James L. McGaugh, Ph.D., has laid the ground work for the study of individuals with a special type of memory known as Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM). McGaugh’s work on HSAM, including the first person ever to be diagnosed with HSAM, Jill Price, is the...
Dr. Celia Faiola, Ph.D., has joined the Biological Sciences School faculty as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Dr. Faiola’s research focuses on the biological production, release, and ultimate fate of gaseous organic...
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 colleagues from the Irvine Ranch Conservatory and Chapman University, Professor Allison made the...
On February 23rd, the School of Biological Sciences was honored to have Professor Claudia H. Kawas (Neurobiology and Behavior and Neurology) give an insightful lecture on her groundbreaking work studying the fastest growing segment of our population, people over 90...
As part of our community outreach efforts, the School of Biological Sciences welcomed the new chair of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Professor Ruth Benca, to present her research on the sleeping brain at the 23rd UCI Distinguished...
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professors Cascade J. B. Sorte, Jennifer B. H. Martiny and Travis E. Huxman have been named fellows of the Ecological Society of America (ESA), the world’s largest community of professional ecologists. ESA fellows are selected based...
Biological Sciences School Teaching Professors Brian Sato (Molecular biology and Biochemistry) and Justin Shaffer (Developmental and Cell Biology) recently organized the first ever regional meeting of the prestigious Society for the Advancement of Biology Education...
Professor Ali Mortazavi (Developmental and Cell Biology) is the co-recipient of a National Institutes of Health grant given through its Encyclopedia of DNA Elements Project. An expert in human gene regulatory networks, Professor Mortazavi will use the grant to help...
In a study published in the prestigious journal, Science, Professor Maksim Plikus, (Developmental and Cell Biology), and his colleagues from the University of Pennsylvania, discovered a natural regeneration process that stimulates scar-free skin repair, involving fat...
Emerging cancer treatments that target specific pathways in cancer cells have been thought to be the answer to the many side effects and long-term risks associated with older chemotherapy drugs. In a new review by Professor David A. Fruman (Molecular Biology and...