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.
A discovery by a professor at the University of California, Merced, is providing a deeper understanding of the factors that control biological clocks.
Biochemistry Professor Andy LiWang and his research team found how three proteins interact to drive the circadian rhythm of cyanobacteria, which is believed to be the oldest organism on Earth.
HSRI member Professor Jan Wallander's research on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities among Fifth-Graders was published last month in top-level medical journal The New England Journal of Medicine. This multi-center, collaborative team project began in 2000 and was funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Six students, all with ties to the San Joaquin Valley, have been admitted to the UC Merced San Joaquin Valley Program in Medical Education (PRIME). The students have begun their first year of medical school with a two-day orientation at UC Merced and the UCSF Fresno Center for Medical Education and Research.
The second UC Merced San Joaquin Valley-PRIME cohort includes:
MERCED -- When he's not examining cell cultures inside his Castle Airport laboratory, you might find Fabian Filipp surfing the waves somewhere along California's coastline.
If you happen to catch the lean 35-year-old native of Munich, Germany, holding court at Pacific Beach or some other picturesque surf locale, however, he won't be without sunscreen.
This year's photo shoot will take place in SSM 365 (HSRI meeting room) from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. When you are choosing what to wear, please avoid very fine stripes or checks that might cause moiré interference on your photograph at different resolutions.
This year's photo shoot will take place in SSM 365 (HSRI meeting room) from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. When you are choosing what to wear, please avoid very fine stripes or checks that might cause moiré interference on your photograph at different resolutions.
Cigarette advertising and promotion cause youth to start smoking and facilitate progression to regular use, according a U.S. Surgeon General's Report released today.
