Assistant Professor of Teaching Adrienne Williams has published an article in Neuroscience Letters entitled “Seven practical strategies to add active learning to a science lecture” with Professor Diane O’Dowd. This is a mini-review of evidence-based…
Developmental and Cell Biology Professor Thomas Schilling and Developmental and Cell Biology & Mathematics Professor Qing Nie have been awarded a new grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to investigate the mechanisms that drive…
A recent collaboration between Assistant Professor Scott Atwood and Professor Qing Nie has resulted in the discovery of new subpopulations of stem cells vital to skin growth and maintenance. The Developmental and Cell Biology faculty…
Developmental and Cellular Biology Professor Christine Suetterlin is the Primary Investigator on a new R01 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Together with Professor…
New research has found that lipid droplets in mammals can play a central role in the innate immune response. The research, which is a collaborative effort by Developmental and Cell Biology Professor Steven Gross and…
The development of organisms is a complex process that continues to drive intrigue and exploration. In a new paper from Developmental and Cell Biology Assistant Professor Zeba Wunderlich and graduate student Rachel Waymack, in collaboration…
Melanoma is a life-threatening skin cancer that spreads quickly to other organs if not treated early. A new discovery by University of California, Irvine biologists shatters traditional beliefs about how melanomas develop, providing new insights…
Congratulations to Karissa Jade Muñoz for receiving the Rose Hills Foundation Fellowship, which recognizes students in STEM fields who have demonstrated academic excellence, scientific accomplishments, and strong leadership qualities. Karissa is a 5th year PhD student jointly supervised by…
Dr. Arthur Lander is the recipient of the 2020-2021 Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr. Distinguished University Service Award. This is one of the Academic Senate Distinguished Faculty Awards and one of the Academic Senate’s highest honors!…
Each year the DCB Teaching Committee recognizes graduate students who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the educational mission while serving as a TA. This year, in addition to the school-wide award, the teaching committee wishes to…
This Spring Quarter our departmental Journal Club adapted to remote instruction by asking students to work in pairs to pick a recent paper that spoke to them and write two reviews – one for a…
Congratulations to our 2020 Graduate Honors Recipients- we are so proud of you!
Stephenson Chea (Calof Lab)- Edward Steinhaus Teaching Award
Katherine Williams (Mortazavi Lab)- William D. Redfield Graduate Fellowship Award
David Tatarakis (Schilling Lab)- Susan V. Bryant…
The Department of Developmental and Cell Biology wishes the warmest of congratulations to our 2020 graduates. We know how hard each of you has worked for your achievements and we would like to acknowledge you….
Congratulations to Dr. Lee Bardwell, who has received a 2020 Inclusive Excellence Spirit Award! The award will be used to set up a seminar exchange involving UCI faculty and faculty of historically black colleges and…
Professors Qing Nie and Maksim Plikus, in collaboration with their colleagues from Beijing, China, have gained new insights into the development of poorly understood malignant skin cancers collectively known as Paget’s disease. Their results have been…