Genetic Search Reveals Key To Resistance In Cotton Pest
A new study co-authored by Dr. Bruce Tabashnik, Regents’ Professor in the UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' Department of Entomology and member of the BIO5 Institute, identifies a dominantly inherited mutation that confers resistance to engineered cotton in caterpillars of the cotton bollworm, one of the world’s most destructive crop pests. The study will be invaluable in promoting more sustainable pest control.
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Fighting Dry Mouth In Cancer Survivors While Mentoring The Next Generation of Scientists
BIO5 member Dr. Kirsten Limesand, UA Professor of Nutritional Sciences, is devoted to finding a cure for post-chemoradiation dry mouth. Research from Limesand's lab has led to a clinical trial that is being conducted by the UA Cancer Center, as well as a published a paper that was recognized with the APSselect award, given to the best articles in physiological research.
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UA Scientists Aim To Identify Drug Targets For Rare Pediatric Cancer
Dr. Justina McEvoy, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, member of the UA Cancer Center, and the UA BIO5 Institute, has focused her work on Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), a rare cancer of the skeletal muscle that primarily affects pediatric patients. Dr. McEvoy and her team have sifted through a large genetic and protein database collected for rhabdomyosarcoma to identify pathways containing potential drug targets.
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Local High Schoolers Meet Molecular And Cellular Biology
The UA Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology hosted students from 10 different Phoenix, Tucson and Marana high schools for their annual “Meet MCB!” event. "Meet MCB! is our opportunity to share the scientific research of molecular and cellular biology with Arizona high school students,” said Dr. Joyce Schroeder, Head of the UA Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and member of the BIO5.
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Putting Color Into Your Winter Garden, And Onto Your Plate
A colorful veggie garden does more than draw attention, a variety of colorful food in one’s diet adds nutritional value .“Colors imply certain bioactive compounds that are common,” says Registered Dietitian Dr. Cynthia Thomson, BIO5 member and Director of the UA College of Public Health’s Canyon Ranch Center for Prevention and Health Promotion.
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DEC. 13, 2018
Ecosystems Genomics Seminar Series
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JAN. 7-11, 2019
Tucson Plant Breeding Institute
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