The California Natural Resources Agency has named Professor Timothy J. Bradley, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology to the science advisory committee for the state’s effort to preserve its largest inland body of water. As part of the Salton Sea Management Program,...

The Zika viral epidemic, which is currently afflicting several countries in Latin America, is the latest mosquito-borne illness to wreak havoc on humankind. Other mosquito-borne illnesses, like malaria and dengue fever, cause thousands of deaths annually.  Due to the...

The variation in the arrangement of muscles across animals is thought to have evolved to allow muscle to power the broad range of movements observed in nature, and to perform optimally while doing so. In a recently published paper, Professor Emanuel Azizi and Dr....

Teaching Professors Brian Sato, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Justin F. Shaffer, Developmental and Cell Biology, and Pavan Kadandale, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, together with a team of undergraduate researchers are taking a unique approach to address a...

The Biological Sciences School welcomes Robert Avalos, our new Executive Director of Development.  Robert will be responsible for the creation and implementation of plans to acquire private support for the School. He will engage with alumni and members of the local...

David Saldana is a 4th year neurobiology major at the Biological Sciences School. He is a first generation Hispanic student who will be the first in his family to earn a bachelor’s degree and his career goal is to obtain a faculty position in neuroscience at a major...

Professor Christie D. Fowler, Neurobiology and Behavior, was recently featured in the January issue of The Scientist under their “Scientist to Watch” section. Professor Fowler’s research explores how drugs of abuse can modulate the circuitry of the brain involved in...

Professor Andrea J. Tenner, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, was awarded the 2015 Honorary Life Member Award from the Society of Leukocyte Biology. The award is the society’s way of recognizing the contributions of its members to the field of leukocyte biology. Up...

                The Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers List was created to help identify scientist whose research has significant impact in their field. There were 165 UC faculty included in the 2015 list representing the...

The James L. McGaugh  Endowed Chair was established in 2009 to honor the contributions of Dr. James L. McGaugh, the founding director of the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (CNLM), and as a way to recognize faculty whose research has had a great...