2000-2001 UCI General Catalogue

SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Susan V. Bryant, Dean

101 Biological Sciences Administration
Undergraduate Counseling: (949) 824-5318
Graduate Programs:
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: (949) 824-4743
Combined Graduate Program in Molecular Biology, Genetics and Biochemistry: (949) 824-8145
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior: (949) 824-8519
World Wide Web: http://www.bio.uci.edu/


Overview; Undergraduate Program

Special Undergraduate Programs; Advising

Undergraduate Courses

Graduate Study

Department of Developmental and Cell Biology

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Department of Neurobiology and Behavior

Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology

Departments of Biological Chemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, and Physiology and Biophysics


Faculty

Nancy Allbritton, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.D. The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics and of Biological Sciences

Joseph Arditti, Ph.D. University of Southern California, Professor of Biological Sciences

Stuart M. Arfin, Ph.D. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Professor of Biological Chemistry and Biological Sciences

Kavita Arora, Ph.D. Bombay University, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

Dana Aswad, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Biological Sciences

Peter R. Atsatt, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences

Francisco J. Ayala, Ph.D. Columbia University, Founding Director of the Bren Fellows Program, Bren Chair, and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and of Philosophy

Pierre Baldi, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, Associate Professor of Information and Computer Science and of Biological Chemistry

Kenneth M. Baldwin, Ph.D. University of Iowa, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Developmental and Cellular Biology, Community and Environmental Medicine, and Biological Sciences

Tallie Z. Baram, M.D. University of Miami, Ph.D. Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel), Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology, and Anatomy and Neurobiology, and Danette (Dee Dee) Shepard Chair in Neurological Studies

Alan G. Barbour, M.D. Tufts University School of Medicine, Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

Lee Bardwell, Ph.D. Stanford University, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

Michael E. Barish, Ph.D. Stanford University, Associate Adjunct Professor of Physiology and Biophysics and of Biological Sciences

Albert F. Bennett, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Chair of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Professor of Biological Sciences

Rudi C. Berkelhamer, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Lecturer in Biological Sciences

Michael W. Berns, Ph.D. Cornell University, Professor of Surgery, Cell Biology, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ophthalmology, Radiology, and Management, and Arnold and Mabel Beckman Chair in Laser Biomedicine

James D. Bever, Ph.D. Duke University, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

Xiaoning Bi, M.D. Binzhou Medical College (People's Republic of China), M.D. Brain Research Institute, Zurich University (Switzerland), Ph.D. University of Southern California, Assistant Adjunct Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology

Robert H. Blanks, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Otolaryngology, and Biological Sciences

Bruce Blumburg, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

Hans R. Bode, Ph.D. Yale University, Associate Director of the Developmental Biology Center and Professor of Biological Sciences

Peter A. Bowler, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Director of the UCI Arboretum, UC Natural Reserve System Academic Coordinator, and Associate Adjunct Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and of Environmental Analysis and Design,

Timothy J. Bradley, Ph.D. University of British Columbia, Professor of Biological Sciences

Ralph A. Bradshaw, Ph.D. Duke University, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Anatomy and Neurobiology, and Biological Sciences

Peter J. Bryant, Ph.D. University of Sussex, Director of the Developmental Biology Center and Professor of Biological Sciences

Susan V. Bryant, Ph.D. University of London, Dean of the School of Biological Sciences and Professor of Biological Sciences

Barbara K. Burgess, Ph.D. Purdue University, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and of Biological Sciences

Nancy Burley, Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin, Professor of Biological Sciences

William Byerley, M.D. University of Texas, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and of Biological Chemistry

Michael D. Cahalan, Ph.D. University of Washington, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics and of Biological Sciences

Lawrence F. Cahill, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior

Vincent J. Caiozzo, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Associate Adjunct Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and of Physiology and Biophysics

Anne L. Calof, Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco, Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology and of Developmental and Cell Biology

Diane R. Campbell, Ph.D. Duke University, Professor of Biological Sciences

Richard D. Campbell, Ph.D. The Rockefeller Institute, Professor of Biological Sciences

Thomas J. Carew, Ph.D. University of California, Riverside, Chair of the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, and Bren Chair

F. Lynn Carpenter, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Biological Sciences

K. George Chandy, Ph.D. University of Birmingham (England), M.B.B.S. Christian Medical College, Vellore (India), Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, and Biological Sciences

Ken W.-Y. Cho, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, Professor of Biological Sciences

Olivier Civelli, Ph.D. Swiss Institute of Technology, Professor of Pharmacology and of Developmental and Cell Biology, and Eric L. and Lila D. Nelson Chair in Neuropharmacology

Carl Cotman, Ph.D. Indiana University, Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, and Neurobiology and Behavior

Michael G. Cumsky, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences and of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Dennis D. Cunningham, Ph.D. University of Chicago, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Medicine, and Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and of Biological Sciences

Xing Dai, Ph.D. University of Chicago, Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry

Rowland H. Davis, Ph.D. Harvard University, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and of Biological Sciences

James H. Fallon, Ph.D. University of Illinois, Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology and of Biological Sciences

Hung Fan, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Biological Sciences

Mark Fisher, M.D. University of Cincinnati, Chair of the Department of Neurology and Professor of Neurology and of Anatomy and Neurobiology

Walter M. Fitch, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Biological Sciences

Donald E. Fosket, Ph.D. University of Idaho, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences

Steven A. Frank, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Professor of Biological Sciences

Ron D. Frostig, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior

Christine M. Gall, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Vice Chair of the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology and Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Neurobiology and Behavior, and Biological Sciences

J. Jay Gargus, M.D., Ph.D. Yale University, Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics and of Pediatrics

Brandon S. Gaut, Ph.D. University of California, Riverside, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Roland A. Giolli, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology and of Biological Sciences

Charles Glabe, Ph.D. University of California, Davis, Professor of Biological Sciences

Alan L. Goldin, M.D., Ph.D. University of Michigan, Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Physiology and Biophysics, and Biological Sciences

Deborah Grady, Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry

Gale A. Granger, Ph.D. University of Washington, Professor of Biological Sciences and Pathology

Chris L. Greer, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry and Biological Sciences

Steven Gross, Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

George A. Gutman, Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Physiology and Biophysics, and Biological Sciences

Harry T. Haigler, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Biological Sciences, and Biological Chemistry

James E. Hall, Ph.D. University of California, Riverside, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics and of Biological Sciences

Barbara A. Hamkalo, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Associate Executive Vice Chancellor, Space and Enrollment, and Professor of Biological Sciences

G. Wesley Hatfield, Ph.D. Purdue University, Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Biological Sciences, and Biochemical Engineering

Bradford A. Hawkins, Ph.D. University of California, Riverside, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Patrick L. Healey, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences

Agnes Henschen-Edman, M.D., Ph.D. Karolinska Institute (Stockholm), Professor of Biological Sciences and Pathology

Klemens J. Hertel, Ph.D. University of Colorado, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

James W. Hicks, Ph.D. University of New Mexico, Professor of Biological Sciences

Franz Hoffmann, Ph.D. University of Hohenheim, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Christopher C. W. Hughes, Ph.D. University of London, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and of Biological Sciences

George L. Hunt, Jr., Ph.D. Harvard University, Professor of Biological Sciences

Anthony A. James, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Professor of Biological Sciences

John W. Jacobs, Ph.D. Washington University, Adjunct Professor of Biological Chemistry

Robert K. Josephson, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior and of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Frances A. Jurnak, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics and of Biological Sciences

Keith Justice, Ph.D. University of Arizona, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences

Herbert P. Killackey, Ph.D. Duke University, Associate Executive Vice Chancellor, Academic Personnel, and Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior and of Anatomy and Neurobiology

Leonard M. Kitzes, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Otolaryngology, and Biological Sciences

Daniel J. Knauer, Ph.D. University of Nebraska, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Harold Koopowitz, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Biological Sciences

Murray Korc, M.D. Albany College of Medicine, Chief of Endocrinology and Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology), Pharmacology, and Biological Chemistry

Stuart M. Krassner, Sc.D. The Johns Hopkins University, Professor of Biological Sciences

John Krolewski, M.D., Ph.D. New York University, Associate Professor of Pathology and Biological Chemistry

Frank LaFerla, Ph.D. University of Minnesota, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior

Arthur D. Lander, Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco, Associate Director of the Developmental Biology Center and Professor of Biological Sciences and Pharmacology

Thomas E. Lane, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Janos K. Lanyi, Ph.D. Harvard University, Department Chair of Physiology and Biophysics and Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, and Biological Sciences

Howard M. Lenhoff, Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences

Frances M. Leslie, Ph.D. Aberdeen University (Scotland), Professor of Pharmacology and of Anatomy and Neurobiology

Michael Leon, Ph.D. University of Chicago, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Affairs of the School of Biological Sciences and Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior

Diane C. Lin, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Associate Adjunct Professor of Biological Sciences

Shin Lin, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Associate Vice Chancellor, Biomedical Initiatives, and Professor of Biological Sciences and of Physiology and Biophysics

Ian W. Lipkin, M.D. Rush Medical School, Professor of Neurology, Anatomy and Neurobiology, and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Haoping Liu, Ph.D. Cornell University, Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry and Biological Sciences

Anthony D. Long, Ph.D. McMaster University, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

Kenneth J. Longmuir, Ph.D. University of Oregon, Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics and of Biological Sciences

Hartmut Luecke, Ph.D. Rice University, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Physiology and Biophysics, and Biological Sciences

Richard E. MacMillen, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences

Jerry E. Manning, Ph.D. University of Utah, Chair of the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and Professor of Biological Sciences

J. Lawrence Marsh, Ph.D. University of Washington, Chair of the Department of Developmental and Cell Biology and Professor of Biological Sciences

John F. Marshall, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior

James L. McGaugh, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Director of the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory and Research Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior

Calvin S. McLaughlin, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Biological Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Ophthalmology, and Community and Environmental Medicine

Alexander McPherson, Ph.D. Purdue University, Professor of Biological Sciences

Raju S. Metherate, Ph.D. McGill University, Montreal, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior

Ronald L. Meyer, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, Professor of Biological Sciences

Frank L. Meyskens, M.D. University of California, San Francisco, Director of the Chao Family Clinical Cancer Research Center, Chief of Hematology/Oncology, Associate Dean for Research, and Professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology)

Ricardo Miledi, M.D. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, UCI Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior and of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Robert K. Moyzis, Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University, Professor of Biological Chemistry and Biological Sciences

Laurence D. Mueller, Ph.D. University of California, Davis, Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies of the School of Biological Sciences and Professor of Biological Sciences

R. Michael Mulligan, Ph.D. Michigan State University, Professor of Biological Sciences

Masayasu Nomura, Ph.D. University of Tokyo, Professor of Biological Chemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, and Biological Sciences, and Grace Beekhuis Bell Chair in Biological Chemistry

Diane K. O'Dowd, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences and of Anatomy and Neurobiology

Timothy F. Osborne, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Biological Sciences

Andre Ouellette, Ph.D. Indiana University, Professor of Pathology and of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Ian Parker, Ph.D. University College, London, Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior

Thomas L. Poulos, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Physiology and Biophysics, and Biological Sciences

Charles E. Ribak, Ph.D. Boston University, Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology and of Biological Sciences

Richard T. Robertson, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Chair of the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology and Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology and Biological Sciences

W. Edward Robinson, M.D., Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, Associate Professor of Pathology and of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in Residence

Michael R. Rose, Ph.D. University of Sussex, Professor of Biological Sciences

Hamid M. Said, Ph.D. University of Aston (England), Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology), Physiology and Biophysics, and Pediatrics in Residence

Ann K. Sakai, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Suzanne B. Sandmeyer, Ph.D. University of Washington, Chair of the Department of Biological Chemistry and Professor of Biological Chemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, and Biological Sciences

Rozanne Sandri-Goldin, Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University, Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and of Biological Sciences

Thomas F. Schilling, Ph.D. University of Oregon, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

Michael E. Selsted, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Pathology and of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Bert L. Semler, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, Chair of the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and of Biological Sciences

Donald Senear, Ph.D. University of Washington, Professor of Biological Sciences

Martin A. Smith, Ph.D. University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology and of Biological Sciences

Moyra Smith, M.D. University of Pretoria (South Africa), Ph.D. University College (London), Professor Emerita of Pediatrics (Genetics and Development)

Ivan Soltesz, Ph.D. L. Eötvös University (Hungary), Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology and of Physiology and Biophysics

George Sperling, Ph.D. Harvard University, UCI Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Sciences and of Biological Sciences

Eric J. Stanbridge, Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and of Neurobiology and Behavior

Wendell M. Stanley, Jr., Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Senior Lecturer Emeritus in Biochemistry

Robert Steele, Ph.D. Yale University, Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry and Biological Sciences

Grover C. Stephens, Ph.D. Northwestern University, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences

Oswald Steward, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Director of the Reeve-Irvine Research Center, Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology and of Neurobiology and Behavior, and Reeve-Irvine Chair in Spinal Cord Injury and Research

Georg Striedter, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior

Katumi Sumikawa, Ph.D. Imperial College, London (England), Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior

Richard Symanski, Ph.D. Syracuse University, Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences

Ji Sze, Ph.D. Purdue University, Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology

Ming Tan, M.D. The Johns Hopkins University, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and of Biological Sciences

Andrea J. Tenner, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and of Biological Sciences

Krishna K. Tewari, Ph.D. Lucknow University, Professor of Biological Sciences

Leslie M. Thompson, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Assistant Adjunct Professor of Biological Chemistry

Bruce Tromberg, Ph.D. University of Tennessee, Associate Professor of Surgery, Physiology and Biophysics, and Electrical and Computer Engineering

Marcel Verzeano, M.D. University of Pisa Medical School (Italy), Professor Emeritus of Neurobiology and Behavior

Larry E. Vickery, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Biological Chemistry, and Biological Sciences

Luis P. Villarreal, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, Professor of Biological Sciences and Neurology

Edward K. Wagner, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Biological Sciences

Ping H. Wang, M.D. Kaoshing University, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) and Biological Chemistry

Robert C. Warner, Ph.D. New York University, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences

Marian Waterman, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and of Biological Sciences

Norman M. Weinberger, Ph.D. Western Reserve University, Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior and of Cognitive Sciences

Arthur E. Weis, Ph.D. University of Illinois, Professor of Biological Sciences

John H. Weiss, M.D., Ph.D. Stanford University, Associate Professor of Neurology, Anatomy and Neurobiology, and Neurobiology and Behavior

Stephen G. Weller, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Biological Sciences

Stephen H. White, Ph.D. University of Washington, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics and of Biological Sciences

Clifford A. Woolfolk, Ph.D. University of Washington, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences

Pauline Yahr, Ph.D. University of Texas, Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior

Kyoko Yokomori, Ph.D. University of Southern California, Ph.D. of Agriculture (Veterinary Medicine) University of Tokyo, Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry and Biological Sciences


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