Prestigious Award Supports Career Development

Prestigious Award Supports Career Development

Developmental and Cell Biology Assistant Professor Scott Atwood was recently awarded a 2019 Hellman Fellowship Award for his research investigating the immune system’s suppression of tumor growth.

Traits Track Taxonomy

A novel technique based on isotope analysis shows that, compared to ecosystem type, evolutionary history explains more variation in bacterial growth traits along an elevation gradient. This knowledge could help move microbial ecologists toward improved predictive models of soil processes.

Distinguished Alumni Award

Distinguished Alumni Award

49th Annual Lauds & Laurels May 23rd, 2019 | Paséa Hotel, Huntington Beach Lauds & Laurels is the university’s oldest awards ceremony, a tradition that has recognized more than 800 members of the UCI community for their service to the university, the community...

Player Position Determines Head Injury Risk in Water Polo

Player Position Determines Head Injury Risk in Water Polo

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Chair James W. Hicks has been interested in the prevalence of head injury in water polo since watching his three sons play the sport. In a new study published with his colleagues from the UCI School of Medicine, Professor Hicks has...

Climate Change Could Spur Northward Aquatic Invasion

Climate Change Could Spur Northward Aquatic Invasion

A variety of human activities is forcing many marine species to venture across the oceans in search of new homes. A recent study by Ecology and Evolutionary Biology graduate student Samuel Mahanes and Associate Professor Cascade Sorte sheds new light on how climate...

Scar Free Wound-healing? Mathematics Is Helping Make That a Reality

Scar Free Wound-healing? Mathematics Is Helping Make That a Reality

“The common way for our skin to repair itself has been with scar tissue,” said Maksim Plikus, an associate professor in developmental and cell biology at University of California Irvine. “Our work, which is driven by mathematical modelling, is helping to shift this paradigm.”