John Wayne Airport parking structure closed...

John Wayne Airport parking structure closed

All four levels of the northwest parking structure at John Wayne

Airport have been closed, while the structure undergoes a seismic

retrofit.The parking structure, located on the north end of the

Thomas F. Riles Terminal, is scheduled to reopen in October. At that

time, airport managers are scheduled to close the southwest parking

structure for similar work. The southwest structure would reopen in

April.

During the work, travelers are advised to use the east parking

structure, known as Garage A2 and B2.

UCI professor honored for his cancer research

UC Irvine honored Eric Stanbridge, an internationally known expert

in the molecular genetics of cancer, with its highest faculty title

-- Distinguished Professor.

The title is reserved for senior faculty members who have achieved

the highest levels of scholarship during their careers.

Stanbridge is a professor of microbiology and molecular genetics

at the college of medicine and holds an appointment in the School of

Biological Sciences. His research focuses on the functional

characterization of genes that cause cancer and on tumor suppressor

genes that are involved in cancer predisposition and progression.

He was one of the first researchers to characterize the genetic

nature of tumor suppression and to use genetic material called

ribosomal RNA as a molecular probe to detect pathogenic

microorganisms.