The story of Frank M. LaFerla, PhD, Dean of the UC Irvine Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences and a Chancellor's Professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, is one with which many Americans are familiar. Born to Italian immigrants and raised in...
2022 Lauds & Laurels Dunlop School Recipients
The University of California, Irvine Alumni Association will honor 23 accomplished individuals at the 2022 Lauds & Laurels ceremony on May 26. 3 Dunlop School members will be awarded.
How life works is his life’s work
UCI professor of developmental and cell biology seeks answers to how genes are regulated by Matt Coker, UCI | April 4, 2022 Ali Mortazavi’s research has been fundamental to understanding changes in gene expression in colon cancer, Lyme disease, breast cancer,...
Audrey Steele Burnand estate gifts $57.75 million to UCI
“This gift provides a unique opportunity for UCI to establish a world-class research center focused on the area of depression, which is extremely important from a societal point of view,” says Pramod Khargonekar, vice chancellor for research, left, with Dr. Michael...
Michael Yassa Featured on Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s CNN Podcast, Chasing Life
Professor Michael Yassa is featured on an episode of Dr. Sanjay Gupta's CNN Podcast, Chasing Life, for his expertise on memory research. In this episode, Professor Yassa discusses how memories are stored in the brain, why we forget, and what we’ve gotten wrong about...
Rising Tide: Changemakers Podcast featuring Aimee Edinger
Aimee Edinger, Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology, is featured in the latest Rising Tide: Change Makers podcast from the UCI Beall Applied Innovation. In this episode, Professor Edinger goes into detail about her research that starves cancer cells to death,...
Professor Michael A. Yassa: James L. McGaugh Chair in the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
Professor Michael A. Yassa, Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, has been appointed as the James L. McGaugh Chair in the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. Professor Mike Yassa continues to have a positive...
Professor Katrine Whiteson: Chancellor’s Fellow
Professor Katrine L. Whiteson of the department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry has been selected as a UCI Chancellor’s Fellow, a distinction awarded to tenured faculty whose body of scientific work supports a strong trajectory towards distinction. Professor...
Professor Christie Fowler: Chancellor’s Fellow
Professor Christie Fowler of the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior has been selected as a UCI Chancellor’s Fellow, a distinction awarded to tenured faculty whose body of scientific work supports a strong trajectory towards distinction. Professor Christie Fowler...
UCI Podcast: Dean Frank LaFerla on memory impairment over the holidays
When people are getting together with loved ones over the holidays, how do they prepare themselves for interacting with a relative who has dementia resulting from Alzheimer's disease or another neurological condition? In this episode of the UCI Podcast, Frank LaFerla,...