News

Graduate Student Focuses Research on Infectious Disease, UC Merced News, February 2012 (also appeared in Merced Sun-Star, Sacramento Bee)
Graduate Student Finds New Career in Military Research, UC Merced News, January 2012 (also appeared in Merced Sun-Star, Sacramento Bee)
Biology Students Secure Prominent Postdoctoral Positions, Footprints, Newsletter of the School of Natural Sciences, UC Merced, January 2011
UC Merced biology professor wins prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship, Merced Sun-Star, 07 April 2011; (Prof. Monica Medina)
UC Merced's new stem cell instrumentation foundry could lead to high-tech jobs in Central Valley, Sacbee.com, 24 February 2011; also in Steve Kang: Securing a bright future, Merced Sun-Star, 24 February 2011; UC Merced unveiled stem cell research facility, ABC, 24 February 2011 (Prof. Manilay)
"Pink Meanie" Pictures: New Jellyfish Attacks Other Jellies, National Geographic Daily News, 24 January 2011 (Prof. Mike Dawson, Grad Student Keith Bayha)
Acid oceans and nitrogen cycles, Discovery News, 20 January 2011 (Prof. Michael Beman)
Rising Greenhouse Gases Profoundly Impact Microscopic Marine Life, UC Merced News Articles, 20 December 2010 (Prof. Michael Beman). See also Ocean acidification may disrupt the marine nitrogen cycle, Scientific American, 20 December 2010, Greenhouse gases may impact marine life, says UC Merced biologist, Merced Sun-Star, 20 December 2010, and UC Merced Study: Higher Greenhouse Gases Could Alter Oceans, Clean Energy News, 20 December 2010
Campus to Study Faculty Recruitment Techniques for Diversity, UC Merced Feature, 3 December 2010 (Dean Maria Pallavicini)
UC Merced Connect: Fruit flies aid in cancer research, Merced Sun-Star, 10 November 2010 (Prof. Mike Cleary); Also in The Sacramento Bee, 10 November 2010
Researcher Uses Fruit Flies to Understand Cancer Causes, UC Merced Feature, 29 October 2010 (Prof. Mike Cleary)
UC Merced Connect: Collaborative study into coral, Merced Sun-Star, 20 October 2010 (Prof. Mónica Medina); Also in The Sacramento Bee, 25 October 2010
Study Shows Coral Genomes Could Adapt to CLimate Change, UC Merced Feature, 15 October 2010 (Prof. Mónica Medina)
UC Merced's stem cell facility taking shape, Merced Sun-Star, 3 Sept 2010 (Dean Maria Pallavicini)
Professor Wins UC Mexus Award for Research, UC Merced Panorama, 1 Sept 2010 (Prof. Ajay Gopinathan)
Chin Earns UCSD's California Sea Grant, UC Merced Panorama, 1 Sept 2010 (Prof. Wei-Chun Chin). See also Professor earns California Sea Grant, Sacramento Bee (half-way down), 1 Sept 2010, and Sea Grant California: Funding for 17 New Projects Announced, 26 July 2010
Professor wins UC Mexus Award for Research, UC Merced Panorama, 1 Sept 2010 (Prof. Ajay Gopinathan). See also Sacramento Bee article (last item), 1 Sept 2010
UC Merced Connect: Biochemist Seeks Ways to Combat Hepatitis C, The Sacramento Bee, (Prof. Jinah Choi). See also UC Merced Feature, 27 Aug 2010
UC Merced Connect: Reaching out to students with science, Merced Sun-Star, 21 Aug 2010 (Grad students David Gravano; Prof. Mónica Medina)
Biologist Awarded Grant to Advance Obesity Research, UC Merced News Articles, 19 Aug 2010 (Prof. Rudy Ortiz)
Professor Honored with Young Investigator Award, UC Merced Panorama, 2 June 2010 (Prof. Miriam Barlow)
Marine Scientists Finding a Home at UC Merced, UC Merced Feature, 16 May 2010 (Grad students Collin Closek, Shinichi Sunagawa; Profs. Mónica Medina, Michael Dawson, Michael Beman, Rudy Ortiz)
Fellowship Provides Opportunities to Graduate Student, UC Merced Panorama newsletter, 3 May 2010 (Grad Student Heather Thompson, Jesus Ciriza; Prof. Jennifer Manilay)
Graduate Student Earns NSF Fellowship for Research, Outreach, UC Merced Feature, 2 May 2010 (Grad student Emily Wilson, Prof. Carolin Frank)
Resveratrol Protects Lungs, Wine Spectator, 3 Feb 2010 (Prof. Henry J. Forman)
Ph.D. Student Studies "Survivalist" Fish Species, UC Merced Spotlight, 15 Jan 2010 (Prof. Andres Aguilar; Grad Student Jason Baumsteiger)
Professor Studies Flatworms for Ways to Fight Cancer, UC Merced Spotlight, 8 Jan 2010 (Prof. Nestor Oviedo)
Seven of the Country's Coolest SciTech Courses, PopSci, 9 Sept 2009 (Prof. Michael Dawson)
Hanford native Basha Stankovich received her doctorate from UC Merced, The Sentinel, 31 May 2009 (Alumna Basha Stankovich)
New Tool Isolates RNA Within Specific Cells, Insciences Organisation, 18 May 2009 (Prof. Mike Cleary)
Jellyfish: Far From Passive Drifters-in-the-Currents; 'Biomixing' Churning Waters, Nutrients, Underwatertimes.com News Service, 8 May 2009 (Prof. Michael Dawson)
QSB Students Create PSAs, UC Merced Feature, 1 May 2009
- Asthma
- Quench Blue (water conservation)
- Chlamydia
UC Merced professor awarded stem cell grant, Merced Sun-Star, 8 April 2009 (Prof. Mike Cleary)
Astute algae, conned corals, The Scientist.com, 31 March 2009 (Prof. Mónica Medina)
UC Merced Professor Receives $1.78 Million to Study Extended Fasting, Sleep Apnea Effects on Mammals, UC Merced News & Events, 11 Feb 2009 (Profs. Rudy Ortiz, Henry Forman)
UC Merced Professor Receives $483,000 Grant to Develop Tool Used in Stem Cell Research, UC Merced News & Events, 7 April 2009 (Prof. Michael Cleary)
UC Merced Professor Receives Presidental Career Award, UC Merced News & Events, 19 Dec 2008 (Profs. Mónica Medina, Shawn Newsam; Dean Maria Pallavicini)
Professor Henry Forman Appointed to San Joaquin Valley Air District, UC Merced News & Events, 5 Nov 2008 (Prof. Henry Forman)
$2.2 Million CIRM Award for Bioengineer to Create Heart Cells, UC Merced News & Events, 18 Aug 2008 (Profs. Kara E. McCloskey, Jennifer O. Manilay)
Students Publish Review in Top Scientific Journal, UC Merced Feature, 1 Aug 2008 (Grad students Corey J. Cain, Debra A. Conte, Liza Gómez Daglio, Larry Johnson, Eric H. Lau, Julie Baker Phillips, Nabora Soledad Rogers, Sarah E. Stolberg, Holly F. Swift; Profs. Marcos Garcia-Ojeda, Jennifer O. Manilay, Michael N. Dawson)
Video- Stem Cell Instrumentation Foundry Grant from CIRM, 9 May 2008 (Prof Michelle Khine; Dean Maria Pallavicini)
UC Merced Wins $4.36 Million from CIRM for Stem Cell Instrumentation Foundry, UC Merced News & Events, 7 May 2008 (Profs. Michelle Khine, Kara McCloskey, Wei-Chun Chin, Marcos García-Ojeda, Jennifer O. Manilay, Michael Cleary, Michael Colvin; Dean Maria Pallavicini)
Bite-size Science in Three Languages from UC Merced Research Team, UC Merced News & Events, 3 March 2008 (Grad students Chris Voolstra, Shinichi Sunagawa, Angelina Velazquez, Zer Vue, Julissa Gonzalez, Michael DeSalvo; Prof. Mónica Medina)
Researcheres Developing Radically Different Screening Tool to Answer Public Health Threat of Drug-resistant Bacteria, UC Merced News Articles, 16 Jan 2008 (Profs. Miriam Barlow, Matthew Meyer, Shawn Newsam)
Professor Earns Career-boosting CIRM New Faculty Award, UC Merced News & Events, 17 Dec 2007 (Prof. Jennifer O. Manilay)
Professor Building USDA Connections Through HSI Fellowship, UC Merced News & Events, 23 July 2007 (Prof. Andres Aguilar)
UC-wide Committee Awards Grants to Two UC Merced Stem Cell Projects, UC Merced News & Events, 19 June 2007 (Grad student Heather Bryan; Staff Researcher Bryce McLelland; Prof. Jennifer O. Manilay; Dean Maria Pallavicini)
Medina's Coral-Algae Symbiosis Work Wins Prestigious NSF Award, UC Merced News & Events, 8 May 2007 (Prof. Mónica Medina)
Prop 71-funded Stem Cell Research Begins at UC Merced, UC Merced News & Events, 2 April 2007 (Prof. Michelle Khine, Kara McCloskey, Wei-Chun Chin)
Study Explores How Chlamydia Bacteria Control Infected Cells, UC Merced News & Events, 18 May 2006 (Prof. David Ojcius)
UC MEXUS Grants Help Merced Professors Collaborate with Mexican Colleagues, UC Merced News & Events, 26 Oct 2005 (Profs. Mónica Medina, Rudy M. Ortiz)
Genome Center to Encourage Cooperative, Efficient Research, UC Merced News & Events, 11 Oct 2005 (Profs. Jennifer O. Manilay, Mónica Medina, Miriam Barlow)
UC Merced Professor Receives Prop. 99 Grant Money to Study Tobacco Effects, UC Merced News & Events, 20 June 2005 (Prof. Henry J. Forman)
UC Merced Biologist Seeks Answers About Miscarriage and Infection, UC Merced News & Events, 1 Dec 2004 (Prof. David Ojcius)
UC Merced Wins $2.7 Million to Establish Center for Computational Biology, UC Merced News & Events, 13 Oct 2004 (Profs. Michael Colvin, Arnold Kim)
Professor Mike Colvin Blends Computer Science and Biology to Build a Bridge to Discovery, UC Merced News & Events, 26 Aug 2004 (Prof. Michael Colvin)