Professor Adriana Briscoe’s article, “Familia, Comunidad y Maestros: How I Became a Latina Science Professor,” highlights key aspects of Mexican and Mexican American history that contribute to the challenges faced by Latinos in the U.S. educational system.
Phages, or bacteria-infecting viruses, are Earth’s most abundant biological entities, according to a team of three post-docs — Mirjam Zuend, Sage Dunham and Jason Rothman — in Katrine Whiteson’s lab from the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and the UCI...
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has uncovered new information about how the brain develops and potential abnormalities that can occur during that process. The team behind this discovery, which includes Developmental and...
In December, the UC Irvine Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND) held its annual "A December to Remember Gala,” which celebrated Frank LaFerla, dean of the UC Irvine Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences and a Chancellor's...
In September, Associate Professor Deborah Lutterschmidt from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology was awarded the prestigious Grace Evelyn Pickford Medal in Comparative Endocrinology by the International Federation of Comparative Endocrinological...
The UC Irvine Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences hosts Donuts with the Dean events each quarter at which undergraduate students can meet and mingle with Dean Frank LaFerla, Dunlop School faculty, classmates and special guest speakers, while enjoying...
A research team led by the University of California, Irvine has linked the mutation that causes Huntington’s disease to developmental deficits in the brain’s oligodendrocyte cells that are caused by changes in metabolism. They found that high doses of thiamine and biotin can restore normal processes.
Andrea Tenner, Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry and Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Neurobiology & Behavior, has been recognized as the recipient of the 2023 Society for Leukocyte Biology Legacy Keynote Lecture...
In November, members of the UC Irvine community convened in Anaheim — and virtually — to attend the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS), one of the largest, professional conferences for minoritized students in biomedical sciences,...
We may soon be eating meat that’s grown from animal cells in a laboratory. In an announcement Trusted Source published Wednesday, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stated that UPSIDE Foods, a food manufacturer that creates animal meat from cells, met all of the agency’s safety requirements.