Congratulations to Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Vice Chair and Professor Catherine Loudon, one of ten Entomologists honored as 2020 Fellows of the Entomological Society of America. Professor Loudon is the 3rd UCI-affiliated person to be…

Developmental and Cell Biology Professor Arthur Lander received the prestigious Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr. Distinguished University Service Award for 2020-21. This high Academic Senate honor recognizes Senate members who are respected scholars and who have made outstanding contributions of service to the University of California and/or public…

UCI BioSci Professor Adriana Briscoe, department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, shares some interesting facts about butterflies on NPR! She also discusses the importance of teachers and mentors in diversifying the STEM fields, which Professor…

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor Kathleen K. Treseder has been appointed the first Howard A. Schneiderman Endowed Chair in the School of Biological Sciences, effective July 1, 2020. The Howard A. Schneiderman Endowed Chair was…

From probing the ocean depths to deciphering human health mysteries, researchers across scientific disciplines are increasingly including microbiomes in their work. The Microbiome Centers Consortium has been launched by two University of California, Irvine School…

Philanthropist on a mission to help others turns $150,000 into $20 million effort to fight disease at UCI MIND….

Congratulations to Marcelo Wood, Chair and Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior for being named AAAS Fellow. This honor is conferred for distinguished contributions to their fields….

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Chair and Professor James Hicks has been named a 2019 Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences. The Academy is based in San Francisco and consists of an aquarium, planetarium, rainforest,…

Complex lifeforms have developed immune systems to protectthemselves from infection. An immune response has to start quickly to controlan attack. However, a fast response means that sometimes mistakes are made,triggering an immune response when there…

Craig Stark, Ph.D., Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior, James L. McGaugh Chair in Neurobiology of Learning & Memory, Director, Campus Center for NeuroImaging (CCNI), Director, Facility for Brain Imaging Research (FIBRE), presents on MRI and neuroimaging…