Dr. D’Mello has been selected by the Council of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine as one of the 2015 recipients of the Distinguished Scientist Award. Distinguished Scientists will be announced at the Society’s annual Socializer and Awards Presentation at the 2015 Experimental Biology Meeting in late March. Congratulations Dr. D’Mello! Learn more
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Science Codex Originally Posted: Feb. 12, 2015 Massive elimination of neurons is a critical aspect of normal nervous system development but also represents a defining feature of neurodegenerative pathologies, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Although the molecular events that trigger neuronal death in each of these neurodegenerative diseases […]
Read the latest research being carried out in the fruit fly lab of SMU biologist Johannes H. Bauer, including articles from the New York Times, Prevention Magazine, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Atlantic. READ MORE
Santosh D’Mello, a respected scientist whose research is centered on understanding the molecular mechanisms regulating neurodegeneration, has joined SMU as professor and chair of the Department of Biological Sciences in Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, effective Tuesday, April 1, 2014. READ MORE HERE
Congratulations to Robert Harrod, Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences! The abstract from his PhD graduate student, Megan Romeo’s poster at the 16th International Conference on Human Retroviruses held in Montreal has been published in the journal Retrovirology. Megan also received an Outstanding Poster Award at the meeting. Read Megan Romeo’s poster abstract here: Published mtg abstract
SMU Magazine Fall/Winter 2014 Different Lives, Same Purpose Tyrell Russell, a sophomore Hunt Leadership Scholar from Riviera Beach, Florida, planned on taking an organic chemistry course over the summer. Instead, he embarked on “the trip of a lifetime” with fellow SMU students Katie Bernet, Melanie Enriquez and Prithvi Rudrappa. In June they met up with a group […]
Health and science reporter Richard Laliberte with Prevention Magazine has covered research carried out in the fruit fly lab of SMU biologist Johannes H. Bauer. The research by Plano, Texas high school student Ria Chhabra is featured in the article, “Is Organic Food Really Better For You?”.
Powerful new discovery tool is already at work screening millions of drugs in search to reverse chemotherapy drug-resistance in cancer. READ MORE