Resistance Remedies
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences researchers John Cavanagh and Rodolphe Barrangou are among the NC State scientists working on different approaches to fighting antibiotic-resistant bacteria....
Personality Changes Can Affect Fish Body Shape, Locomotion
A new NC State study shows that personality can be linked to other seemingly unrelated traits in animals like fish....Continue reading "Personality Changes Can Affect Fish Body Shape, Locomotion"
Gould discusses genetically engineered crops
As the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine release the report “Genetically Engineered Crops: Experience and Prospects,” the chair of the authoring committee says that NC State University can become a model for conducting advanced, trusted research in GE crop development....Continue reading "Gould discusses genetically engineered crops"
Assessing the Positive and Negative Claims About Genetically Engineered Crops
Genetically engineered crops stir strong feelings from both critics and supporters. We talk to the researcher who chaired the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee that just released a report, “Genetically Engineered Crops: Experience and Prospects,” which examines the evidence behind positive and negative claims about GE crops, and the research challenges that lie ahead....Continue reading "Assessing the Positive and Negative Claims About Genetically Engineered Crops"
Honoring Outstanding Faculty
NC State recognized 33 outstanding faculty members at the 2016 Celebration of Faculty Excellence on May 3. The annual event honors faculty who have won prestigious state, national and international awards and accolades throughout the academic year....
Spellings Wowed by NC State Visit
New UNC President Margaret Spellings spent Wednesday touring NC State’s campus with Chancellor Randy Woodson. While here, she met with students, faculty, staff and industry leaders with ties to Centennial Campus....
New Tools Allow Rapid ID of CRISPR-Cas System PAMs
CRISPR-Cas systems are widely heralded as a new generation of genetic tools. But development of these tools requires researchers to identify the protospacer-adjacent motifs (PAMs) that unlock each system’s functionality. A new set of techniques expedites PAM identification — and early testing finds that many CRISPR-Cas systems actually have multiple PAMs of varying strength....Continue reading "New Tools Allow Rapid ID of CRISPR-Cas System PAMs"
NC State’s Barrangou Wins Canada Gairdner Award
Rodolphe Barrangou wins prestigious Gairdner Award for pioneering the gene-editing system known as CRISPR....Continue reading "NC State’s Barrangou Wins Canada Gairdner Award"
Barrangou Wins Warren Alpert Foundation Prize
Rodolphe Barrangou shares prestigious award for his pioneering work on the revolutionary gene-editing system known as CRISPR....Continue reading "Barrangou Wins Warren Alpert Foundation Prize"
Mackay Wins Prestigious Wolf Prize
Trudy Mackay receives one of the world’s most prestigious awards for academic achievement, a Wolf Prize....
2015-16 Faculty Scholars Named
Chancellor Randy Woodson announces this year’s University Faculty Scholars, high-performing faculty members recognized for their significant achievements in scholarship, teaching and service....
USDA Grants $6.7M to Curb Fruit Pest
NC State entomologist Hannah Burrack will lead a four-year effort to manage the spotted wing drosophila, a tiny fruit fly that causes hundreds of millions of dollars in annual agricultural losses....
Biomedical Engineer Zhen Gu Named to Tech Review’s Top Innovators Under 35
Zhen Gu, an assistant professor in NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill’s joint biomedical engineering program, has been named one of MIT Technology Review’s “Innovators Under 35” for his work on developing novel drug-delivery systems for treating cancer and diabetes....Continue reading "Biomedical Engineer Zhen Gu Named to Tech Review’s Top Innovators Under 35"
Public Response to New Technologies in Food Depends on the Type of Tech
A recent study highlights the complexity of determining how the public will respond to incorporating nanotechnology or genetic modification into food products....Continue reading "Public Response to New Technologies in Food Depends on the Type of Tech"
Bacterial Genome Scalpel Can Identify Key Gene Regions
Bacteria have a system for ridding genomes of unwanted DNA sequences. But how does the system work in bacteria? NC State researchers find out....Continue reading "Bacterial Genome Scalpel Can Identify Key Gene Regions"