Professor Michael Leon, Neurobiology and Behavior and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, has been awarded a 2014 Dean’s Triumvirate Award along with Professor Joseph Donnelly, Department of Pediatrics and Professor Frederic Ehlert, Department of Pharmacology....

Ellen G. Feigal, M.D., Biological Sciences School Alumna, is a physician scientist who has focused her career on bringing innovative, more effective therapies to patients. She recently became a Principal at NDA Partners, a global strategy-consulting firm focused on...

Manuel Ramirez, Graduate Student Manuel Ramirez, graduate student in Professor Aimee L. Edinger's laboratory, Developmental and Cell Biology, was awarded an F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in...

Yuanshun Chen, Director of Finance Yuanshun Chen has been at UCI for over 25 years, the last 11 years as the Biological Sciences School’s Director of Finance. In her role, she manages the financial business affairs of the Biological Sciences School. Yuanshun shares...

Rebekah Le, a graduate student in Professor Ken Cho’ s laboratory, recently received the K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award from the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U). Rebekah is one of ten recipients of the award for 2015, in what...

Over the last 10 years, no other alum has devoted more time and energy to the Biological Sciences School than Katherine Hills. Like many of our alumni, she took the knowledge and discipline that was developed here into a non-traditional career track for a bio major by...

Professor Lawrence J. Marsh, Developmental and Cell Biology, in collaboration with members of Dr. C-K Shen’s lab in Academica Sinica, Taiwan, found that the distribution of mutant Huntingtin protein (HTT) in the brains of mice changes in concert with changing...

Professor Rachel W. Martin, Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and co-workers including Biological Sciences School undergraduate student Jan Bierma, are hoping to gain understanding of cold cataract by studying eye lens proteins from...

One of the most important objectives of the Biology curriculum at UCI is to impart skills that will enable our students to excel in their future careers. One such skill is the ability to critically analyze data and use conclusions from the data to inform our...

A new study by Professor Steven P. Gross, Developmental and Cell Biology, in collaboration with the Vallee lab at Columbia University, has discovered how a specific protein in cells changes the function of a motor protein, which may ultimately give insight into...