As the Biological Sciences School works toward the goal of fully funding research through outside sources, Joseph Garrido will serve a key role. Newly arrived as the School’s pre-awards manager, he will assist faculty in submitting proposals for funds from external...
“Science Saturdays” at UCI
May 15, 2017
Local middle school students have started coming to research laboratories on the UCI campus through a pilot program in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry that’s called “Science Saturdays.” The goal is to broaden understanding of science and...
New Study Identifies How Male, Female Heliconius Butterflies See the World Differently
May 15, 2017
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor Adriana Briscoe has discovered that male and female butterflies of one particular species have the unique ability to see the world differently from each another because of sex-related evolutionary traits. The findings were...
Alumni in the News – Wanda Barfield, M.D., M.P.H.
May 10, 2017
Wanda Barfield M.D. M.P.H. (B.S. ’85) thought she would devote her career to animals. However, undergraduate volunteer service in a hospital changed her focus to humans. It was a shift that would take her far: Dr. Barfield is now Director of the Division of...
Bio Sci MSP Students Excel at Science Meeting
May 10, 2017
Four School of Biological Sciences Minority Science Programs (MSP) undergraduates were awarded for their outstanding research presentations at the 2017 American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. The AAAS is the...
Visualizing the Inner Workings of Health and Disease with Ian Parker
May 10, 2017
On April 18th, the School of Biological Sciences was honored to host Professor Ian Parker (Neurobiology and Behavior) for the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series. Professor Parker’s lecture was held in collaboration with UCI Illuminations and was accompanied by an...
Awarding Exceptionally Innovative Research
May 9, 2017
Professor Aimee L. Edinger (Developmental and Cell Biology) is the recent recipient of a 2017 pilot award from the UCI Institute for Clinical and Translational Science. An expert cell biologist, Professor Edinger has discovered a new compound that restricts nutrient...
Student Spotlight – Tori Tucker
May 9, 2017
Living with type 1 diabetes has fueled fourth-year Developmental and Cell Biology major Tori Tucker’s goal: Defeating the disease that affects her sister as well as herself and is on the rise. After serving as an undergraduate researcher in the lab of Dr. Jonathan...
Life Amongst the Clouds
May 9, 2017
What do mountain birds and mushrooms have in common? According to Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Ph.D., candidate Caitlin Looby, they both can tell us a lot about climate change. In an article featured in The New York Time’s Opinion Pages, Looby writes about the...
Faculty Spotlight – Celia W. Goulding
May 9, 2017
An expert physical organic chemist, Professor Celia W. Goulding (Molecular Biology and Biochemistry & Pharmaceutical Sciences) seeks to understand how bacteria function, particularly Mycobacterium tuberculosis; which causes tuberculosis, or TB. She has gained new...