In a recent study by Entomologist and Teaching Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Catherine Loudon discovered that a brief 6-minute exposure of soft-sided luggage to high temperatures, 158-167°F, was sufficient to kill all the bed bugs found on the...
Unraveling the Mechanisms Underlying Bacterial Competition
Professor Celia W. Goulding (Molecular Biology and Biochemistry) has solved the crystal structure of an activated toxin complex (CysK/CdiA-CTEC536) that is delivered by bacteria and used in contact-dependent growth inhibition (CDI). Bacteria have evolved to produce...
New Summer Internships in Ecology and Evolution to Promote Diversity
In an effort to enhance diversity within University of California (UC) graduate programs, the UC system has partnered with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to create the UC-HBCU Initiative. Several outreach award programs have been created through...
Dean Welcomes the Class of 2020
This year’s welcome ceremony was held in the Bren Events Center and played host to one of the largest incoming classes in the School’s history. Close to 1300 new students packed the center’s floor, where they were introduced to Student Affairs Officer Jenna Bague,...
Faculty Spotlight: Christine Suetterlin, Ph.D.
Christine Suetterlin, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Developmental and Cell Biology. Her research focuses on the centrosome, a small organelle in mammalian cells that is dysregulated in most human cancers. Professor Suetterlin also examines how the wide-spread...
Student Spotlights: Lakshmi Vrittamani and Robert Dang
Lakshmi Vrittamani is entering her fourth year at the Biological Sciences School, majoring in Human Biology, with a minor in Management. She will be graduating at the end of the 2016-17 school year and plans to pursue a medical degree, and a master’s in business,...
Staff Spotlight: Sarah McCarthy
Sarah McCarthy is the Assistant Personnel Manager at the Biological Sciences School and has been in her current position for nearly three years. She first arrived at UCI in 2006, where she worked in the School of Medicine for seven years. After a short time at USC,...
Alumni in the News
Tina Hronis-Nova, Ph.D., is the President and CEO of Molecular Stethoscope, Inc., a molecular diagnosis startup in San Diego, California. Dr. Hronis-Nova obtained a B.S., with honors, in Biological Sciences from the Biological Sciences School, before pursuing a...
New Insights into Mechanisms Governing Cancer Development
Professor Wenqi Wang (Developmental and Cell Biology) and his collaborators, have provided new mechanistic insights into protein tyrosine phosphorylation, a critical cellular event that is carried out, in part, by enzymes called protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs)....
Blue Mussel Population Gives Insight into Declining Biodiversity
Professor Cascade J. Sorte (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) has discovered that blue mussel populations have significantly declined over the past 40 years in one of the fastest warming regions in the ocean. Blue mussel loss coincided with a shift in the composition...