Biological Sciences

Butterfly on a branch.

UC Irvine biologists find what colors a butterfly’s world

Study identifies first known gene change in sex-differentiated vision

UC Irvine researchers (left to right) Michael Leon, Cynthia Woo and Michael Yassa.

Sweet smell of success: Simple fragrance method produces major memory boost

UC Irvine research into aromas while sleeping sparks 226% cognitive increase

Tom Lane, left, and Kim Green.

UCI biologists to study COVID-19 link to Alzheimer’s

Two-year Alzheimer’s Association grant to support the novel research

Maksim Plikus

UC Irvine-led researchers reveal new molecular mechanism for stimulating hair growth

Findings may offer road map for next generation of therapies for androgenetic alopecia

Grapevines in the campus vineyards at the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science at UC Davis.

Study reveals potential breakthrough in grapevine disease resistance

UC researchers pave way for climate-adaptive agriculture

Photo of Anai Campos Contreras

Anai Campos Contreras named 2023 Pew Latin American Fellow in the Biomedical Sciences

The Pew Charitable Trusts has named Anai Campos Contreras, incoming UC Irvine postdoctoral fellow in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences, a 2023 Pew Latin American Fellow in the Biomedical Sciences. Campos received a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences in 2022 from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Later this summer, she will join the laboratory of Thomas Martinez, […]

Photograph of UCI Assistant Professor Quinton Smith

Quinton Smith named 2023 Pew Scholar in the Biological Sciences

Quinton Smith, UC Irvine assistant professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering, has been named a 2023 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences. The Pew Charitable Trusts supports outstanding biomedical researchers at the start of their careers. Pew has honored this year’s group of 22 early-career scientists by furnishing four years of funding for the pursuit of […]

Vivek Swarup

UC Irvine neuroscientists develop ‘meta-cell’ to move Alzheimer’s fight forward

New process reveals single-cell secrets for novel therapeutic targets

For Phase 1 of the EPA’s Environmental Justice Video Challenge for Students, UCI team members created maps pinpointing soil lead contamination hot spots in Santa Ana; the red areas above show where the dirt contains unhealthy levels of the metal. Following Phase 2 of the competition, UCI students and community activists are partnering in a project to use plants and fungus to remove lead from affected locations.

Meeting the environmental justice challenge

UCI graduate students honored by EPA for bioremediation project video

Luis Cuevas, B.S., biochemistry and molecular biology

#IamUCI – Luis Cuevas

Q&A with Class of 2023 graduate Luis Cuevas, B.S., biochemistry and molecular biology