Professor Cascade J. Sorte (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) has discovered that blue mussel populations have significantly declined over the past 40 years in one of the fastest warming regions in the ocean. Blue mussel loss coincided with a shift in the composition...
Prestigious Award and Membership Given to Distinguished Neuroscientist
Oct 11, 2016
Distinguished Professor Bruce L. McNaughton (Neurobiology and Behavior) was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) award and named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. An appointment to the Royal Society of Canada is the highest honor a scholar can achieve...
Distinguished Faculty Member Recognized During World Mosquito Day
Oct 5, 2016
Distinguished Professor Anthony A. James (Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics) was recognized by The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) on this year’s World Mosquito Day. World Mosquito Day was first established August 20th,...
Commentary: Why Spraying Pesticides for Mosquito Control is a Bad Idea
Sep 26, 2016
Professor Bruce Blumberg (Developmental and Cell Biology) has recently commented on a proposal for mosquito control from the Orange County Vector Control District (OCVCD), featured in the OC Weekly. The OCVCD’s plan involves spraying Duet, a synthetic pesticide,...
Risk Factors for Congenital Heart Defects may lie Both Inside and Outside the Heart
Sep 23, 2016
New research published by Professors Anne L. Calof, Anatomy and Neurobiology and Developmental and Cell Biology; Arthur D. Lander, Developmental and Cell Biology; and their colleagues, report that the role of genes in congenital heart defects (CHDs) is more complex...
Ambry Genetics Founder Joins the Dean’s Leadership Council
Aug 22, 2016
Recently, the president and founder of Ambry Genetics, Charles “Charlie” L. Dunlop, joined the DLC in order to help build new opportunities for School of Biological Sciences students and faculty. “We are proud to have Charlie join the DLC,” says Dean LaFerla, “He...
Student Spotlight – Daniel Winkler
Aug 22, 2016
Daniel Winkler is a Ph.D. student in the lab of Professor Travis E. Huxman, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Daniel was recently awarded the Exploration Fund grant and designated a Mamont Scholar by the Explorers Club for his proposed project to study climate change...
New Insights into Water Polo Head Injuries and Concussions
Aug 22, 2016
Director of the Exercise Medicine and Sport Sciences Initiative, Professor James W. Hicks, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, along with Steven L. Small, Chair of Neurology and Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, worked with their colleagues to survey over 44,000...
Uncovering the Genetic Code of a Carnivorous Plant
Aug 22, 2016
Professor Rachel W. Martin, Chemistry and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and her collaborator Professor Carter T. Butts, Sociology and Statistics, have sequenced the genome of the carnivorous plant, Drosera capensis, which is related to the Venus flytrap, and is...
Commentary: A New Discovery in Lichen Biology
Aug 22, 2016
Professor Kathleen K. Treseder, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, is an expert in the biology of fungi and studies how the species affects the broader ecosystem. Professor Treseder has recently commented on a new study published in the journal “Science” that sheds...