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Scholars Explore Future Careers at National Labs Day

May 23, 2023

UC Merced’s Graduate Division hosted its third National Labs Day on April 21. The goal of the day-long event is to connect graduate students and postdoctoral scholars with researchers from across the nation, including campus alumni. Associate Graduate Dean and physics Professor Sayantani Ghosh said...

Student Speakers will Impart Words of Wisdom at Commencement

May 11, 2023

Two undergraduate student speakers will share their journeys and insights with UC Merced’s graduating class and their families and friends at two commencement ceremonies to be held this weekend. Gehad Elhanafy, a bioengineering major from Merced, will speak at the May 13 ceremony for the schools of...

CAREER Award will Fund Research into Arthritis Cause

April 26, 2023

Professor Roberto Andresen Eguiluz has received a CAREER award for his research into the underlying cause of arthritis. He is the 33rd researcher from UC Merced to earn a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). CAREER awards are among the NSF's most prestigious awards. They are...

UC Merced’s Graduate Programs Rank Among Best in the Nation

April 25, 2023

UC Merced continues to be recognized nationally, with some programs leaping forward, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-2024 edition of Best Graduate Schools released on April 25. Designed for prospective students looking to further their education beyond college, the Best Graduate...

Cheer on Campus’s 10 Grad Slam Finalists April 10

April 4, 2023

Ten graduate UC Merced students will take the stage on April 10 to compete in the Graduate Division’s Grad Slam finals. Grad Slam is an annual University of California competition that aims to make research accessible to all by providing emerging scientists and scholars with the skills to engage...

Professor Changqing Li Awarded Grant

March 20, 2023

An instrumentation grant from UC Merced is awarded to Professor Changqing Li for purchasing a micro PET scanner.

New Bioengineering Study Aims to Understand the Mechanisms of Inflammation

October 13, 2022

When it functions correctly, inflammation protects the body from infection and injury. But when it becomes chronic, inflammation is linked to health problems such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer, arthritis and bowel diseases, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Bioengineering...

Undergrad Stem Cell Training Positions Students For Careers After Graduation

September 29, 2022

Rising juniors this fall will have an unprecedented opportunity for stem cell research training that could lead directly to careers in stem cell science after graduation. School of Engineering Professor Kara McCloskey and School of Natural Sciences Professor Jennifer Manilay are leading a...

‘Molecular LEGO’ Study Analyzes Building Blocks of Partially Disordered Protein

June 6, 2022

Bioengineering Professor Victor Muñoz and his lab have created a new way to solve some of the mysteries among an increasingly important class of proteins that don’t appear to have any specific structures but serve very important functions, including the complex genetic processes that separate...

Bioengineers Work on New Technology to Look Deep Inside Living Tissue and Tumors

May 31, 2022

Bioengineering Professor Changqing Li is building a high-resolution CT imaging scanner that will allow scientists to study and understand how oxygen plays a role in cancer therapy and stem cells growing in deep tissue such as bone marrow, and possibly develop new advances to culture stem cells...