Player Position Determines Head Injury Risk in Water Polo

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

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

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

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.

Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

Congratulations to Teaching Professors Andrea Nicholas, Nancy Aguilar-Roca, and Jessica Pratt, this year’s Excellence in Teaching award winners for the UC Irvine Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences.

Peering Inside The Human Brain – Neuroimaging at UCI

Peering Inside The Human Brain – Neuroimaging at UCI

Craig Stark, Ph.D., Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior, James L. McGaugh Chair in Neurobiology of Learning & Memory, Director, Campus Center for NeuroImaging (CCNI), Director, Facility for Brain Imaging Research (FIBRE), presents on MRI and neuroimaging during...

The New Frontier in Drug Discovery

The New Frontier in Drug Discovery

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.