Professor Ron D. Frostig, Neurobiology and Behavior, received a $6 million grant from the Leducq Foundation. The funds will support an international research team led by Professor Frostig, that will study in animal models and humans various aspects and mechanisms...
UCI Receives Grant for Alzheimer’s Research
Apr 29, 2015
UC Irvine's Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders, (UCI MIND), received a five-year, $11 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, renewing its status as one of 27 Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers in the country and the only one in...
Student Spotlight – Drake Dinh
Apr 29, 2015
Drake Dinh is a fourth-year Biological Sciences major, specializing in Pharmacology. Coming from a low-income family, Drake was uncertain if he would have the means to attend a four-year university. However, thanks to scholarship support, his dream was made possible....
Staff Spotlight: Robyn Stiffler, Director of Building Management
Apr 29, 2015
Robyn Stiffler is the Director of Building Management at the Biological Sciences School. She has worked for the Biological Sciences School the past 12 years, eight of which are in her current role. Robyn is responsible for all aspects of building operations...
Regional Biology Laboratory Education Leadership Meeting
Apr 29, 2015
The Biological Sciences School recently hosted a regional Association of Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE) meeting. The mission of ABLE is to disseminate novel laboratory modules, to improve biology education internationally. This one-day event was organized and...
Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) award to Steve Gross
Apr 29, 2015
In recent events, Professor Steve Gross, department of Developmental and Cell Biology, received the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) award. HFSP is a program that provides funds for research in the life sciences. The award will be used to study a new form of...
Congratulations to our Graduate Student Awards Winners
Apr 29, 2015
A number of Biological Sciences School graduate students recently received research awards. Rachel Cinco, graduate student in Developmental and Cell Biology, recently received the F31 Ruth Kirschstein National Research Service Award in Diversity. Additionally,...
Inaugural Global Sustainability Poster Session at UCI
Apr 29, 2015
Dr. Jessica Pratt, Lecturer in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, held the first-ever Global Sustainability Poster Session in Founder’s Court last month. The event attracted more than 50 attendees including undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral...
Genetic chain reaction sets off scientific debate
Apr 29, 2015
Distinguished Professor Anthony A. James, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, was recently featured in a KPBS news article. Professor James weighed in on how a newfound research will be able to relieve mosquito-borne malaria....
Excellence in Teaching Awards
Apr 29, 2015
Faculty Receive Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Education Congratulations to our Biological Sciences School faculty who have been chosen to receive awards for this year’s Celebration of Teaching Award Recipients. Professor Rahul Warrior, Developmental and Cell...