Sarah McCarthy is the Assistant Personnel Manager at the Biological Sciences School and has been in her current position for nearly three years. She first arrived at UCI in 2006, where she worked in the School of Medicine for seven years. After a short time at USC,...
Alumni in the News
Tina Hronis-Nova, Ph.D., is the President and CEO of Molecular Stethoscope, Inc., a molecular diagnosis startup in San Diego, California. Dr. Hronis-Nova obtained a B.S., with honors, in Biological Sciences from the Biological Sciences School, before pursuing a...
New Insights into Mechanisms Governing Cancer Development
Professor Wenqi Wang (Developmental and Cell Biology) and his collaborators, have provided new mechanistic insights into protein tyrosine phosphorylation, a critical cellular event that is carried out, in part, by enzymes called protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs)....
Blue Mussel Population Gives Insight into Declining Biodiversity
Professor Cascade J. Sorte (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) has discovered that blue mussel populations have significantly declined over the past 40 years in one of the fastest warming regions in the ocean. Blue mussel loss coincided with a shift in the composition...
Will A Trip to Mars Lead to Pre-Mature Infertility?
Sending astronauts on deep space missions is a future goal of both NASA and the private sector. Unfortunately, little is known about the ramifications of long-term exposer to cosmic radiation on most physiological functions, including reproduction. Professor Ulrike...
Prestigious Award and Membership Given to Distinguished Neuroscientist
Distinguished Professor Bruce L. McNaughton (Neurobiology and Behavior) was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) award and named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. An appointment to the Royal Society of Canada is the highest honor a scholar can achieve...
Distinguished Faculty Member Recognized During World Mosquito Day
Distinguished Professor Anthony A. James (Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics) was recognized by The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) on this year’s World Mosquito Day. World Mosquito Day was first established August 20th,...
Commentary: Why Spraying Pesticides for Mosquito Control is a Bad Idea
Professor Bruce Blumberg (Developmental and Cell Biology) has recently commented on a proposal for mosquito control from the Orange County Vector Control District (OCVCD), featured in the OC Weekly. The OCVCD’s plan involves spraying Duet, a synthetic pesticide,...
Risk Factors for Congenital Heart Defects may lie Both Inside and Outside the Heart
New research published by Professors Anne L. Calof, Anatomy and Neurobiology and Developmental and Cell Biology; Arthur D. Lander, Developmental and Cell Biology; and their colleagues, report that the role of genes in congenital heart defects (CHDs) is more complex...
Ambry Genetics Founder Joins the Dean’s Leadership Council
Recently, the president and founder of Ambry Genetics, Charles “Charlie” L. Dunlop, joined the DLC in order to help build new opportunities for School of Biological Sciences students and faculty. “We are proud to have Charlie join the DLC,” says Dean LaFerla, “He...