Thomson Reuters has issued a 2014 update of its Highly Cited Researchers listing of the top 1 percent of scientific researchers. Biological Sciences School professors Charles Glabe, Bradford Hawkins and Frank LaFerla were named among three thousand scientists...
UCI study finds that learning by repetition impairs recall of details
Jun 22, 2014
Technique does enhance key facts in memories but blurs nuance and complexity NOTE TO EDITORS: Photo available at: http://news.uci.edu/press-releases/uci-study-finds-that-learning-by-repetition-impairs-recall-of-details/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF...
Caterpillars that eat multiple plant species are more susceptible to hungry birds
Jun 22, 2014
Dietary choices are evolutionary expression of risk vs. reward, UCI-Wesleyan study finds NOTE TO EDITORS: Photo available at: http://news.uci.edu/press-releases/caterpillars-that-eat-multiple-plant-species-are-more-susceptible-to-hungry-birds/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...
Recently identified protein in zebrafish could be a therapeutic target for resolving birth defects such as cleft palate
May 19, 2014
Adam Tuttle, postdoctoral fellow in Developmental and Cell Biology, and colleagues in Professor Thomas Schilling’s Lab, recently identified a protein, Rbc3a, which could be a therapeutic target for resolving birth defects and cancers. Tuttle’s study published in the...
UCI’s annual Lauds and Laurels gala honors three from Bio Sci
May 16, 2014
The UC Irvine Alumni Association (UCIAA) has presented Lauds and Laurels since 1971, honoring outstanding members of the UC Irvine community for their service to the university, the community or their profession. On Thursday, May 15, three outstanding individuals from...
Bio Sci student receives $10k scholarship to educate elementary students on healthy nutrition and activities
May 16, 2014
Christine Pham, a third-year biological sciences major at UC Irvine, was awarded a $10,000 scholarship by the Donald A. Strauss Public Service Scholarship Foundation, to fund a public service project she will implement in her senior year. Pham, a Fountain Valley...
Spring Break in the Desert increases outreach for Salton Sea and Anza-Borrego Desert regions
May 16, 2014
During the week of spring break, March 24-28, ten UC-Irvine undergraduate students participated in a weeklong service-learning program in the Anza-Borrego Desert and Salton Sea Region, led by UCI’s Center for Environmental Biology (CEB) and UCI Salton Sea Initiative...
Congratulations to Bio Sci’s Chancellor’s Award of Distinction 2014 recipients!
May 15, 2014
Five outstanding graduating seniors in the School of Biological Sciences received the 2014 Chancellor’s Award of Distinction: Rame Basem Bashir, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology major, Rebecca My Linh Do, Biological Sciences major, Christina Bao Han Phan, Biological...
Stem Cell Therapy Shows Promise for MS in Mouse Model
May 15, 2014
May 15, 2014 — Mice crippled by an autoimmune disease similar to multiple sclerosis (MS) regained the ability to walk and run after a team of researchers led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), University of Utah and University of California (UC),...
New campus Initiative on Exercise Science
May 12, 2014