CBS faculty Michael Smanski meets with cyclists participating in a cross-country ride to raise awareness and raise money for cancer research. Last month, cyclists with Illini 4000 stopped by the St.

Plant Biology professor Nathan Springer receives one of the University of Minnesota’s highest honors. Nathan Springer, a professor in the Department of Plant Biology, was named a McKnight Presidential.

The college led the way in adopting the active-learning approach to teaching and learning. Now CBS is setting its sights on the undergraduate research experience with a proposed renovation in the.

Teaming with two Norwegian universities has created a robust environment for joint research and collaboration with the College of Biological Sciences. Look in any phone directory in Minnesota, and.

New faculty Michael Freeman investigates emergent frontiers in natural product biochemistry. When humans communicate, we use words. When microbes communicate, they often use small molecules called.

Tim Griffin and colleagues use multiomics to study how ground squirrels’ hearts adapt to hibernation. “We had a lot of genomic data — transcribed RNA within these hibernating animals — pointing to.

Study led by George Weiblen establishes the genetic difference between hemp and marijuana. "With this study, we have indisputable evidence for a genetic basis of differences among Cannabis varieties.".

The latest research publications from College of Biological Sciences researchers. Structure of the Vif-binding domain of the antiviral enzyme APOBEC3G Nature Structural & Molecular Biology // May 18.

Reuben Harris recognized as one of the nation’s top biomedical scientists by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Reuben Harris (Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics) was selected by the.

U of M expertise in the fast-growing discipline known as multi-omics is opening new avenues to our understanding of disease and fundamental biology. The Center for Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics.