Human Nature News from the Chronicles


CURO Symposium

The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston used to have an ad campaign that hinted, "There's more to life than just Monet." In a similar vein, this article in Red & Black on the CURO symposium reminded me that, while they are heavily engaged in everything from genetics to particle physics, UGA…

Wells named Ljungdahl Investigator

Associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology Lance Wells has been named a Lars G. Ljungdahl Distinguished Investigator by the Georgia Research Alliance:   Wells’ research explores how modification of proteins by sugars, a process known as O-glycosylation, affects their biological…

Image and Identity in the African Diaspora

  The Institute for African American Studies and Lamar Dodd School of Art present a lecture by Cameron Van Patterson, Diasporic Imagination: Race, Difference, and Memory in Contemporary Art. The lecture will be on April 5 at 5 p.m. in room S150 of the school of art, with a reception…
van Gogh's Sunflowers

Scientists connect gene mutation to van Gogh's Sunflowers

Vincent van Gogh produced five versions of sunflowers in vases or bouqets, each subtly distinct from the others. Often accused of the dual curse of genius and madness, UGA scientists have confirmed that, though van Gogh may have had other struggles, inaccurate vision was not among them.   In a…
nanowires

Nanoparticles and magnetic current used to kill cancer cells

Franklin College researchers have used nanoparticles and alternating magnetic current to kill cancer cells in mice without harming healthy cells: The findings, published recently in the journal Theranostics, mark the first time to the researchers' knowledge this cancer type has been treated using…

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