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The official Twitter feed of @UCRiverside's College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS). Join the conversation #ucrscience ✍️👩🎓👨🎓📚
Riverside, CA
Joined November 2014
'Roll Out’ to UCR Homecoming 2025 | Join us for Turning Science into Startups: The Journey from Research to Biotech Entrepreneurship with CNAS Alumnus Wajdie Ahmad ’01 https://t.co/sylhBv7rfe
#UCRscience #ucr #ucriverside #ucralumni #homecoming25
news.ucr.edu
Lock in this November with UC Riverside’s Homecoming 2025. The most anticipated celebration is an on-campus concert featuring 2000s hip-hop icon Ludacris. (Yup, THAT Ludacris!) Select campus groups...
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Campus life...also, it's #NationalCatDay! Cats are unable to taste sweetness due to a defect in the gene (Tas1r2) that encodes the sweet taste receptor protein. Their tongues contain only about 470 taste buds, compared to a human's 9,000. No fun for cats on Halloween 😕🍬
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UCR scientist recognized by American Federation for Aging Research https://t.co/YNgaPZjCD8
#UCRscience #aging #HELIOS #TCells #grants #AFAR #grant #ucr #ucriverside
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200-million-year-old fossil shows leeches were marine predators, NOT the blood-suckers we know today https://t.co/f6KtSrMSIu via @MSN
#UCRscience #fossil #prehistoric #leeches #evolution #ucr #ucriverside
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Being fit might help your body handle dehydration https://t.co/ggqdnDEhEy via @FuturityNews
#UCRscience #hydration #dehydrated #health #fitness #ucr #ucriverside
futurity.org
People who are physically fit may be better equipped to handle the negative effects of dehydration, according to new research in mice.
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Join the UCR Institute of Integrative Genome Biology (IIGB) and the Department of Botany & Plant Sciences for SoCal Science With Purpose: Honoring Joanne Chory’s Vision and Legacy in Harnessing the Power of Plants. Register & more: https://t.co/M6GVal1eNV
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ATTN: CNAS students and faculty! Register for the Water Seminar Series on Oct. 29, 2025, with the @ucrspp. Dr. Eric Edwards, Assoc Prof in the Dept of Agricultural & Resource Economics at @ucdavis.
Our Water Seminar series is back, with the first talk of the school year by Dr. Eric Edwards, Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at UC Davis! 🌊 📅 October 29th 🕛 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. 📍 INTS 4146 ✅ RSVP via https://t.co/HERnWnQKl9
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On this day in 2023, the Luna UCR™ avocado was named one of @TIME's best inventions of the year. 🥑Read more ➡️➡️➡️ https://t.co/PvmEVLIC5o
#SpeakUp4Science @UofCalifornia @UCRCNAS
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CNAS HOMECOMING 2025! Turning Science into Startups: The Journey from Research to Biotech Entrepreneurship with CNAS Alumnus Wajdie Ahmad ’01. Nov 8, 2025 | Student Success Center. Register: https://t.co/ScQDnUAI1y
#UCRscience #UCRCNAS #homecoming25 #biotech #ucr #ucriverside
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The October 2025 CNAS NEWS email newsletter is out! https://t.co/gin6Y1keho ... Want to receive our monthly newsletter? Sign up here: https://t.co/2ZsEZaEzLG ... #UCRCNAS #UCRscience #ucr #ucriverside #science #newsletter #sciencenews
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Hidden toxins in e-cigarette fluids may harm #lung cells https://t.co/5h3Ilt5W1f
#UCRscience #vaping #vape #chemicals #ecigarettes #lungs #ucr #ucriverside
news.ucr.edu
UC Riverside research reveals that common vaping ingredient can form chemicals that damage airway tissue even at low levels
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The College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences (CNAS) Welcomes New Faculty Members for the 2025 Academic Year https://t.co/UqLf2WbEmE
#UCRscience #faculty #newfaculty #UCRCNAS #ucr #ucriverside
cnas.ucr.edu
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Being fit may help the body beat dehydration https://t.co/dT7EtklXFu
#UCRscience #health #dehydration #fitness #active #ucr #ucriverside
news.ucr.edu
UC Riverside mouse study highlights why fitness may matter more in a warming, drier world
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The Lung Microbiome Is Also Beneficial to Our Health — And Harmful Dust Can Alter It https://t.co/a8v4T1vrTc via @DiscoverMag
#UCRscience #lung #microbiome #breathing #health #ucr #ucriverside
discovermagazine.com
Learn more about the lung microbiome and how dust and other matter could be altering the microbes in your airways.
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Dr. Ansel Hsiao, an Associate Professor of Microbiology and Plant Pathology at the University of California, Riverside, on Probiotics, Quorum Sensing, and Next-Gen Therapies https://t.co/m9jVLJPZGl
#UCRscience #probiotics #microbial #guthealth #microbiology #ucr #ucriverside
goodmenproject.com
How can vaccine trials incorporate microbiome stratification to separate causal microbial effects from confounding at scale?
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Dusty air is rewriting your #lung microbiome https://t.co/eHG0hbISrW
#UCRscience #lungs #dust #environment #SaltonSea #ucr #ucriverside
news.ucr.edu
Genetic or bacterial diseases have previously been shown to have an effect on lung microbes. However, a UC Riverside discovery marks the first time scientists have observed such changes from enviro...
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Without UC Riverside research... cuties (and all oranges) wouldn’t exist! 🍊😧🤯 You may not know it, but discoveries are happening at UCR every day. Check out some ways they impact our lives daily with the help of federal funding. https://t.co/yrkC10N26q
#SpeakUp4Science
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Arctic Ocean methane 'switch' that helped drive rapid global warming discovered https://t.co/DXEV3CLD8j via @LiveScience
#UCRscience #globalwarming #climate #arctic #ucr #ucriverside
livescience.com
The Arctic Ocean was once an important source of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere — and it could become one again, researchers warn.
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The 3rd Annual #Symposium hosted by the @UCRiverside Center for #RNA #Biology and #Medicine will take place on Nov. 3, with prominent speakers from UC Berkeley, UCSF, UCLA, UCI, UCSD, and University of Rochester. https://t.co/yN2n5H41oV
@UCRSoM @UCRCNAS @UcrRNAcenter #research
events.ucr.edu
Join us for a full day of cutting-edge science, dynamic poster presentation, and vibrant discussions that showcase the best RNA research from across the UC system and beyond! Registration and...
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Dr. Arturo Gómez-Pompa, who passed away recently, transformed @UCRiverside into a West Coast center for #tropical plant #science during his more than two decades as University Professor and Distinguished Professor of #Botany. https://t.co/yJpfskVhfW
#plants @UCRCNAS @raincrossgzt
raincrossgazette.com
Each week, we will introduce a new neighbor. This is not a who's who list. These are regular Riversiders doing exceptional things.
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