UCI Scientists Identify Regulators of Hair Growth

UCI Scientists Identify Regulators of Hair Growth

School of Biological Sciences Professor Maksim Plikus (Developmental and Cell Biology) and Mathematics Professor Qing Nie have discovered that a critical cell signaling mechanism involved in developing body tissues also serves a role in regulating how hair grows in...

How Fungi Affect Climate Change

Professor Kathleen K. Treseder (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) studies the contribution of soil organisms to climate change. Her work on soil fungi was recently featured in the Orange County Register. Fungi can recycle organic molecules from dead organisms within...

Eye Foundation Supports Brain Research

Children are at risk of developing poor vision in one eye due to amblyopia (a visual disorder due to abnormal vision during critical periods of brain development), which affects approximately 2 to 5 out of every 100 children. Dunlop School postdoctoral researcher...

New insight into Huntington’s Disease Effect on the Brain

Professor Leslie M. Thompson (Neurobiology and Behavior and Psychiatry and Human Behavior) and her collaborators, have identified new defects in the blood vessels that form the blood-brain barrier in Huntington’s disease (HD) patients. Utilizing technology that...

Stimulating Innovation Through Collaboration

Collaboration and innovation should not be seen as separate processes, but as complementary parts working together to bring out change. On May 19th, the School of Biological Sciences and the School of Medicine held the second annual joint faculty retreat to help learn...

Researchers Transform Skin into Brain

In a recent study led by Neurobiology and Behavior Professor Mathew Blurton-Jones and UCI Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders Associate Researcher Wayne Poon, a team of researchers devised a way to reprogram adult skin cells into stem cells and...

New Master’s Program in Conservation and Restoration

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Center for Environmental Biology (CEB) are excited to announce the new Masters in Conservation and Restoration Science (MCRS) graduate program providing training for students interested in careers in the research and management...

Stem Cells: Biology for a Better Tomorrow

On May 3rd, the School of Biological Sciences was honored to have Professor Peter J. Donovan (Developmental and Cell Biology, and Biological Chemistry) give an insightful lecture on the future of stem cells in research and as tools for drug discovery. Professor...

New Mentor Program Welcomes Back Dunlop School Alumni

Created with the goal of brings together current graduate students and postdocs with local Ph.D. and Postdoctoral alumni who hold positions in a variety of professions, the UCI Graduate Professional Success in the Biomedical Sciences (GPS-BIOMED) Alumni Mentor Program...