Articles by Erica Corliss

Mining for Experience: Internship Sets Students Up for Post-graduation Success
Nevada Gold Mines internship helps 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó students pursue research while the company uses their findings to streamline processes.

Study: Learning How Cells Dispose of Unwanted Materials is Key to Potential New Therapeutics
International team explores how our cells detect and destroy disease-causing proteins with specificity; findings published Feb. 20 in the journal Molecular Cell.
Using Math to Poke and Prod at Our Models for Infectious Disease
Ph.D. student Keoni Castellano's research explores how epidemics start and how we might end them.

Ph.D. Candidate Turns Childhood Love of Night Sky Into Studying Protoplanetary Disks
International student Shangjia Zhang lands a highly competitive NASA grant and 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó graduate fellowship.
The Interview: Stephanie Samson
This administrative assistant left a career in medical education to learn something new, and then found the School of Life Sciences.

Inside the Bhattacharya Lab
51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó biochemist Chandra Bhattacharya is unlocking clues for treatment of cancer and other diseases; answer may lie in mRNA.

Brain-Belly Connection: Gut Health May Influence Likelihood of Developing Alzheimer’s
51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó study pinpoints 10 bacterial groups associated with Alzheimer’s disease, provides new insights into the relationship between gut makeup and dementia.

K-12 Science & Engineering Fair Brings a Different Kind of March Madness
The Beal Bank USA Southern Nevada Regional Science & Engineering Fair encourages students across the state to take an interest in STEM research and inventing.

Research in Brief: Have Humans Wreaked Too Much Havoc on Marine Life to Halt Damage?
51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó analysis challenges the idea that ocean ecosystems have barely changed over millions of years, pointing scientists down a new path on conservation efforts and policy.