The story of Frank M. LaFerla, PhD, Dean of the UC Irvine Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences and a Chancellor's Professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, is one with which many Americans are familiar. Born to Italian immigrants and raised in...
Four professors elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Irvine, Calif., April 28, 2022 — A quartet of professors at the University of California, Irvine, has been elected as members by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The 242nd class of AAAS inductees includes 261 extraordinary people from around the...
2022 Lauds & Laurels Dunlop School Recipients
The University of California, Irvine Alumni Association will honor 23 accomplished individuals at the 2022 Lauds & Laurels ceremony on May 26. 3 Dunlop School members will be awarded.
How life works is his life’s work
UCI professor of developmental and cell biology seeks answers to how genes are regulated by Matt Coker, UCI | April 4, 2022 “My interest is in understanding how our DNA regulates when our genes are turned on and off in different tissues and how this genetic program is...
Remembering Professor Krishna K. Tewari
In remembrance of Professor Tewari passing in 2017, former colleagues recently published an article about him and his accomplishments in Current Plant Biology.
Professor Anthony James Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
Anthony James, Donald Bren Professor, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, has been elected fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.Read more here.
UCI poised to advance depression research following $55-million gift to establish center
"A gift of this magnitude is transformative, to say the least. It can really catapult our research in a positive direction. ”— Professor Michael Yassa Professor Michael Yassa is featured in LA Times as discusses Audrey Burnand's gift of $57.75 million to UCI to...
Audrey Steele Burnand estate gifts $57.75 million to UCI
“This gift provides a unique opportunity for UCI to establish a world-class research center focused on the area of depression, which is extremely important from a societal point of view,” says Pramod Khargonekar, vice chancellor for research, left, with Dr. Michael...
W.M. Keck Foundation Awards $1 Million to UCI Team to Study Cartilage Formation
Maksim Plikus (left), professor of developmental & cell biology, and Kyriacos Athanasiou, Distinguished Professor of biomedical engineering and Henry Samueli Chair in Engineering, are co-principal investigators on the new project. Steve Zylius / UCI...
Michael Yassa Featured on Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s CNN Podcast, Chasing Life
Professor Michael Yassa is featured on an episode of Dr. Sanjay Gupta's CNN Podcast, Chasing Life, for his expertise on memory research. In this episode, Professor Yassa discusses how memories are stored in the brain, why we forget, and what we’ve gotten wrong about...