Professor Kailen A. Mooney, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, is an expert plant and environmental biologist who holds a joint appointment at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Colorado. Recent work from Professor Mooney’s laboratory, led by William K....
International Collaboration to Foster Innovation in Alzheimer’s Research
Several Biological Sciences School faculty members joined Dean Frank M. LaFerla and their distinguished colleagues at Tel-Aviv University for the 24th Tel-Aviv University Alzheimer’s Disease Conference in Israel. The conference represents a growing partnership...
First Graduates in Exercise Science
In 2014, the Biological Sciences School began a new major focused on the science of exercise, created in tandem with the Exercise Medicine and Sport Sciences Initiative. This year marked the first time students from the major walked across the Bren Center stage...
UCI, Queensland Scientists Identify New Switch to Boost Memory
The team, led by Timothy Bredy, UCI associate professor of neurobiology & behavior, discovered that chemical modifications that add methyl groups to RNA, a process known as methylation, could strengthen memory formation. Results appear June 22 in the Journal of...
Alumni in the News – Richard Yang
Richard Yang, Vice President of Corporate Sales & Connected Solutions at Dexcom Inc., obtained a B.S. in Biological Sciences from the Biological Sciences School in 1997 before pursuing a career in the medical device field. Before arriving at Dexcom, Mr. Yang...
Uncovering the Mysteries of Immunosuppression
Professor David A. Fruman, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, studies lymphocyte physiology for insights into immunological diseases and cancer. Recent work from his lab, led by graduate student Lomon So, has identified a new molecular mechanism to explain how the...
Commentary: How Ocean Viruses Impact Global Warming
Professor Adam C. Martiny, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, has recently commented on work concerning the ocean and climate change on the website, Science News. Ocean plankton, like terrestrial plants, use sunlight to capture CO2 for food through photosynthesis. ...
Taking the Brakes Off of ‘Gene Drive’
On June 8th, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine held a public release event that addressed the use of gene editing technology like CRISPR/Cas9. The event highlighted the conclusions of a new report on gene editing from a National Academies...
Student Spotlight – Dillon Dejam
Dillon Dejam is a recent graduate who majored in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Biological Sciences School. He will continue doing research and volunteering at the School while waiting to applying to medical school next year. Dillon has had an exceptional...
Training Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs
Several students in the Master's Program in Biotechnology Management MS (MSBTM), along with their teammates from the MBA Program and/or School of Law, were awarded for their business design strategies at three recent competitions. Faisal Chaabani and Garima Naswa...