The university was recently rated as a top performer among colleges by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Organic Chemistry. The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the College of Charleston invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position beginning in F...

Our current carbon economy relies on fossil fuels, from which we isolate small organic molecules to produce medicines, plastics, cosmetic, or other chemicals that we use everyday. However, sustainability requires a more biomass-based carbon economy, where we engineer plants to produce precursor molecules, which can then be assembled to desired chemicals that we use daily. Plants have evolved an amazing diversity of metabolites, but these metabolites are not produced in every cell of the plant. Therefore, it is essential to understand how plants can express different metabolic pathways across different organs, tissues, and even cell types. We are interested in the following questions: How are metabolic pathways (especially specialized metabolism) controlled by cell fate? How can we reprogram plant cell fates for biomanufacturing? How can we toggle between differentiated cell states for metabolic engineering and totipotent cell state for genetic engineering?

Groundwater acidification co-occurring with nitrate pollution is a common, global environmental health hazard. Denitrifying bacteria have been leveraged for the in-situ removal of nitrate in groundwat...

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

Pictured from left to right are: [above] Allegra Aron, Jana Pilatova and Ryan Ziels; [below] Andrew Vander Yacht, Itamar Shabtai and Victoria Orphan The JGI is excited to welcom

Overview: Full-time, Continuing position Salary Academic Level C ($141,247 -$ 162,872 p.a.) or Level D ($170,080 -$ 187,373 p.a.) + 17% Superannuation Based at the Bundoora campus but may be required ...

A large fraction of aquatic bacteria remains uncultured. Here, the authors cultivated 627 strains of abundant freshwater bacteria from 14 European lakes, thus generating a collection that includes man...

Energy Secretary Chris Wright has disbanded a controversial Climate Working Group (CWG), which wrote a report that scientists say was full of errors and misrepresented climate science.

The metalloid tellurium (Te) is toxic to bacteria; however, the element is also extremely rare. Thus, most bacteria will never encounter Te in their environment. Nonetheless significant research ha...

After the video fueled outrage, a professor was fired and two college leaders removed from their administrative roles for approving content inconsistent with the course’s description.