Congratulations to Chris Hughes for being selected as a UCI Chancellor’s Professor. The Chancellor’s title is designated for faculty who have demonstrated unusual academic merit and show continued promise for high scholarly achievement. It is…
Professor Brian Sato is a co-PI on a 5-year $1.5M NSF award for The AGEP University of California Alliance: A Model to Advance Equitable Hiring of Teaching-Focused Faculty in STEM. Check it out https://research.bio.uci.edu/opportunities-and-awards/…
Pavan Kadandale has been awarded a couple of grants to create a pathway for prison students to obtain a UCI degree. This is the first program of its kind within the UC-system. Check-it out! https://diverseeducation.com/article/183227/….
Distinguished Professor Charlie Glabe has been named a 2020 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors – for more information please visit https://www.bio.uci.edu/charles-glabe-2020-fellow/….
Izra Abbaali, graduate student in Naomi Morrissette’s lab, won the “Best Talk” award at the Southern California Eukaryotic Pathogens Symposium.
The Annual Southern Californian Eukaryotic Pathogen Symposium (SCEP) brings together researchers from more than 15 different…
We’d like to welcome our newest faculty to the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry: Dr. Christopher J. Halbrook and Dr. Travis Wiles!…
A new genetic engineering technology could help eliminate malaria and stave off extinctions — if humanity decides to unleash it….
From probing the ocean depths to deciphering human health mysteries, researchers across scientific disciplines are increasingly including microbiomes in their work. The Microbiome Centers Consortium has been launched by two University of California, Irvine School…
We’d like to welcome our newest faculty to the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry: Dr. Shane Gowen, Dr. Reggie McNulty, Dr. Rachel Barry, and Dr. Suzanne Bohlson!…
At the 2019 Winter BioSci Dean’s Distinguished Lecture, Professor Hughes presented data on his quest to create “Body-on-a-Chip” technology, with the hope of ushering in a new age of drug discovery….