Tiny plastic particles may also be a vehicle for microbes that sicken or even kill corals, a new study finds.
Catching Your Breath: How Climate Change Can Alter the Microbiome You Inhale
At the 2019 Winter Dunlop School Dean’s Distinguished Lecture, Professor Hughes presented data on his quest to create “Body-on-a-Chip” technology, with the hope of ushering in a new age of drug discovery.
Thinking Small: The Role of Microbial Communities in Our Everyday Lives
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor Jennifer Martiny’s research aims to determine the mechanisms that govern microbial diversity across environmental and human systems. Microbes such as bacteria and fungi are important for many seen and unseen processes, and...
Traits Track Taxonomy
A novel technique based on isotope analysis shows that, compared to ecosystem type, evolutionary history explains more variation in bacterial growth traits along an elevation gradient. This knowledge could help move microbial ecologists toward improved predictive models of soil processes.
Meet The ‘Star Ingredient’ Changing Fortunes in Alaska’s Waters: Seaweed
Growing awareness of the climate crisis and a shift to plant-based diets have turned kelp farming into a thriving industry.
Distinguished Alumni Award
49th Annual Lauds & Laurels May 23rd, 2019 | Paséa Hotel, Huntington Beach Lauds & Laurels is the university’s oldest awards ceremony, a tradition that has recognized more than 800 members of the UCI community for their service to the university, the community...
Player Position Determines Head Injury Risk in Water Polo
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Chair James W. Hicks has been interested in the prevalence of head injury in water polo since watching his three sons play the sport. In a new study published with his colleagues from the UCI School of Medicine, Professor Hicks has...
Climate Change Could Spur Northward Aquatic Invasion
A variety of human activities is forcing many marine species to venture across the oceans in search of new homes. A recent study by Ecology and Evolutionary Biology graduate student Samuel Mahanes and Associate Professor Cascade Sorte sheds new light on how climate...
Scar Free Wound-healing? Mathematics Is Helping Make That a Reality
“The common way for our skin to repair itself has been with scar tissue,” said Maksim Plikus, an associate professor in developmental and cell biology at University of California Irvine. “Our work, which is driven by mathematical modelling, is helping to shift this paradigm.”
UCI Professor Shows How Plastics Have Become a Killing Machine For Coral Reefs
Coral reefs are not just beautiful color displays as seen underwater in Indonesia, Australia, Hawaii and the Caribbean. They also buffer the land from erosion and protect against the tidal waves from tsunamis, she said. Many villages in Southeast Asia rely on catching fish in coral reefs for their livelihood.