The $49.4 million lab, paid for by the state, is named in honor of the lab system’s founding director and professor emeritus Alex A. Ardans, who led the statewide diagnostic service for 21 years

Microbes with the potential to cause disease are destroyed during milk pasteurization, but not all bacteria and their associated enzymes are eliminated by that process

The global banana industry could be wiped out in just five to ten years by fast-advancing fungal diseases

Results from two studies offer hope for reducing malnutrition, which each year kills 3.1 million children globally

“The most longstanding hypothesis for zebra striping is crypsis, or camouflaging, but until now the question has always been framed through human eyes,” says lead author.