Growing awareness of the climate crisis and a shift to plant-based diets have turned kelp farming into a thriving industry.
Scar Free Wound-healing? Mathematics Is Helping Make That a Reality
“The common way for our skin to repair itself has been with scar tissue,” said Maksim Plikus, an associate professor in developmental and cell biology at University of California Irvine. “Our work, which is driven by mathematical modelling, is helping to shift this paradigm.”
UCI Professor Shows How Plastics Have Become a Killing Machine For Coral Reefs
Coral reefs are not just beautiful color displays as seen underwater in Indonesia, Australia, Hawaii and the Caribbean. They also buffer the land from erosion and protect against the tidal waves from tsunamis, she said. Many villages in Southeast Asia rely on catching fish in coral reefs for their livelihood.
Phone Call Dials Up Health Innovation, Friendship for Dunlop School Alums
When Idaho physician David Shelley, M.D., phoned California businessman Ed Chang, the call brought together two people with more in common than either expected. Besides sharing a passion for health care innovation, the pair discovered they both graduated from UCI with...
UCI ecologist co-authors UN Environment report on impact of plastics on coral reefs
The global fight against ocean plastic pollution will come into sharp focus at the fourth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly this month in Nairobi, Kenya, with Joleah Lamb, assistant professor of ecology & evolutionary biology at UCI, making a key contribution.
I Told You But You Don’t Listen: Male-Female Communication Gap Affects Plants
The conundrum of communication between the sexes doesn’t just perplex humans. Male plants turn a deaf ear to their female counterparts, even when their survival is threatened. This new finding comes from research led by Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor...
Humans and Plants Are Alike: Males Don’t Listen to Females, Scientists Say
Studies conducted by UC Irvine show that male plants don’t listen to female plants, even when their survival depends on it.
Minority Science Programs (MSP) Students Recognized for Outstanding Research
Congratulations to 16 of our MSP students who recently received best poster awards for their research at the 2018 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for MinorityStudents (ABRCMS).
Beyond Your Genes: Biology of Addiction
In the first Dean’s Distinguished Lecture of the 2018-2019 School year, Neurobiology and Behavior Chair Marcelo Wood told a packed audience a compelling story on the biology of addiction.
Royal Entomological Society Fellow
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor Adriana Briscoe has been named a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society. With this new appointment, Professor Briscoe joins a distinguished group of Society Fellows that includes Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace, and...