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.
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,...
UCI researchers monitor SARS-CoV-2 using wastewater-based epidemiology
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 researchers demonstrate...
Appointment of Thomas Lane as Director of the Center for Virus Research (CVR)
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 interdisciplinary team receives $2 million grant to study ancestral differences in skin
Experts from UCI and the University of Michigan will collaborate to generate a comprehensive skin cell atlas to help explain ancestral differences in skin biology and pathology as part of the worldwide Human Cell Atlas project.
Crucial New Research Questions Rise From Wildfire Ashes
Fires commanded headlines and wreaked destruction across California in
2020. Flames devastated the Silverado Canyon area of Orange County,
where multiple UCI scientists were conducting research. But from the ashes,
UC Irvine Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences experts are already developing vital new
lines of inquiry into land conservation, climate change and more. According
to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, more than
9,900 !res ravaged over 4.2 million acres of California land in 2020.
Dunlop School is home to the Center of Environmental Biology (CEB). Its worldrenowned faculty tackle questions across disciplines, including genomics,
comparative physiology, microbiology and climate change. Dunlop School scientists
have partnered with local institutions such as the Irvine Ranch Conservancy
to conduct conservation and restoration efforts throughout the county,
including Loma Ridge and Bee Canyon.
Innovative Science Powers COVID-19 Vaccines
The year 2020 will be ingrained in the American psyche for decades to come. The emergence of
the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the causal agent of COVID-19, caught the world’s population off guard. With no
previous immunity to the virus, it quickly spread throughout the United States and impacted millions of
American lives. For most of the year, the primary means of slowing the virus’s spread were mitigation
strategies, physical barriers, social distancing and wearing masks. While capable, these methods
have their limits and require continued compliance by most of the population to be highly effective.