Company announces multi-institution collaboration to advance ALS research

Verge Genomics, a drug discovery company utilizing genomic data for neuroscience therapeutics, announced today that it is has established a multi-institution industry-academic collaboration with four top universities focused on accelerating the translation of preclinical models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Read More »

September 11th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

New grant supports anti-tobacco research, community engagement

The Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program has awarded a $495,000 grant to Ite Laird-Offringa, PhD, associate professor of surgery and associate dean for graduate affairs (PhD programs) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Laird-Offringa and her team are investigating Read More »

September 8th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Biotech entrepreneur Min Zhou supports scientific serendipity in the USC Stem Cell laboratory of Qi-Long Ying

“The most important discoveries that I’ve made have all come from nowhere,” said Qi-Long Ying, MD, PhD, associate professor of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. “They could not be planned.”

To foster Read More »

September 8th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC tobacco researchers honored by city officials

Los Angeles City officials honored two Keck School of Medicine of USC faculty recently for their public health work in tobacco control, prevention and research that formed the scientific foundation for local policies.

Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer and 13th Read More »

September 8th, 2017|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Neighbors get a helping hand with school supplies

Thousands of families from neighboring schools received back-to-school supplies at the USC Health Sciences Campus on Aug. 26. Students from the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the USC School of Pharmacy and the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of Read More »

September 8th, 2017|Announcements, Back to School, Keck Net Intranet|