Christie Fowler, UC Irvine assistant professor of neurobiology & behavior, is one of six scientists to receive Avenir Awards from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to support highly promising and innovative early-stage research in…
Rachel Rice, Ph.D., recent graduate from the Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences in Assistant Professor Kim Green’s lab in the department of Neurobiology and Behavior, has published her study on the contributions of microglia…
Professor R. Michael Mulligan, in the department of Developmental and Cell Biology, has been reappointed as Associate Dean of Graduate Studies for an additional five-year term at the Biological Sciences School.
Among his many accomplishments, Professor…
From similar sets of neuroimaging data, researchers are reaching different conclusions about whether brain wiring differs between men and women.
In a brain-imaging study published in PNAS in December 2013, scientists reported significant differences in brain…
We all have moments when our memory fails us. It gets to Monday morning and we can’t tell a coworker where we were Friday night, or we’re at a pub trivia night and for whatever…
Founding UC Irvine faculty member honored for learning and memory research
Irvine, Calif., Dec. 3, 2014 — UC Irvine neurobiologist James McGaugh, whose research has vastly contributed to our knowledge of the brain’s learning and memory…
Professor of Neurology Carl Cotman is quoted on the benefits of physical exercise in popular new dance party-like settings in the August 21, 2014 issue of Harper’s Bazaar.”Read More…
Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies Michael Leon wrote an article featured in the August 26, 2014 issue of Scientific American: “Environmental enrichment may help treat autism – and help…
Dean Frank LaFerla has been named to the inaugural California Advisory Board of Cal-BRAIN.Read More…
Dr. Michael Leon, Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, was the recipient of the W.G. Marquis Award from the American Psychological Association Read…