Dynamic Genome Program

Boil the water, add the ingredients, stir. The instructions given in undergraduate science labs can feel a bit like making ramen noodles. “Lab courses that accompany many large science undergraduate lectures often adopt a cookbook-type approach, where students follow a...

The tiny creatures Alejandro De Santiago Perez studies are not visible to the naked eye. They are nematode worms, organisms that live in marine sediment, critical in providing information for scientists regarding the health of our ecosystems. For De Santiago...

The University of California, Riverside’s University Laboratory Building is being renamed the “Rochelle and Allison Campbell Hall” in recognition of longtime support from the Campbell family. A ceremony and dedication will be held on Oct. 19. Rochelle Campbell is the...

$1 million gift from longtime campus supporter Rochelle Campbell and Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Campbell Presidential Chair holder Susan Wessler will provide financial support for undergraduate students engaged in summer research – an opportunity out of reach to many...

Ten soon-to-be-sophomores at UC Riverside were recently selected by a panel of researchers to participate in an eight-week summer program that has the students characterize the citrus genome. In their experiments, the students are focusing especially on transposable elements –...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Twenty-eight students from three local colleges spent the bulk of Saturday, Feb. 23, in a laboratory at the University of California, Riverside to gain the kind of university-level research experience they likely will remember for a long...

Susan Wessler gazes around the brand-new science learning laboratory with a mixture of pride and anticipation. On one side of the blue-and-white checkered hallway, there’s a wet lab with most of the same equipment found in her plant genetics research...