Scientists at the University of California, Irvine have made a remarkable discovery about cellophane bees – their microbiomes are some of the most fermentative known from the insect world.
Study shows how to prevent a high-fat diet from throwing metabolism out of whack
Eating lots of fats increases the risk of metabolic disorders, but the mechanisms behind the problem have not been well understood. Now, University of California, Irvine biologists have made a key finding about how to ward off harmful effects caused by a high-fat diet. Their study appears in Nature Communications.
The Evolution of Flight Membranes in Mammals
Mammalian flight is an incredible ability that has evolved in many different species, including bats, flying squirrels and several types of possums. Interestingly, each of these flying species has evolved a lateral flight membrane, known as a patagium, between...
A New Tool to Forecast the Impact of Climate Change
As the Earth's climate continues to change, natural resource managers are faced with the challenge of forecasting how populations will respond to these changes. There are a variety of different forecasting approaches, ranging from complex process-based models that...
New Mouse Model Helps Scientists Unravel the Mysteries of Alzheimer’s Disease
Scientists at the UCI MODEL-AD group have developed a new mouse model that could help us understand Alzheimer's disease better. The mouse model is called Trem2R47H NSS, and it has a genetic variant called TREM2 R47H that is one of the strongest known risk factors for...
Dunlop School Faculty Take Home Top Honors at the 2022 UCI Innovator Awards
UCI Beall Applied Innovation recently held its fifth annual UCI Innovator Awards, recognizing top innovators among its faculty and researchers. With generous support from Don and Ken Beall, the awards were created by UCI Beall Applied Innovation to promote the...
Assistant Professor Eitan Schechtman-Drayman Recognized as APS Rising Star
Assistant Professor Eitan Schechtman-Drayman from the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, and Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory fellow, has been recognized by the Association for Psychological Science (APS) as an APS Rising Star. This designation...
Five Dunlop School Faculty Selected as Inaugural FATE Fellows
Five faculty members from Dunlop School were recently selected to join the inaugural class of the UCI Faculty Academy for Teaching Excellence (FATE) fellows for the 2022-23 academic year. Associate Professor Celia Faiola and Teaching Professor and Vice Chair Catherine...
Aimee Edinger and Georg Striedter Selected as AAAS Fellows
Professor Aimee Edinger from the Department of Developmental and Cell Biology and Professor Georg Striedter from the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Each new inductee to...
Study finds how our brains turn into smarter disease fighters
Combating Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases by inserting healthy new immune cells into the brain has taken a leap toward reality. Neuroscientists at the University of California, Irvine and the University of Pennsylvania have found a way to safely thwart the brain’s resistance to them, vaulting a key hurdle in the quest.