We wish Dr. Nobile much continued success and many congratulations on her promotion to FULL professor!

Professor Clarissa Nobile researches biofilms, as well as fungal pathogens such as the one that causes Valley fever.

Professor Clarissa Nobile has been named the newest Kamangar Family Endowed...

Professor Clarissa Nobile is changing the way we look at microbes. She wants to understand them as they’re found in nature, not as they exist in the laboratory. And she was just awarded a five...

Researchers at UC Merced are playing key roles in the new UC Valley Fever Research Initiative, studying how the Valley fever fungus, Coccidioides immitis, causes disease in its mammalian hosts, and...

The grants, totaling over $17 million, were announced in early December. The winning research projects were selected by peer review from a pool of 97 applications in a highly competitive grant review...

Research Breakthrough Could Help Diagnose, Treat Biofilm Infections

By Lorena Anderson, University Communications

Professor Clarissa Nobile, works on biofilm research

Biofilms — colonies of...

Fellowship Funds Undergrad’s Research on Biofilms

UC Merced undergraduate students can find opportunities to conduct research in a lab as early as their freshman year — what’s less common is getting...

http://www.ucmerced.edu/news/2015/biomedical-researcher-named-campuss-first-pew-scholar

Biomedical Researcher Named Campus’s First Pew Scholar

Clarissa J. Nobile, one of 22 researchers named Pew...

Candida albicans biofilms are composed of highly adherent and densely arranged cells with properties distinct from those of free-floating (planktonic) cells. These biofilms are a significant medical...

http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822%2814%2901151-8

The human microbiome contains a diverse array of microbes that affect human health. A recent study finds that fungal biofilms...