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3 UC Irvine professors elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Rina Dechter, Catherine Lord and Jennifer Martiny recognized for scholarly excellence From left, Jennifer Martiny, Rina Dechter and Catherine Lord join 38 other current and former UC Irvine scholars as academy members. Laurel Hungerford (Martiny image); UC Irvine (Dechter image); Jon Chase / Harvard University (Lord image) Share Share on X (Twitter) Share on Facebook…
Professor Kathleen Treseder Named a 2025 Woman Making a Difference
April 9, 2025 Irvine City Council member and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor Kathleen Treseder was named a “2025 Woman Making a Difference” by Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley at the fourth annual Women Making A Difference Awards. Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley recognized more than 60 women at her Fourth Annual Women Making A…
The Hidden Architects of Evolution How “Jumping Genes” Shape Genetic Diversity
March 24, 2025 Lee Lab team. From left: Zita Gao (second author), Kayla Ly (third author), Grace Lee, Yuheng Huang (first author). Irvine, Calif., March 24, 2025 — Why do genetic recombination rates — the process that reshuffles DNA during reproduction — vary so widely between individuals and species? A new study from UC Irvine’s…
Professors Jennifer Martiny and Katrine Whiteson are co-directors of the new Center for Microbiome Science ORU.
Establishment of UCI’s Center for Microbiome Science as a provisional Organized Research UnitDear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce the establishment of UCI’s Center for Microbiome Science as a provisional Organized Research Unit (proORU). Microbiomes — communities of bacteria, archaea, viruses, fungi, and other microeukaryotes — are at the nexus of many solutions for our changing world. UCI…