Biological Sciences

Maksim Plikus (right), UC Irvine professor of developmental and cell biology, shown here with Raul Ramos, a postdoctoral researcher in the Plikus laboratory.

UC Irvine-led discovery of new skeletal tissue advances regenerative medicine potential

‘Lipocartilage’ properties akin to bubbled packaging material – super-stable, soft, springy

UC Irvine scientists design bioluminescent RNA

The “RNA lanterns” promise to reveal secrets of viruses and human memory

Nataly Campos, left, and Kathy Duong are co-presidents of the Anteater Smile Project.

Spreading smiles

UC Irvine student group provides oral health education and dental hygiene kits to low-income communities

Year in Review collage

2024: A year in motion

Looking back at UC Irvine’s transformative impact

UC Irvine Podcast Indicator

The UCI Podcast: Directing biomedical evolution

Chang Liu’s Science study outlines improvements to the gene evolution system his lab developed

Smell loss linked to 100-plus diseases in new UC Irvine study

Research shows scent therapy may reduce inflammation and boost health

Joleah Lamb, UC Irvine assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, standing on a beach in front of the ocean.

Sea change

Joleah Lamb finds reasons to be optimistic about our relationship with oceans

Biotech entrepreneur donates $50 million to UC Irvine School of Biological Sciences

Announcement of gift from Charlie Dunlop is made during commencement ceremony

UC Irvine’s 2024 Hellman Fellows are (clockwise from upper left): Abigail Lapin Dardashti, Javier Sanchez-Yamagishi, Fangyaun Ding, Pablo Lara-Gonzalez, Katherine Trieste Rhodes, Alejandra Rodriguez Verdugo, Irene Vega, Xian Shi, Ji Seon Song and Travis Wiles.

10 UC Irvine faculty members named Hellman Fellows for 2024-25

Program supports research by promising assistant professors

Digital illustration of a side profile of a human head and neck in a stylized X-ray effect, highlighting the skull and sinuses with bones in blue and sinuses in shades of orange

The Nose Knows Where Memories Go

Studying the connection between olfaction and the brain’s ability to remember things