To the School of Biological Sciences Community: This newsletter marks my last as the School of Biological Sciences Dean, as I will step down as faculty member and dean on October 31 after nearly 40 years at UCI.  It has been gratifying over the past seven years of my...

Dr. Susanne Rafelski was named a 2013 New Scholar in Aging by the Ellison Medical Foundation. Suanne is an Assistant Professor of Developmental & Cell Biology in the School of Biological Sciences. Her Ellison award will support research that pushes live-cell,...

Welcome back Anteaters and Bio Sci majors! With another exciting year ahead, we want to kick this year off with a feature on one of our own, who is heading into her senior year as the 2013 Leadership Scholar. Esther Kim is an Irvine native with aspirations of becoming...

Prestigious program supports research by early-career faculty; three total from UCI honored Irvine, Calif., Sept. 30, 2013 — UC Irvine scientists Sunil Gandhi and Ali Mortazavi from the School of Biological Sciences have been named recipients of the prestigious 2013...

Findings could prove helpful in understanding and resolving learning and memory disorders Irvine, Calif., Sept. 10, 2013 — By studying how memories are made, UC Irvine neurobiologists created new, specific memories by direct manipulation of the brain, which could...

Findings could prove beneficial in the development of therapies Irvine, Calif., Aug. 22, 2013 — UC Irvine infectious disease researchers have uncovered components of the SARS coronavirus – which triggered a major outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in...

Several studies from UC Irvine School of Biological Sciences faculty featured in American Journal of Botany The July 2013 issue of the American Journal of Botany features several studies from UC Irvine School of Biological Sciences faculty on global biological change....

Model accounts for how in-ground carbon is affected by bacteria and fungi Irvine, Calif., August 1, 2013 — Scientists from UC Irvine and the National Center for Atmospheric Research have developed a new computer model to measure global warming’s effect on soil...

July 26, 2013: The arithmetic of gun control: UC Irvine team measures how to best prevent bullet deaths

UCI MIND’s Leslie Thompson has worked on Huntington’s disease for over two decades, and her group’s research has revealed extensive insights into the biological underpinnings of the disease. During the week of July 15, her laboratory adds to its impressive log of...