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For University of Southern California Department of Biological Sciences in 2015-2017, the graph shows 47 visible PIs and 25 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as the leading field (27% of slots across 25 PIs; 25 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (17% of slots across 20 PIs; 20 labels), and Marine and coastal ecosystems as the leading topic (4% of slots across 5 PIs; 5 labels). The network looks reasonably well-rounded, with visible collaboration groups but not so much concentration that one field explains the whole department. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Valter D. Longo (16.4 weighted works; Dietary Effects on Health, Diet and metabolism studies). The clearest collaboration lines are David A. Hutchins and Eric A. Webb (8 shared works, weight 4.4). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 17.2, around Molecular Biology, Ecology, Oceanography, led by David A. Hutchins, David A. Caron, Frank Alber.