The School of Biological Sciences is pleased to announce that Professor Thomas Lane has been appointed as the Director of the Center for Virus Research (CVR), effective January 1, 2022. Dr. Thomas Lane is a Chancellor’s Professor in the Department of Neurobiology and...
UCI Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor, Matthew Brackebn, PhD, was interviewed by The Weather Channel on the potential impacts the Huntington Beach Oil Spill may have on marine wildlife. Watch the video below to listen to the interview:
UCI Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Assistant Professor, Joleah Lamb, PhD, was interviewed by The Weather Channel on the potential impacts the Huntington Beach Oil Spill may have on the environment. Watch the video below to listen to the interview:
UCI alumnus Owen Shimizu has been appointed the new Academic Graduate Coordinator for the School of Biological Sciences. As the new coordinator, he will manage the logistics of the teaching labs. He will also work alongside professors and teaching assistants to...
What does the world look like through insect eyes? What biological mechanisms make their vision different from our own? And how might those differences influence their evolution? UC Irvine evolutionary biologist Adriana Briscoe (@AdrianaBriscoe) talks to the Big...
Molecule that changes the shape of mitochondria corrects obesity A team of University of California, Irvine, scientists have discovered a novel pharmacological approach to attenuate the mitochondrial dysfunction that drives diet-induced obesity. The results of their...
Eric Hanse, Ph.D., Sarah Kark, Ph.D., and Giedre Milinkeviciute, Ph.D., are the recipients of this spring’s Dean’s Early Career Research Excellence Award. These awards were created to acknowledge the contributions of outstanding junior investigators whose research is...
The UCI team decided to take a new approach by developing a mouse model better positioned to analyze the causes of late-onset AD. Also called “sporadic AD,” this new model encompasses the remaining 95 percent of cases.
The School of Biological Sciences would like to announce that Christopher C.W. Hughes, professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry and Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded the title of UCI Chancellor’s Professor. The Chancellor’s title is designated for...
In recognition of Independence Day, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., shared an amazing video of the brain taken by Neurobiology and Behavior Associate Professor Sunil Gandhi and graduate researcher Ricardo Azevedo. The...