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
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
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
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...
Conceptual Breakthroughs in Evolutionary Genetics
Distinguished Professor John C. Avise (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) is an expert biologist who has written over 350 articles and books on evolution. In 2014, Professor Avise published the book “Conceptual breakthroughs in evolutionary genetics: a brief history of...
School of Biological Sciences Professor Advocates for Federal Funding of Environmental Research
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor Steven D. Allison traveled to Washington D.C. on March 8 to advocate for federal funding of environmental research. Joined by his colleagues Jutta Burger (Irvine Ranch Conservatory), and Professors Amy Zanne (George...
American Academy of Microbiology Fellow
The American Academy of Microbiology has elected Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor Jennifer B.H. Martiny, Ph.D., as a 2017 fellow. Professor Martiny studies microbial diversity in terrestrial and marine ecosystems, and is interested in whether their...
2017 Celebration of Teaching
With the School of Biological Sciences undergraduates population increasing, it is essential that the university continue to support and recognize innovative approaches to teaching biology. At the 2017 “Celebration of Teaching” awards, Bio Sci Professor Brad Hughes...
The People Who Never Forget
James L. McGaugh, Ph.D., has laid the ground work for the study of individuals with a special type of memory known as Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM). McGaugh’s work on HSAM, including the first person ever to be diagnosed with HSAM, Jill Price, is the...
New Faculty – Dr. Celia Faiola and Dr. Ilhem Messaoudi
Dr. Celia Faiola, Ph.D., has joined the Biological Sciences School faculty as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Dr. Faiola’s research focuses on the biological production, release, and ultimate fate of gaseous organic...