November 3, 2005 - Acceptance of two papers

A paper on our work on the med genes in the related nematode C. remanei is in press at Developmental Biology. This paper has as first author Mr. Cristian Coroian, who worked with us as an undergraduate.

A paper describing the use of a consumer-grade digital camera to archive exams is in press in the Journal of College Science Teaching. This approach offers a rapid, low-cost method to safeguard the integrity of the exam evaluation process in any course.

August 17, 2005 - RNA virus paper appears in Nature

Our collaborative work with the Ding lab is now published in Nature.

Lu, R., Maduro, M., Li, F., Li, H.W., Broitman-Maduro, G., Li, W.X., and Ding, S.W. (2005). Animal virus replication and RNAi-mediated antiviral silencing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature 436, 1040-1043. Abstract / Paper

See the UCR press release here.
See the article from the August 18, 2005 edition of The Press-Enterprise here.

August, 2005 - Wendy and Katy pass their candidacy requirement

Our PhD students Wendy and Katy have both passed their oral exam requirements for the CMDB graduate program. Congratulations to them both!

June 28, 2005 - Worm Comedy Show at 2005 International C. elegans Meeting

Morris Maduro and Curtis Loer

Video clips and information about the Worm Comedy Show, presented by Curtis Loer and Morris Maduro, can be found here. A short write-up about the show and meeting appeared in the Sept 2005 issue of GENEtics, the bulletin of the Genetics Society of America. Meeting Article Entire issue(pdf)

June, 2005 - Paper on positive function of POP-1 and PAL-1 in endoderm specification in press at Developmental Biology

Papers

June, 2005 - Morris' paper on end-3 in press at Developmental Biology

The paper reporting the analysis of end-3 and its contribution to endoderm in C. elegans is in press.
Papers

May, 2005 - Morris' puzzler question used on Car Talk

Okay, it's not really lab news, but it's cool. I submitted a question by email to the NPR program CarTalk, and they used it for the week of May 2, 2005.

Question: Read it Hear it (mp3)
Answer: Read it Hear it (mp3)

March, 2005 - Gina's paper comes out in Developmental Cell

Gina's paper reporting the binding site of MED-1, and target genes in the C. elegans genome identified by bioinformatics, appears in the March issue of Developmental Cell. Papers

June, 2004 - The lab is now funded

We have received our first grant from NSF, #0416922. Details

January 12, 2004 - Two graduate students join the lab!

We are very excited that two CMDB graduate students, Katy Lin and Wendy Hung, have joined the lab. For Winter quarter, undergraduates Khanh Pham, Cristian Coroian, and Andrew Rogér are working with us. Cathy Castillo, from Dr. Richard Cardullo's lab, is also doing experiments in our lab.

We have a great group and are looking forward to making discoveries!

October 20, 2003 - Ready to go!

Thanks to Art Rosenblatt and Patrick Keenan from the Scientific Instrument Company in Culver City, CA, we have our two main microscopes. The first is an Olympus inverted scope equipped with a sliding stage and micromanipulator on which we perform microinjections. The second is an Olympus upright for light and fluorescence microscopy that is also equipped with a digital camera for imaging.

We also have several students this quarter, including two rotating graduate students (Katy and Wendy) and two undergraduate project students (Victoria and Khanh). Lab Pictures

July 29, 2003 - After just two weeks, the lab is taking shape!

When we first arrived, the lab rooms and office were all clean and ready to move in (a big thanks to Dan Rios and the Biology staff for getting this done!). We were fortunate to have inherited some great equipment, which has made setting up much easier. We are still waiting on some bigger items and furniture, but things are looking great. See pictures here: Moving In