UCI, Queensland Scientists Identify New Switch to Boost Memory

UCI, Queensland Scientists Identify New Switch to Boost Memory

The team, led by Timothy Bredy, UCI associate professor of neurobiology & behavior, discovered that chemical modifications that add methyl groups to RNA, a process known as methylation, could strengthen memory formation.  Results appear June 22 in the Journal of...

Alumni in the News – Richard Yang

Richard Yang, Vice President of Corporate Sales & Connected Solutions at Dexcom Inc., obtained a B.S. in Biological Sciences from the Biological Sciences School in 1997 before pursuing a career in the medical device field. Before arriving at Dexcom, Mr. Yang...

Uncovering the Mysteries of Immunosuppression

Professor David A. Fruman, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, studies lymphocyte physiology for insights into immunological diseases and cancer.  Recent work from his lab, led by graduate student Lomon So, has identified a new molecular mechanism to explain how the...

Commentary: How Ocean Viruses Impact Global Warming

Professor Adam C. Martiny, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, has recently commented on work concerning the ocean and climate change on the website, Science News.  Ocean plankton, like terrestrial plants, use sunlight to capture CO2 for food through photosynthesis. ...

Taking the Brakes Off of ‘Gene Drive’

On June 8th, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine held a public release event that addressed the use of gene editing technology like CRISPR/Cas9.  The event highlighted the conclusions of a new report on gene editing from a National Academies...

Student Spotlight – Dillon Dejam

Dillon Dejam is a recent graduate who majored in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Biological Sciences School.  He will continue doing research and volunteering at the School while waiting to applying to medical school next year. Dillon has had an exceptional...

Training Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs

Several students in the Master's Program in Biotechnology Management MS (MSBTM), along with their teammates from the MBA Program and/or School of Law, were awarded for their business design strategies at three recent competitions.  Faisal Chaabani and Garima Naswa...

New Insight into the Cause of Alzheimer’s

Created to disseminate knowledge about the cutting-edge research being performed at the Biological Sciences School, the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series has featured some of the School’s top faculty since its inception.  On May 25th, Professor Charles G. Glabe,...

Faculty Spotlight – Karina S. Cramer

Professor Karina Cramer’s research interests include the development of central auditory brain circuits and the molecular mechanisms that underlie recovery of these auditory circuits after injury.  She has just received NIH funding to study the role that glia play in...

Cracking the Glass Ceiling

Emeritus Professor Barbara A. Hamkalo, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, gave the keynote address at the Second Annual Women in Science Symposium at the University of North Carolina (UNC) on April 6.  Hosted by the UNC Women in Science group, the mission of the...