Six UCI assistant professors have been chosen from a highly competitive cohort to receive 2015-16 Hellman Fellowships, which support research by junior faculty members who show great promise. Their projects focus on self-driving cars, economic instability at the...
In Memoriam
Jul 25, 2015
Rowland Hallowell Davis Professor Emeritus Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (served 1975 - 2005) For over three decades, Professor Davis was a beloved and well-respected faculty member of the Biological Sciences School and a leading figure in the field...
How dry we are
Jul 14, 2015
UCI’s water scarcity research is globally recognized, and with California in its fourth year of drought, the campus is practicing what it preaches with even greater zeal. Arboretum Director Peter Bowler, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, discusses how UCI is managing...
Neurobiologist Christie Fowler wins prestigious Avenir Award for research on nicotine addiction
Jul 14, 2015
Professor Christie Fowler, Neurobiology and Behavior, is one of six scientists to receive the Avenir Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to support highly promising and innovative early-stage research in HIV/AIDS or the genetics/epigenetics of substance...
A Focus on Fungi
Jun 29, 2015
UCI doctoral candidate seeks to maximize the health of native plants in restored environments With its desolate hills and slopes overrun by non-native grasses and black mustard, the West Loma Ridge isn’t much to look at as you’re speeding down the 241 toll road. But...
2015 School of Biological Sciences Commencement
Jun 24, 2015
Images from the 2015 Commencement Ceremony of the School of Biological Sciences that took place on Sunday, June 14th. Click on the thumbnail to see the full image. [gallery...
Grad Student Spotlight: Rachel Perlas Cinco
Jun 24, 2015
Rachel Perlas Cinco is a graduate student in Professor Ulrike Luderer's laboratory in the Department of Developmental and Cell Biology who recently was awarded an F31 Ruth Kirschstein National Research Service Award to Promote Diversity in Health-Related...
Biological Sciences School Student Awarded STEAM Scholarship to Study in Japan
Jun 24, 2015
Charlene Tran was recently announced as one of six UCI students to be awarded the Institute for International Education's Generation Study Abroad STEAM Scholarships, and the only student from the School of Biological Sciences. As an undergraduate student, Charlene...
Natural Selection on Floral Morphology Can be Influenced by Climate
Jun 24, 2015
Climate has the potential to influence evolution of organisms. One way to approach this topic would be to measure how natural selection changes over long periods that vary in environmental conditions. Dr. Diane Campbell, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,...
Kim Green, 2015 Golden Apple Award Winner
Jun 24, 2015
Dr. Kim Green, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, has been awarded the 2015 Golden Apple Award by the School of Biological Sciences. The Golden Apple Award, given annually since 2004, was announced by Dean Frank M. LaFerla on June 4th during the...