Chemists have caught molecules in the act of biosynthesis revealing an animated view of how a fundamental piece of cellular machinery operates. The system they observed, a critical metabolic pathway, generates fatty acids, essential components…
December 23, 2013: An announcement from Chancellor Michael Drake regarding the new School of Biological Sciences Dean of the School of Biological Sciences
Dear Colleagues:
I am delighted to announce the appointment of Frank M. LaFerla as…
UCI MIND effort is part of institute’s larger iPS Cell Bank Initiative
Irvine, Calif., Dec. 9, 2013 — Researchers at UC Irvine’s Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders have received a two-year, $600,000 grant from the…
UC Irvine neurobiologist Leslie Thompson is one of two UC Irvine researchers named a 2013 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as an AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed…
Inhibitors could form basis of new treatments for such diseases as MRSA, anthrax
Irvine, Calif., Nov. 25, 2013 — Inhibitor compounds developed by UC Irvine structural biologists and Northwestern University chemists have been shown to bolster…
Last week, the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), announced the winners of the science education and outreach awards at Neuroscience 2013, SfN’s annual meeting and the world’s largest source of emerging news about brain science and…
Findings further creation of regenerative therapies for humans
Contact: Andrea Burgess
949-824-6282
andrea.burgess@uci.edu
Irvine, Calif., Oct. 24, 2013 — Cells triggering tissue regeneration that are taken from one limb and grafted onto another acquire the molecular “fingerprint,” or identity,…
Making a Foreign Country Feel Like Home
Lester Ng ‘93 contributes to the BioSci International Students Program (ISP) to help foreign students thrive in the U.S.
Lester Ng (‘93) clearly remembers the challenges of studying abroad. While…
The School of Biological Sciences is excited to welcome four new assistant professors and one lecturer with potential security of employment to our Fall 2013 faculty roster. With research interests ranging from ecology of plant…
A message from Howard Gillman, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor, UC Irvine
I am delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Brandon Gaut as Interim Dean of the School of Biological Sciences, effective November 1, 2013.
Professor…