2020 News

Congratulations to Dr. Hexin Chen on his promotion to full professor

Full professors have achieved recognition as experts in their field at a national and international level.

Congratulations to our new Magellan scholars!

The Magellan Scholar program was created by UofSC to enrich the academic experience of our undergraduates through research opportunities in all disciplines.

The Twiss lab published an article in Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Discover the mechanisms that allow axons to extend for tremendously long distances in our body

The Waldman lab published a new study in the journal DNA repair

Learn more about the role of Progerin, a protein found at high levels in patients with Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome

Dr. Jay Pinckney becomes a fellow of the AAAS!

Being elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science is an honor bestowed by a scientist's peers to recognize distinguished contributions to science.

Dr. Tim Mousseau was awarded a grant from the SC Space Grant Consortium/NASA

Dr. Tim Mousseau was awarded a grant from the SC Space Grant Consortium/NASA to study the effects of ionizing radiation on plant germination.

Michelle Passerotti and Joe Quattro just published a study in Frontiers in Marine Science

Learn more about the oceanic whitetip shark

Dr. Nathan Senner awarded a grant from the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation/FWS/DOI

Dr. Senner was just awarded a grant from the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation/FWS/DOI to conduct a study focused on investigating and protecting critical nocturnal roosts; whimbrel at Deveaux Bank.

Kate Levasseur and Joe Quattro published a new study in Animal Conservation

Learn more about hawksbill turtles!

GABS students volunteered to do some river clean-up!

A great initiative to clean up the Smith Branch waterway at Earlewood Park

Olivia Spead wins the 2021 Aquaneering Art of Science photomicrography contest

Check out an amazing picture of the visual system in zebrafish

Dr. Alissa Armstrong featured in Cell

On being black in the ivory tower

Congratulations to Dr. Andy Schumpert

Dr. Andy Schumpert was awarded a Garnet Apple Award! The Garnet Apple Award honors exceptional faculty who demonstrate an ongoing commitment to best teaching practices and a record of developing innovative strategies to enhance learning.

The Patel lab published a research article in Neurobiology of Disease.

Learn more about the molecular mechanisms underlying dystonia-16.

The Twiss lab published a research article in Current Biology

Learn more about what happens when an axon gets injured.

The Ely lab published four articles on Caulobacter bacteriophages!

Learn more about these viruses that infect and replicate in bacteria.

Dr. Andy Schumpert awarded a Distinguished Course Award from the Association for Distance Education and Independent Learning

Anne Moxley and Dr. David Reisman published a review article in Cell Biochemistry and Function.

Learn more about the p53 tumour suppressor

Dr. Alissa Armstrong awarded a Developmental Research Program grant from South Carolina S INBRE

the South Carolina IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (SC INBRE) supports biomedical research and infrastructure in South Carolina.

The Matesic lab published a new study in the American Journal of Physiology

Learn more about the mechanisms underlying heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction

Faculty Spotlight: Alissa Armstrong

Alissa Armstrong's research is shedding light on links between nutrition, obesity and diseases such as diabetes or cancer.

Dr. Richard Youle receives a 2021 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences from the Breakthrough Prize Foundation

The Breakthrough Prizes were started in 2012 to "honor important, primarily recent, achievements in the categories of Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences and Mathematics."

Eilea Knotts is awarded the 2020 Breakthrough Graduate Scholar

The Breakthrough Graduate Scholar Award from the Office of the Vice President for Research recognizes graduate students for their achievements at UofSC and celebrates their potential for further success.

Olivia Spead and Dr. Fabienne Poulain published an article in International Journal of Molecular Science

Learn more about how axons communicate with each other during brain wiring

Michelle Passerotti receives the Best Graduate Student Paper of the Year Award

Learn more about how to predict the age and growth in otoliths of juvenile red snapper

Dr. Gerald Brasington wins the SC Open Educational Resources award.

Now in its sixth year, the SCoer Faculty Award encourages the classroom use of Open Educational Resources teaching, learning and research resources that are freely available to faculty and students. The award is sponsored by the University of South Carolina Libraries.

The Speiser lab published an article featured in Science!

A snapping shrimp has the fastest vision of any aquatic animal

Dr. Nathan Senner is quoted in the New York Times

Dr. Nathan Senner gave comments in an article from the New York Times on new instrumentation for tracking bird migrations.

Elizabeth S. Davenport wins the William A. Mould Thesis Award

This award recognizes the research, creativity and impact of one graduating senior's thesis or project while also remembering the legacy of the first Dean of the South Carolina Honors College, Dr. William A. Mould.

Drs. Dan Speiser and Jeff Dudycha win the 2020 Distinguished Undergraduate Research Mentor Award

The Distinguished Undergraduate Research Mentor Award recognizes and rewards faculty for excellence in mentoring undergraduate researchers.

Georgina Anderson receives the Dean's Award for Excellence in Leadership

The Dean's Award for Excellence in Leadership is given to graduate students who demonstrate leadership, on campus, in their academic discipline or in the community.

Dr. Hexin Chen awarded an R21 from the NIH

Dr. Hexin Chen was awarded a grant from the National Cancer Institute to formulate tumor-targeting miR-489 nanoparticles and test their therapeutic effect in models of doxorubicin-resistant cancers.

Our graduate students awarded with awards!

Although 2020 has brought its share of challenges, we are pleased to announce some uplifting news. We congratulate several of our graduate students whose achievements in their field have been recognized with awards.

Dr. Mingli Xu awarded a grant from the NSF

Dr. Mingli Xu was awarded a grant from the NSF to study the role of miR156-targeted SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE transcription factors in floral transition

Congratulations to our new ASPIRE Award Winners

Through the ASPIRE program, UofSC faculty have the opportunity to compete for funding to start a promising new research endeavor for later external funding, build up a collaborative, interdisciplinary research project and/or invest in the university's research infrastructure

Dr. Alan Waldman awarded an R03 grant from the NIH

Dr. Alan Waldman was awarded a grant from the National Institute on Aging to study the role of Lamin A in DNA double-strand break repair

Louis Berrios, Allison Culver, Logan Schuck and Chad Simmons awarded a SPARC Graduate Research Grant

Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research, the Support to Promote Advancement of Research and Creativity, or SPARC, Graduate Research Grant is a merit-based award designed to ignite research and creative excellence across all disciplines at UofSC.

Dr. Zhengqing Fu received a Breakthrough Star Award

The Breakthrough Star Award recognizes relatively early-career assistant and associate professors who demonstrate considerable contributions to their field in terms of research and scholarly activity while at UofSC.

Dr. Fabienne Poulain received a Breakthrough Star Award