Biological Sciences

Professor Oladele Ogunseitan at Crystal Cove State Beach.

Nine UCI researchers named AAAS fellows

Honor is conferred for distinguished contributions to their fields

UCI vector biologist Anthony James

UC researchers pioneer more effective method of blocking malaria transmission in mosquitoes

New CRISPR-based gene drive approach successfully overcomes issue of resistance in females

Advancing breakthrough science

Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center celebrates 10 years of innovation

UCI study points to how skin cells cooperate to thwart cancer

Findings reveal new information on melanoma development and insights into treatments

UCI researcher receives NIH Transformative Research Award

Funds will support project to develop simplified methods for generating antibodies

UCI MIND awarded $14.4 million NIH grant to continue critical Alzheimer’s disease research, education

UCI MIND, the Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders at UCI, has been awarded a $14.4 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, one of the National Institutes of Health, to sustain critical research and education as Orange County’s only Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. The NIA funds only 32 of these centers at […]

Plastics, pathogens and baby formula: What’s in your shellfish?

New UCI-led study finds coastal urbanization increases contamination in seafood

Ilhem Messaoudi Powers, associate professor of molecular biology & biochemistry, who’s leading a study of UCI Health workers’ exposure to COVID-19.

Couple on the coronavirus front lines

UCI virologist and her pulmonologist husband balance pandemic response with parenthood

UCI biologist seeking to save coral reefs honored by Ecological Society of America

Joleah Lamb, a UCI biologist who studies the impact of infectious diseases on the oceans, has been named an Early Career Fellow by the Ecological Society of America, the world’s largest association of professional ecologists. Early Career Fellows are chosen based on their advanced ecological knowledge and applications as well as potential to make notable […]

Turning colon cancer cells around

UCI study finds supplement inhibits cell growth