The grant is to explore the developmental genetic and physiological mechanisms that explain why males and females respond differently to environmental change, using fruit flies as a model organism.
Amid a global environmental crisis, The Hyde Park Herald interviewed UIC Biological Sciences faculty Emily Minor on Chicago’s local efforts to preserve the South Shore Nature Sanctuary. Minor studies how humans alter landscapes and the…
Graduate students Amel Alqadah, Rui Xiong, Research Assistant Professor Yi-Wen Hsieh, and Professor Chiou-Fen Chuang’s research article, “A universal transportin protein drives stochastic choice of olfactory neurons via specific nuclear import of a sox-2-activating factor”, was published…
Graduate students Xin Wang, Bryan Banh, Bethanie-Michelle Statler, Wei Tian, and Professor David Stone’s article, “Mating yeast cells use an intrinsic polarity site to assemble a pheromone-gradient tracking machine,” was published in the November edition…
