Alumni in the News – Charles C. Greene, M.D., Ph.D.

Charles C. Greene M.D. Ph.D., has been recognized as a 2016 Health Care Hero by the Jacksonville Business Journal.  Dr. Greene obtained a B.S. from the School of Biological Sciences in 1984 before pursuing a career as an Otolaryngology head and neck surgeon. Dr....

Are You Drinking Too Much Caffeine?

Professor Michael Yassa (Neurobiology and Behavior) is the director of the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory and an expert in the biology of the brain.  Professor Yassa has recently commented on the effects of caffeine on the brain in a feature on the...

Jelly-like Pods Wash Up on Local Beach

In late November, visitors to the shores of Huntington Beach were greeted by strange-looking jelly-like pods that had recently washed ashore.  Intrigued by the pods, people began to speculate on their origin, including Professor Matthew Bracken (Ecology and...

New Insights into the Evolutionary Process

The native Hawaiian flora has the highest frequency of unique species anywhere in the world, but little is known about their interactions with other species, including potential pollinators of native plants.  In a study led by Ecology and Evolutionary Biology...

60 Minutes’ The Alzheimer’s Laboratory

Professor Claudia H. Kawas (Neurobiology and Behavior), a distinguished clinician scientist, studies Alzheimer’s disease and aging in the oldest old (people over 90 years of age).  Professor Kawas was prominently featured in the 60 Minutes November special on...

Targeting Cancer Metabolism

Using an innovative approach, Professor Aimee L. Edinger (Developmental and Cell Biology) and colleagues have discovered a new drug that starves cancer cells to death by disrupting two critical pathways that supply nutrients for cell growth.  Their team further...

Faculty Spotlight – Jennifer B.H. Martiny, Ph.D.

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor Jennifer B.H. Martiny, Ph.D., has spent her career at UCI uncovering the mysteries of the microbial world beneath us, and sometimes within us.  Her lab studies microbial diversity (which includes viruses, bacteria, and fungi)...

Student Spotlight – Christine Liu

Christine Liu is a third year student at the Biological Sciences School majoring in Immunology and Microbiology, with a minor in Film and Media Studies in the School of Humanities.  Christine is exceling in her studies at the School and has plans to pursue a career in...

A Call to Public Action on the Salton Sea

Professor Timothy J. Bradley (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) and Professor David L. Feldman (from the School of Social Ecology) have recently written an opinion letter warning of the potential public health threats posed by the current legislation governing the...