CSI-Cancer director Dr. Peter Kuhn is one of two USC cancer scientists called by President Joe Biden to reignite the national Cancer Moonshot research effort. The other is Dr. John Carpten, director of the Institute of Translational Genomics at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. (February 2, 2022)…Continue Reading 2 USC scientists called to serve on Biden’s renewed Cancer Moonshot initiative
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Three USC Faculty Named 2021 AAAS Fellows
Dr. Andrea Armani is one of three USC professors to become American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellows in 2021. (January 25, 2022). …Continue Reading Three USC Faculty Named 2021 AAAS Fellows
USC Team Shows How Memories Are Stored in The Brain, With Potential Impact on Conditions Like PTSD
discovered what physical changes occur in the brain when a memory is made by inducing a memory in a larval zebrafish and then mapping changes in their transparent heads with lit-up brain cells. (January 10, 2022). …Continue Reading USC Team Shows How Memories Are Stored in The Brain, With Potential Impact on Conditions Like PTSD
COVID-19 may have spread faster in the U.S. because the first symptom was cough
A CSI-Cancer study finds that the order of symptoms in the first wave of COVID-19 varied among virus strains. (December 16, 2021) …Continue Reading COVID-19 may have spread faster in the U.S. because the first symptom was cough
USC and Cedars-Sinai to jump-start young scientists’ efforts to cure cancer
Peter Kuhn of the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience will serve as deputy director of a new virtual cancer center, funded by a grant from the Department of Defense. (April 28, 2021)…Continue Reading USC and Cedars-Sinai to jump-start young scientists’ efforts to cure cancer
New laboratory space promotes ‘happy collisions’ among scientists
Dedicated space for the Convergent Science Institute in Cancer initiative aims to get experts in physics, chemistry and biology to collaborate on cutting-edge science that benefits patients. (February 5, 2021)
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To better understand diabetes, scientists gaze inside insulin-producing pancreatic cells
A USC-led team has developed advanced imaging techniques that allow for a uniquely detailed glimpse inside the body’s insulin factories. (December 9, 2020)…Continue Reading To better understand diabetes, scientists gaze inside insulin-producing pancreatic cells
Epic Sciences and Peter Kuhn announce collaboration
Epic Sciences, Inc. announced an exclusive license and collaboration agreement with Dr. Peter Kuhn and the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience. (November 19, 2020)…Continue Reading Epic Sciences and Peter Kuhn announce collaboration
Meet the professor who uses computer science to help cure cancer
Inspired by his father’s fight against non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Remo Rohs leads USC’s efforts in studying the molecular nature of cancer. (August 18, 2020)…Continue Reading Meet the professor who uses computer science to help cure cancer
USC scientists identify the order of COVID-19’s symptoms
Researchers have found what appears to be the likely order in which COVID-19 symptoms first appear: fever, cough and muscle pain, then nausea and/or vomiting, then diarrhea. (August 13, 2020)…Continue Reading USC scientists identify the order of COVID-19’s symptoms