Biological Sciences

Clockwise from left: Assistant professor of education Symone Gyles, Professor of Civil & Environmental Enginnering Brett Sanders, Sara Ludovise with the OCDE, Associate professor of education Hosun Kang, and professor of education Rossella Santagata. The National Science Foundation has awarded an interdisciplinary team from the University of California, Irvine a three-year, $1.6 million grant focused on creating an accessible and equity-centered model for high school environmental engineering education intended to inspire and properly prepare students for careers in this field.

NSF funds UC Irvine project to improve climate science learning in high schools

Biological sciences, education and engineering schools team up to create curriculum

October 30, 2023
Researchers in field.

UC Irvine leads regional project to reduce climate change risks in California

$5.5 million effort will prioritize community engagement, environmental justice

September 06, 2023
UCI researchers (from left) Alejandro Camacho, Isabella Velicogna and Steven Allison.

3 UC Irvine professors garner $8.7 million in state support for climate action projects

UC awards total of more than $80 million for progress toward California’s climate goals

August 23, 2023
Tobin Hammer, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, leans over a colony of bumblebees inside a climate-controlled room at UCI. On the shelf by his right arm is a modified hand-held vacuum used to capture escapees.

The secret life of bumblebees

UCI scientist uncovers surprising facts about the fuzzy insects

August 14, 2023
Butterfly on a branch.

UC Irvine biologists find what colors a butterfly’s world

Study identifies first known gene change in sex-differentiated vision

August 10, 2023
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

August 01, 2023
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

July 11, 2023
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

June 21, 2023
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

June 15, 2023
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, […]

June 13, 2023