CNAS News http://cnas.ucr.edu The latest news from the College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences at UC Riverside. en-us © Copyright 2008 Regents of the University of California Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:24:20 -0700 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss OmniUpdate (OU Publish) 60 http://www.ucr.edu/images/design6/ucr_monogram.gif 55 53 http://www.ucr.edu/ University of California, Riverside Saturday Sunday UC Riverside Biologist Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2011_04_19.html A leader in evolutionary biology, David Reznick is one of 212 new members of the prestigious society founded in 1780. Sara Clausen <sarac@ucr.edu> Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:24:19 -0700 Water center director publishes book on water policy http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2011-02-28.html Prof. Ariel Dinar is coauthor of the new book, "Managing California's Water: From Conflict to Reconciliation." Sara Clausen <sarac@ucr.edu> Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:41:20 -0800 UC Riverside Geneticist Elected Home Secretary of the National Academy of Sciences http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2011_02_10.html Susan R Wessler is the first woman to hold position; she begins her four-year term on July 1, 2011. Sara Clausen <sarac@ucr.edu> Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:55:05 -0800 Conservation Biologist to Talk About Climate Change Impact on Thoreau's Concord http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2011_02_07.html Richard Primack of Boston University is the 2011 Jane Block Distinguished Seminar speaker on February 9. Sara Clausen <sarac@ucr.edu> Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:52:14 -0800 Astronomers identify most distant galaxy cluster http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2011-01-12.html CNAS's Bahram Mobasher is a member of an international research team that has discovered a developing cluster of galaxies at the far reaches of our universe. Sara Clausen <sarac@ucr.edu> Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:27:14 -0800 Tango manardins to appear this month in produce aisles http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2011-01-10B.html This new fruit variety is the most promising mandarin orange the university has produced. Sara Clausen <sarac@ucr.edu> Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:20:31 -0800 Eminent citrus biologist Walter Reuther dead at 99 http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2011-01-10.html One of the major contributors to UC Riverside's international reputation in agriculture has passed away. Walter Reuther, 99, died on November 2, 2010. Sara Clausen <sarac@ucr.edu> Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:23:55 -0800 Physicists Pave the Way for Faster "Spin Computer" http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2010-10-13A.html Roland Kawakami's lab is the first to achieve "tunneling spin injection" into graphene, a necessary step to creating the next generation of computing power. Sara Clausen <sarac@ucr.edu> Thu, 04 Nov 2010 10:31:49 -0700 Cell Biologist Receives $1.7M NIH Grant to Study Malaria Parasite http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2010-11-04.html The malaria-causing parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, is spread to people by the female Anopheles mosquito, which feeds on human blood. Prof. Karine Le Roch has received a four-year, $1.7 million grant to find out how the parasite replicates itself, which could lead to new drugs to battle the disease, which kills hundreds of thousands of people each year. Sara Clausen <sarac@ucr.edu> Thu, 04 Nov 2010 09:41:08 -0700 CNAS Scientists Address Red Palm Weevil Threat in State http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2010-10-25.html Researchers from the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences will join forces with growers and government officials to combat a potential threat from this deadly pest of palms Sara Clausen <sarac@ucr.edu> Thu, 04 Nov 2010 09:20:52 -0700 Bill Fairbak, extension specialist in agricultural engineering, dies at 83 http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/20-10-19.html William C. Fairbank , Cooperative Extension Specialist Emeritus in the Department of Environmental Sciences, passed away on September 12, 2010, from complications of surgery. Sara Clausen <sarac@ucr.edu> Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:58:25 -0700 Conventional understanding of Earth's deep water cycle needs revision http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2010-10-18.html The commonly held view in the geophysical community that water is carried deep into Earth's mantle is false, says UCR Earth scientist Harry Green. Sara Clausen <sarac@ucr.edu> Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:05:22 -0700 Paving the Way for Graphene-based Spin Computer http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2010-10-13.html UCR Physics Professor Roland Kawakami's lab is first to achieve "tunneling spin injection" into graphene, a precursor to faster computers. Sara Clausen <sarac@ucr.edu> Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:56:25 -0700 Researchers sequence genome of mosquito that spreads West Nile virus http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2010-09-30.html UC Riverside researchers spearheaded the multiyear project that could result in novel strategies to fight West Nile and other Culex-transmitted diseases. They have already sequenced the genomes for the mosquitoes that transmit malaria, yellow fever, and dengue fever. Sara Clausen <sarac@ucr.edu> Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:39:36 -0700 UC Riverside is platinum sponsor of national conference attracting high-achieving minority students http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2010-09-16.html Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) brings together nearly 3,500 undergraduates at Anaheim Convention Center; 180 students visit UCR on Sept. 30 Sara Clausen <sarac@ucr.edu> Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:16:50 -0700 Would a molecular horse trot, pace, or glide across a surface? http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2010-09-13.html CNAS chemists study quadrupedal molecular machines to provide an answer. Sara Clausen <sarac@ucr.edu> Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:05:12 -0700 CNAS Researchers Find Solution to Cell Death Problem Vexing Stem Cell Research http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2010-09-07.html Professor of Biochemistry Noboru Sato identifies chemical for keeping human pluripotent stem cells alive. Sara Clausen <sarac@ucr.edu> Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:42:39 -0700 Holt to receive Ecke Award http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2010_08_24C.html Jodie Holt, professor of plant physiology and the botanical consultant for James Cameron’s film Avatar, will receive the Paul Ecke Jr. Award of Excellence “for her life’s work as a distinguished scientist and educator” from the San Diego Botanical Garden. Sara Clausen <sarac@ucr.edu> Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:45:20 -0700 Chemistry Makes List of Top 75 in the World http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2010_08_24B.html The University of California, Riverside ranks among the top 150 universities in the world, with the Department of Chemistry placed even higher, in the top 75, according to the annual Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Ranking of World Universities. Sara Clausen <sarac@ucr.edu> Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:03:40 -0700 CNAS faculty make big gains in new grants and contracts http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2010_08_24.html UCR’s College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences has led the campus in the percentage of increase in funds from grants and contracts this year, with a 36% increase over last year. Sara Clausen <sarac@ucr.edu> Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:54:50 -0700 CNAS names three new department chairs http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2010-07-26.html Three new department chairs assumed their positions in the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of California, Riverside, on July 1, 2010 Mikeal Roose for the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Michael Anderson for the Department of Environmental Sciences, and James Baldwin for the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology. Sara Clausen <sarac@ucr.edu> Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:18:01 -0700 Western water-resource collection moves to Southern California http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2010-07-16.html The premier collection of information and materials about water development in California will soon move to a new home: Southern California. The nationally acclaimed Water Resources Center ARchives is being transferred from its previous location at UC Berkeley to the libraries at UCR and Cal State San Bernardino. Sara Clausen <sarac@ucr.edu> Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:29:23 -0700 CNAS student accepted to eight top-notch medical schools http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2010-05-14_alfaro.html An Iraq war veteran, Sergio Alfaro is set upon reaching his goal of becoming a physician. Sara Clausen <sarac@ucr.edu> Fri, 14 May 2010 09:35:11 -0700 Plant Scientist's Research Ranked on Top Ten Breakthrough List for 2009 http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2010_01_08.html Research by Sean Cutler, assistant professor of plant cell biology in the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, has been named by Science magazine as one of the top 10 breakthroughs of the year. Michelle Tabula <chellr@ucr.edu> Fri, 8 Jan 2010 10:30:50 -0800 Biologist's Lab at UC Riverside Is a Hummingbird Health Spa http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2010_01_07.html Research on avian flight by Biology Professor Douglas Altshuler will be featured in the program "Hummingbirds:Magic in the Air" on the PBS show "Nature," premiering Sunday, Jan. 10. Michelle Tabula <chellr@ucr.edu> Fri, 8 Jan 2010 10:19:35 -0800 CNAS faculty recognized by American Association for the Advancement of Science http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/aaas.html Eight researchers at the University of California, Riverside have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), six of them members of the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences faculty. Michelle Tabula <chellr@ucr.edu> Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:01:21 -0800 Geologists discover a new window into Earth's interior http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2009_10_26.html Geologists Larissa Dobrzhinetskaya and Harry Green and colleagues report in the Oct. 26-30 online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences their discovery of ultrahigh-pressure minerals from a paleoocean-spreading center Michelle Tabula <chellr@ucr.edu> Mon, 2 Nov 2009 15:28:56 -0800 Plant Cell Viewing http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2009_10_12.html A research team led by Julia Bailey-Serres, a professor of genetics, reports in the Oct. 12-16 online editions of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on the implementation of a method they devised to view activities of individual types of cells in a complex plant organ, such as root or a leaf. Michelle Tabula <chellr@ucr.edu> Mon, 2 Nov 2009 15:26:18 -0800 New Molecules Created by UC Riverside Chemists http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2009_10_22.html Guy Bertrand's lab shows metal-free "abnormal N-heterocyclic carbenes" are stable, allowing their use in numerous catalytic chemical reactions Michelle Tabula <chellr@ucr.edu> Mon, 2 Nov 2009 11:30:14 -0800 Turf scientists on a quest to engineer a superlawn http://cnas.ucr.edu/news/2009_09_28.html With mandatory watering restrictions turning grass brown from California to Florida to Massachusetts, a small but dedicated cadre of turf scientists at UC Riverside is on a mission to engineer a drought-proof superlawn. Jessica Dennis <jessica.dennis@ucr.edu> Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:12:56 -0700