UCI Receives Grant to Support 30 HBCU Students in Summer Institute in Neuroscience
he UCI Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory has been awarded a UC-HBCU Initiative Summer Research and Graduate Admissions Pathways Grant from the UC Office of the President to sponsor a partnership with Delaware State University, one of 107 Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the U.S.
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...
Dean Frank LaFerla Featured In Podcast: New Mouse Model is Used to Study Late-Onset Alzheimer’s
The UCI team decided to take a new approach by developing a mouse model better positioned to analyze the causes of late-onset AD. Also called “sporadic AD,” this new model encompasses the remaining 95 percent of cases.
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
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...
Stanley and Kevin from The Office Share a Few Words for the Class of 2021
The Dunlop School Class of 2021 received a fun surprise when they saw "Kevin" AKA Brian Baumgartner and "Stanley" AKA Leslie David Baker from The Office. Check out their messages below. Congratulations UCI Class of 2021 You did it. Re-watch the 2021 UCI 56th Annual...
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...
Exploring ‘Exercise as Medicine’
New class examines how and why physical activity can work better than pills.
Sunil Gandhi Takes a Look Inside the Brain
The associate professor of Neurobiology and Behavior explores new ways to image the brain and improve its function.