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.
Dunlop School Professor Appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience
Michael Yassa, Ph.D., Director of the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory and
Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, has been appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience in Trondheim, Norway.
UCI Scientists Identify New Mechanism of Antibiotic Evasion
A team of researchers from UCI and the University of Copenhagen, Denmark has published a new study that describes a unique survival mechanism for the pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Published in the Journal of Bacteriology, the team discovered that P. aeruginosa send out a warning signal when exposed to a bacterial virus or antibiotic.
Minority Science Programs (MSP) Students Recognized for Outstanding Research
Congratulations to the 18 MSP undergraduate students who recently received best poster awards for their research at the 2019 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) in Anaheim. Presentations were given by over 5,000 participants from more...
Discovering Genes that Control Development and Cause Disease
Recap of Thomas Schilling, Ph.D. Dean’s Distinguished Lecture.
Joshua Torosyan – Dunlop School Student Spotlight
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Dunlop School Professor Elected 2019 California Academy Fellow
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, and natural history museum.
UCI Study Identifies Brain Protein that Could Put the Brakes on Alzheimer’s
Discovery of TOM-1 protein role heralds new directions in the disease fight.
Girls vs. Boys: Brain Differences Might Explain Tech Behaviors
Recent research shows the brain’s rewards regions activate when males crave videogames, girls face more depression when overusing social media.
ASM. Petrie-Norris Asks Governor to Sign Sea-level Rise Bill
Two UC Irvine scientists, Dr. Kathleen Treseder and Dr. Brett Sanders, spoke at the event about the need for the bill to fight against sea-level rise.