Professor Craig Stark, Neurobiology & Behavior, was recently awarded a $300,000 grant to support a project entitled “The Enrichment of neurogenesis in the hippocampus via the environment.” The goal of the project will be to…
On October 3, 2015, UCI had its first ever Festival of Discovery in Aldrich Park. The event was open to students, faculty, alumni, and community members to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the University’s opening. …
UC Irvine is renowned for its exceptional research in the life sciences. With the establishment of the UC Irvine Institute for Clinical & Translational Science (ICTS), the University has made additional strides in translating its…
Held in the Crystal Cove Auditorium in the UCI Student Center, Professor Leslie M. Thompson’s lecture covered the recent work her laboratory has done on developing novel ways to treat Huntington’s disease (HD). Presented to…
Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s share a common feature characterized by the buildup of proteins in and around brain cells. Once accumulated, the proteins can impair normal brain cell function leading to the collection of clinical…
Kristen has been with UC for over 15 years and with the Biological Sciences School for over 9 years. Prior to joining UCI, she was a member of the administrative staff at UC Berkeley. In…
To help kick off the start of the 2015-2016 school year, Dean Frank LaFerla held another Donuts with the Dean event on October 8 outside the Dean’s office in Natural Sciences II. Joining Dean LaFerla,…
Richelle Roelandt Lu Homo is a fourth year Campus Wide Honors student double majoring in Biological Sciences and Chemistry. She is a UCI Alumni Association Endowed Scholar, a recipient of the Rose Hills Foundation Scholarship,…
Dr. Jacqueline Dupont is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Dupont Residential Care, Inc., Assured InHome Care, Inc., and former owner of Assured Horizons, LLC. Since 2014, she has sat on the Dean’s Leadership…
Biological Sciences School Alumnus, Kevin Liang, completed both his undergraduate (2001) and doctoral degree (2007) at UC Irvine before pursuing a career in healthcare innovation. Dr. Liang was part of the first class of undergraduate…