Most known for their Model S sedan, the Tesla Motors car company recently began selling a sport utility vehicle called the Model X. The Model X is slightly larger than the current Model S sedan and features a number of additional changes including the famed falcon...
Rose Hills Scholars
Oct 22, 2015
The Rose Hills Foundation has contributed substantially to educational institutions in California in support of science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) undergraduate development. In 2014, UCI was awarded $700,000 from The Rose Hills Foundation to support the...
What Can The “Oldest Old” Tell Us
Oct 22, 2015
Professor Claudia Kawas has been working on a groundbreaking longitudinal study involving people over the age of 90 since 2003. The study, known as the 90-plus study, follows over 1,600 people older than 90 living in Leisure World in Laguna Woods California. Recent...
Neuron Transplants May One Day Reverse Blindness
Oct 22, 2015
UC Irvine neurobiologist Professor Sunil Gandhi and his colleagues were recently featured in a Scientific American article that highlighted their work investigating the flexibility of the adult brain. In a groundbreaking study published earlier this year, Professor...
International Students Lunch with the Dean
Sep 25, 2015
The Biological Sciences School is home to students from around the world. Many of them were on hand for a special Meet and Greet lunch with Dean LaFerla. The dean extended a special welcome to the 85 international students and shared his tips on being a successful...
Learning+Teaching in Tsukuba
Sep 25, 2015
Sometimes, lessons learned far away are the ones that really hit home. Six Exercise Sciences majors, three Dance majors, and two professors from UCI, learned and taught in Japan for a week during July 2015, and...
Student Spotlight: Anna U. Tran
Sep 25, 2015
Anna Tran is a fourth-year Biological Sciences major. This past April, Anna was awarded the Donald A. Strauss Scholarship to fund the start-up of a public service project of her choice. The Donald A. Strauss Public Service Scholarship Foundation, established as a...
Staff Spotlight: Brian Han, Associate Director of Development
Sep 24, 2015
Brian Han joined the Biological Sciences School in March 2015 as the new Associate Director of Development. Since coming on board, Brian has led the Biological Sciences School's alumni outreach. Brian also directs the Biological Sciences Mentor Program, enabling...
Dean Welcomes 2015-2016 Freshmen class
Sep 23, 2015
The 2015-2016 Freshmen class has arrived and the Biological Sciences School Dean's office was on hand to welcome the new class of 974 undergraduate students at the Cicerone Field at Anteater Ballpark. Carolyn Willmann, director of Student Affairs, started off the...
Small RNA Molecule Could make a Big Impact
Sep 23, 2015
Professor Irene Pedersen, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and her laboratory have published a new paper in the journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. The team of researchers have identified a small RNA molecule (miRNA) which regulates genomic...