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Merg lab visits Golden Valley High School to promote STEM careers! In and Out afterwards!
Recent fact sheet highlighting local air pollution concerns
Our recent fact sheet, published by the UC Merced Community and Labor Center, shows that South Fresno residents experience high rates of health issues and air and noise pollution, and express strong support for public interventions to mitigate environmental issues. Our team is conducting a health...
Yumie's last day in the Merg lab! We will miss you! All the best with your Ph.D. studies at UCSD!
Congratulations Dr. Noerr
Patrick Noerr successfully defends his dissertation entitled "Mechanical interactions in biological active filaments and networks". Congratulations Dr. Noerr! Wish you all the best in your postdoc career at University of California San Diego, and beyond!
FIOCRUZ, Brazil!
It was a privilege to see FIOCRUZ and give a seminar there. In the background, is the historical first building commissioned by Oswald Cruz, co-discoverer with Carlos Chagas, of T. cruzi. FIOCRUZ is Brazil's NIH equivalent, but also performs clinics, vaccine and drug production and outreach. Really...
Congratulations to Dr. Julia Alvarez in obtaining her Ph.D.
Well done Julia! You did an amazing job and congratulations on all you accomplished! The Jensen lab is forever grateful for your contributions. Picture even made the UC Merced news feed.
Subhaya's Durotaxis work accepted in Biophysical Journal
Subhaya's work is accepted in Biophysical Journal, congrats! This work describes competing roles of persistent cell motility and long-range elastic interactions at a stiffness interface with a combination of simulations, elasticity theory and scaling analyses. We are very happy to see that reviewer...
Preprint on the GPI sidechain of Toxoplasma is online!
Very excited to share our discovery and characterization of the GPI sidechain sytnthetic pathway in T. gondii. This is a first for any parasite. This is the thesis work by graduate student Julia Alvarez, in collaboration with Christopher West at University of Georgia. Parasites that lack a GPI...