Biological Sciences

UCI engineers reveal molecular secrets of cephalopod powers

Light-manipulating proteins potentially useful in optics, electronics and medicine

Sea anemones find sweet arrangement with under-skin algae for emergency food source

UCI study offers insights into ways tidepool organisms bond to enhance survival success

UCI researchers develop rapid antibody generation technology

Method can be used to target SARS-CoV-2 virus

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 […]

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

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

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