The UC Natural Reserve System's San Joaquin Marsh Reserve and the Orange County Water District recently partnered in installing three groundwater monitoring wells along the Marsh edge near the Arboretum on UCI’s North Campus. This effort is of huge benefit to the...
Facelift for Ecological Preserve Thanks to Students
Jan 23, 2015
Two undergraduate interns with the Biological Sciences School’s Center for Environmental Biology recently received a grant from UCI’s The Green Initiative Fund to develop interpretive signs and begin to develop a plan for use of UCI’s Ecological Preserve. Chris...
Skin Fat is a Newly Recognized Part of the Body’s Immune Response
Jan 23, 2015
Does having more skin fat help fight infections? Science may have found some answers. Professor Maksim Plikus, Developmental and Cell Biology, and his laboratory partners recently contributed to a new study that revealed skin fat to be part of the human body’s innate...
Dean’s Triumvirate Award
Jan 22, 2015
Professor Michael Leon, Neurobiology and Behavior and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, has been awarded a 2014 Dean’s Triumvirate Award along with Professor Joseph Donnelly, Department of Pediatrics and Professor Frederic Ehlert, Department of Pharmacology....
Community Spotlight: Ellen Feigal, M.D.
Jan 22, 2015
Ellen G. Feigal, M.D., Biological Sciences School Alumna, is a physician scientist who has focused her career on bringing innovative, more effective therapies to patients. She recently became a Principal at NDA Partners, a global strategy-consulting firm focused on...
Student Spotlight: Manuel Ramirez
Jan 21, 2015
Manuel Ramirez, Graduate Student Manuel Ramirez, graduate student in Professor Aimee L. Edinger's laboratory, Developmental and Cell Biology, was awarded an F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in...
Staff Spotlight: Yuanshun Chen
Jan 20, 2015
Yuanshun Chen, Director of Finance Yuanshun Chen has been at UCI for over 25 years, the last 11 years as the Biological Sciences School’s Director of Finance. In her role, she manages the financial business affairs of the Biological Sciences School. Yuanshun shares...
Student Spotlight: Rebekah Le, Graduate Student
Dec 18, 2014
Rebekah Le, a graduate student in Professor Ken Cho’ s laboratory, recently received the K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award from the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U). Rebekah is one of ten recipients of the award for 2015, in what...
Community Spotlight: Katherine Hills ’83
Dec 18, 2014
Over the last 10 years, no other alum has devoted more time and energy to the Biological Sciences School than Katherine Hills. Like many of our alumni, she took the knowledge and discipline that was developed here into a non-traditional career track for a bio major by...
Huntington’s Disease Discoveries Could Lead to Therapeutics
Dec 18, 2014
Professor Lawrence J. Marsh, Developmental and Cell Biology, in collaboration with members of Dr. C-K Shen’s lab in Academica Sinica, Taiwan, found that the distribution of mutant Huntingtin protein (HTT) in the brains of mice changes in concert with changing...