In her role as Training Grant Officer, Yergalem (Yerga) Meharenna balances her commitments to the UCI Schools of Biological Sciences and Medicine, coordinating training efforts that entail collaboration across the two Schools. Yerga received her Ph.D. in Genetic...
The Biological Sciences School kicked off the 2017-2018 Dunlop School Mentor Program this November with a celebratory dinner featuring Dunlop School alumna and keynote speaker, Dr. Tina Nova, the founder and CEO of Molecular Stethoscope, Inc. Dr. Nova spoke to mentors...
The Biological Sciences School welcomed Richard A. Van Etten, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine and Biological Chemistry and the Director of the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Van Etten’s presentation discussed the role the Cancer Center plays in the...
Twelve undergraduates participating in research training at the Biological Sciences School’s Minority Science Programs initiative (MSP) have received awards for their scientific presentations at the 2017 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students...
The UCI Facility for Imaging & Brain Research (FIBRE) is a new neuroimaging center that seeks to support scientists in their mission to better understand the workings of the human brain. Professor Craig Stark from the department of Neurobiology and Behavior will...
The Biological Sciences School would like to congratulate Brian Sato, Ph.D., Associate Teaching Professor from the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, on receiving an Inclusive Excellence Spirit Award from the UCI Office of Inclusive Excellence. The...
Professors Adriana D. Briscoe (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology), Craig E.L. Stark (Neurobiology and Behavior), and Kathleen K. Treseder (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) of the School of Biological Sciences have been named Fellows of the American Association for the...
Professor Brandon Gaut, Associate Dean for Research and Innovation and faculty member in Ecology and Environmental Biology, and UC Davis Professor Dario Cantu, lead a study shedding light on grapes, one of mankind’s most economically important crops. The study...
A team of UCI scientists led by Michael Yassa, Ph.D., Neurobiology and Behavior Professor and Director of the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, has been awarded a $3.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to identify early indicators of...
Professor David M. Gardiner is a regeneration biologist in the Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, and the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for the Biological Sciences School. Professor Gardiner has spent his career at UCI working to identify the molecular signals necessary for limb regeneration.