The British Ecological Society announced today that University of California, Irvine ecologist and biogeochemist Kathleen Treseder has won the organization’s Marsh Award for Climate Change Research.

Now University of California, Irvine biologists offer new insights into these entities known as transposons, providing knowledge that could one day help in the fight against cancers and aging-related diseases….

The Hellman Fellowships Program, which recognizes promising assistant professors showing capacity for great distinction in their research, has honored two BioSci faculty for 2022-23.Developmental and Cell Biology Assistant Professor Xiaoyu Shi: Using super-resolution microscopy and chemical…

Finding by UCI biologists could help combat cognitive impairments.
Photo Credit: Manuella Yassa, CNLM
A discovery about how algorithms can learn and retain information more efficiently offers potential insight into the brain’s ability to absorb new knowledge….

Steven Allison, professor of Ecology in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Director of the Newkirk Center for Science and Society, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement…

Professor Mike Yassa is featured on KCRW and explains how pandemic stress can cause brain fog and other neurological issues – and ways to prevent them.
 “With what we call brain fog … the connections brain…

Adriana Briscoe, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, is featured on NOVA and PBS as she discusses how the scientific secrets of butterflies are inspiring technological innovations. Listen here….

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…

Alternative viral detection methods have been critical in the fight against COVID-19, helping to reduce the burden on our healthcare system. In a new study published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, University of California, Irvine…