Wanda Barfield M.D. M.P.H. (B.S. ’85) thought she would devote her career to animals. However, undergraduate volunteer service in a hospital changed her focus to humans. It was a shift that would take her far: Dr. Barfield is now Director of the Division of...
Bio Sci MSP Students Excel at Science Meeting
May 10, 2017
Four School of Biological Sciences Minority Science Programs (MSP) undergraduates were awarded for their outstanding research presentations at the 2017 American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. The AAAS is the...
Visualizing the Inner Workings of Health and Disease with Ian Parker
May 10, 2017
On April 18th, the School of Biological Sciences was honored to host Professor Ian Parker (Neurobiology and Behavior) for the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series. Professor Parker’s lecture was held in collaboration with UCI Illuminations and was accompanied by an...
Awarding Exceptionally Innovative Research
May 9, 2017
Professor Aimee L. Edinger (Developmental and Cell Biology) is the recent recipient of a 2017 pilot award from the UCI Institute for Clinical and Translational Science. An expert cell biologist, Professor Edinger has discovered a new compound that restricts nutrient...
Student Spotlight – Tori Tucker
May 9, 2017
Living with type 1 diabetes has fueled fourth-year Developmental and Cell Biology major Tori Tucker’s goal: Defeating the disease that affects her sister as well as herself and is on the rise. After serving as an undergraduate researcher in the lab of Dr. Jonathan...
Life Amongst the Clouds
May 9, 2017
What do mountain birds and mushrooms have in common? According to Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Ph.D., candidate Caitlin Looby, they both can tell us a lot about climate change. In an article featured in The New York Time’s Opinion Pages, Looby writes about the...
Faculty Spotlight – Celia W. Goulding
May 9, 2017
An expert physical organic chemist, Professor Celia W. Goulding (Molecular Biology and Biochemistry & Pharmaceutical Sciences) seeks to understand how bacteria function, particularly Mycobacterium tuberculosis; which causes tuberculosis, or TB. She has gained new...
Conceptual Breakthroughs in Evolutionary Genetics
May 9, 2017
Distinguished Professor John C. Avise (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) is an expert biologist who has written over 350 articles and books on evolution. In 2014, Professor Avise published the book “Conceptual breakthroughs in evolutionary genetics: a brief history of...
School of Biological Sciences Professor Advocates for Federal Funding of Environmental Research
May 9, 2017
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor Steven D. Allison traveled to Washington D.C. on March 8 to advocate for federal funding of environmental research. Joined by his colleagues Jutta Burger (Irvine Ranch Conservatory), and Professors Amy Zanne (George...
American Academy of Microbiology Fellow
May 9, 2017
The American Academy of Microbiology has elected Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor Jennifer B.H. Martiny, Ph.D., as a 2017 fellow. Professor Martiny studies microbial diversity in terrestrial and marine ecosystems, and is interested in whether their...