Boil the water, add the ingredients, stir. The instructions given in undergraduate science labs can feel a bit like making ramen noodles. “Lab courses that accompany many large science undergraduate lectures often adopt a cookbook-type approach, where students follow a series of instructions in a stepwise process without really understanding why they’re doing what they’re...
A $1 million gift from longtime campus supporter Rochelle Campbell and Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Campbell Presidential Chair holder Susan Wessler will provide financial support for undergraduate students engaged in summer research – an opportunity out of reach to many students due to financial barriers. The newly established Campbell-Wessler Endowed Undergraduate Research Award will...
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Renowned geneticist Susan Wessler at the University of California, Riverside has been elected a member of the American Philosophical Society(APS), the country’s first learned society. The APS has played an important role in American cultural and intellectual life for more than 250 years. It was founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin for...
The grand opening of the Neil A. Campbell Science Learning Laboratory took place July 7. L to R: Thomas O. Baldwin, Timothy P. White, Susan R. Wessler, Rochelle Campbell, Rich Cardullo, and Allison Campbell. Photo credit: UCR Strategic Communications. (More photos below.) RIVERSIDE, Calif. – An innovative laboratory for teaching science has opened at the...
Susan Wessler is a distinguished professor of genetics at the University of California, Riverside and the University of California President’s Chair. Photo credit: UCR Strategic Communications. RIVERSIDE, Calif. – What are transposable elements, what role do they play, and what percentage of the genome of organisms do they comprise? Is there an explanation for the...
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Transposable elements (TEs) – DNA sequences that move from one location in the genome to another – are abundant in plants and animals, evolve rapidly and promote the evolution of the genome. What role they play in how plants generate the diversity needed to adapt to a changing climate is the focus...
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – A team of scientists at the University of California, Riverside has begun working on a mosquito research project that, if successful, will provide valuable genetic resources capable of transforming the way mosquito research is conducted around the world. The three-year project, funded by a $1 million grant from the W. M. Keck...
Riverside, Calif. – Susan R. Wessler, a distinguished professor of genetics at the University of California, Riverside and the University of California President’s Chair, has been elected home secretary of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). During her four-year term beginning July 1, 2011, Wessler will oversee the NAS’s membership activities and serve as secretary...
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Susan R. Wessler, a world-renowned expert in transposable elements, a crucial facet of genetics, has accepted an appointment as a distinguished professor of genetics in the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences at the University of California, Riverside. She will arrive on campus in September 2010. Wessler was elected in 1998 to...
