering his innovative research into diabetes with support from a major pharmaceutical company. Ortiz' work, developing new applications for medicines used to treat the effects of insulin resistance, has been funded by Amylin Pharmaceuticals LLC, a...

Alzheimer's Association Supports Kitazawa's Work into Disease Mechanism

January 23, 2013
Professor Masashi Kitazawa’s research into brain cell dysfunction and death in subjects with Alzheimer’s disease has attracted attention from the Alzheimer’s Association, which has awarded the UC Merced neuroscientist with a grant to fund his studies. Specifically, this research...

Filipp Works to Stop Melanoma in its Tracks

October 15, 2012
Professor Fabian Filipp is trying to put up roadblocks. But instead of stopping cars, he's trying to keep cancers from growing. Filipp, a systems biology professor who started at UC Merced this fall, studies the metabolic cycle of melanoma, which is the leading cause of death from skin cancers...

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