What You Need to Know About the Delta Variant

What You Need to Know About the Delta Variant

For more than 40 years, UCI infectious disease researcher Michael Buchmeier has studied coronaviruses, and he’s one of the leading experts on SARS-CoV-2, the version of the virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic. As a more lethal mutation of the virus, called the delta variant, sparks another wave of cases, he offers his expertise about this threat.

Dean’s Early Career Research Excellence Awardees

Eric Hanse, Ph.D., Sarah Kark, Ph.D., and Giedre Milinkeviciute, Ph.D., are the recipients of this spring’s Dean’s Early Career Research Excellence Award. These awards were created to acknowledge the contributions of outstanding junior investigators whose research is...

Professor Christopher C.W. Hughes: Chancellor’s Professor

The School of Biological Sciences would like to announce that Christopher C.W. Hughes, professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry and Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded the title of UCI Chancellor’s Professor. The Chancellor’s title is designated for...

Dunlop School Researchers Highlighted by NIH Director Francis Collins

Dunlop School Researchers Highlighted by NIH Director Francis Collins

In recognition of Independence Day, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., shared an amazing video of the brain taken by Neurobiology and Behavior Associate Professor Sunil Gandhi and graduate researcher Ricardo Azevedo. The...

Professor Aimee L. Edinger: Chancellor’s Fellow

Professor Aimee L. Edinger: Chancellor’s Fellow

The School of Biological Sciences would like to announce that Professor Aimee L. Edinger has been selected as a Chancellor’s Fellow. This distinction is awarded to tenured faculty whose body of scientific work supports a strong trajectory towards distinction. She...