UCs Irvine, Riverside and San Diego are working to find solutions to manage the impacts from climate change with a regional project to reduce risks in California, led by UCI and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Steven Allison.
3 UC Irvine professors garner $8.7 million in state support for climate action projects
Three University of California, Irvine researchers will receive more than $8 million in climate action gran ts to support projects that will help advance progress toward California’s climate goals.
The secret life of bumblebees
Bees that build microbreweries, ride a miniature merry-go-round and possibly even wear diapers. In biologist Tobin Hammer’s UCI lab, all sorts of unusual projects unfold.
Professor Katrine Whiteson’s Laboratory Team Receives California’s Cystic Fibrosis Research Institute Foundation Grant to Combat Cystic Fibrosis Infections
Associate Professor Katrine Whiteson and her research team, from the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, have received a grant of $70,000 per year for two years from the Cystic Fibrosis Research Institute's New Horizons program. The grant will support...
Sweet smell of success: Simple fragrance method produces major memory boost
When a fragrance wafted through the bedrooms of older adults for two hours every night for six months, memories skyrocketed. Participants in this study by University of California, Irvine neuroscientists reaped a 226% increase in cognitive capacity compared to the control group. The researchers say the finding transforms the long-known tie between smell and memory into an easy, non-invasive technique for strengthening memory and potentially deterring dementia.
UCI biologists to study COVID-19 link to Alzheimer’s
UCI biologists Kim Green and Tom Lane have been awarded $250,000 from the Alzheimer’s Association to assess how COVID-19 affects the onset and severity of Alzheimer’s disease.
Frankly with Dean LaFerla Featuring Professor Joshua Grill
Dean Frank LaFerla is joined by Professor Joshua Grill, director of the UC Irvine Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND), who talks about the promising new Alzheimer’s disease drug, lecanemab, and what it means for Alzheimer’s patients...
We Expect Too Much From Earth
Steven D. Allison Appointed Director of the Newkirk Center for Science & Society
The School of Biological Sciences is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Steven Allison as the new Director of the Newkirk Center for Science and Society, effective October 1, 2021. The Newkirk Center has had a large impact on the campus and our...
Dunlop School Professor Gives TED Talk on Microbiomes and Climate Change
“Microbiomes in water, soil and air are critical for planetary health,” says Steven Allison, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology.