Biological Sciences School alumnae Jasmine Jefferson will never forget her undergraduate animal physiology research. “Have you ever thought about how hard it is to train a Savannah monitor lizard to run on a treadmill?” she joked. “It actually isn’t too hard, but they...

The Hawaiian Islands have long been known as a hot spot for evolution and more recently, as one of the extinction capitals of the world. Professors Ann Sakai and Stephen Weller, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, have used Schiedea, a Hawaiian plant group...

Recent studies on how hormone-disrupting chemicals are being linked to serious health problems, have gained the attention of several national publications. National Geographic highlighted a series of recent studies which found that exposure to hormone-disrupting...

Scientists are creating new treatments in hopes to find new ways to prevent, stop, and slow Alzheimer’s, a disease that is an underlying cause of 500,000 deaths a year. Through collaborative research and technological advances, researchers and scientists have been...

More than 250 undergraduate students recently attended the Biological Sciences School of Biological Sciences’ Second Annual Pre-Pharmacy Day with the Pre-Pharmacy Society student organization. More than 350 UCI students and alumni apply annually to pharmacy programs...

Discovery of Gomafu function increases understanding of its role in psychiatric disease Irvine, Calif., Feb. 25, 2015 — U.S. and Australian scientists have found the mechanism a novel gene uses to affect brain function and elicit behavior related to neuropsychiatric...

Five undergraduates in the Biological Sciences School received scholarships from The Rose Hills Foundation, part of $700,000 UC Irvine undergraduates received as a whole to support students in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) pursuits. Congratulations...

Professor Matthew Blurton-Jones, Neurobiology and Behavior and Alzheimer’s disease researcher, will receive $1.15 million to improve the ability to generate and study microglia from human pluripotent stem cells. Microglia serve as the primary immune cells within the...

Biological Sciences School Professors Peter Donovan and Leslie Thompson, Neurobiology and Behavior, together with colleague Professor Ping Wang, School of Medicine, recently launched a workshop to provide...

Donald Bren Professor Arthur Lander, Developmental and Cell Biology, was recently asked to speak at the “What Matters to Me and Why” lunchtime series. Professor Lander, a recognized leader in the emerging field of systems biology, spoke about his passion for research...