41st Biological Sciences Honors Convocation

Dean's Award for Excellence in Research Excellence in Research Poster Awards   Robert Ernst Prize In Plant Biology And Biological Sciences   Howard Schneiderman Prize...

Staff Spotlight: Steve Carlyle, Computing Director

  This month, we said farewell to Steve Carlyle, our computing director, as he enters retirement after 34 years of service at UCI, 24 of which were with the Biological Sciences School. Steve joined the campus in 1981 with the Department of Pediatrics as a...

Anza-Borrego Hosts Visiting Scientists from Iran

A group of 10 top scientists from the country of Iran, accompanied by U.S. colleagues, visited Borrego Springs in June for an evening lecture and dinner at the UCI Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center. The group was part of a U.S. National Academy of...

Community Spotlight: Ami Bera ’87 B.S., ’91 M.D.

Congressman Ami Bera represents California’s 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. A first-generation American born and raised in California, Bera is guided by a desire to serve his community. It’s that commitment to service that led him to...

UCI Doctoral Graduate publishes in Journal of Neuroscience

  Rachel Rice, Ph.D., recent graduate from the School of Biological Sciences in Assistant Professor Kim Green's lab in the department of Neurobiology and Behavior, has published her study on the contributions of microglia to functional recovery following...

In Memoriam

Rowland Hallowell Davis Professor Emeritus Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (served 1975 - 2005) For over three decades, Professor Davis was a beloved and well-respected faculty member of the Biological Sciences School and a leading figure in the field...

How dry we are

UCI’s water scarcity research is globally recognized, and with California in its fourth year of drought, the campus is practicing what it preaches with even greater zeal. Arboretum Director Peter Bowler, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, discusses how UCI is managing...