Index of Features

Autumn Holmes, graduate student in the UCI School of Medicine’s Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics

Carlin Award recipient's passion for science is nothing to sneeze at

Autumn Holmes' studies could add to the body of knowledge on RNA virus-host interactions and one day may contribute to development of targeted anti-viral drugs to combat diseases caused by the large family of picornaviruses involved in the common cold.

Search for answers brings honors to graduate student

Nabila Haque sought a way to combine her love for research with her passion for clinical care. She found it.

Behrens award recipient explores colon cancer inside mini-guts

Amber Habowski, a fourth-year doctoral student, serves as program coordinator for the UC Irvine Cancer Research Institute’s Youth Science Fellowship Program for Orange County high school students, judges entries at district and regional student science fairs, and still finds time for a competitive game of soccer.

Dr. Lorna Carlin stands with UC Irvine School of Medicine student researchers.

Psychiatrist establishes fellowship for brain research

Retired psychiatrist Dr. Lorna Carlin became so interested in medical student research applications she decided to create her own fellowship award.

Shae and Alan Gazzaniga, MD, at UC Irvine, where they have created a fund to support graduate student biomedical research.

Couple funds graduate student research at UC Irvine School of Medicine

Dr. Alan Gazzaniga, former head of cardiac surgery at UC Irvine Medical Center, and his wife, Shae, are supporting the biomedical researchers of tomorrow.

UC Irvine biological chemistry graduate student Rolando Ruiz-Vega is the first recipient of the Stanley Behrens Fellow in Medicine.

Philanthropist establishes scholarship for promising young researchers

Philanthropist Stanley Behrens launches the first School of Medicine basic science research fellowship program.

Biological chemistry doctoral student Hyun-Ik Jun works in the laboratory.

Regulating cancer cells

Doctoral candidate Hyun-Ik Jun, recipient of the 2015 UC Irvine School of Medicine Outstanding Student Fellowship Award, studies the mechanisms of cancer cell growth.

Graduate student Rolando Ruiz-Vega won the 2015 student research award for his work trying to understand the genetic pathways of melanoma. .

Seeking an 'off switch' for melanoma

UC Irvine biological chemistry doctoral student Rolando Ruiz-Vega, one of two winners of the first School of Medicine Outstanding Student Fellowship award, talks about his research and passion for science.

Biochemist Bogi Andersen in his research lab at UC Irvine

UC Irvine study finds body clock protects metabolic health

Body-clock rhythms protect cells from metabolism-generated oxygen radical damage, UC Irvine study shows.

UC Irvine neurologist and multiple sclerosis expert Dr. Michael Demetriou.

UC Irvine researchers identify key immune system process

UC Irvine researchers identify a key process in immune system development, shedding light on how the body’s ability to fight infection develops.

UC Irvine Health pediatric genetics professor Dr. Virginia Kimonis

Making rare diseases their common cause

UC Irvine researchers are dedicated to finding genetic clues, giving new hope to families.

Sharine Wittkopp is a UC Irvine doctoral student

Coming up for air

Sharine Wittkopp, a UC Irvine doctoral student in environmental toxicology, has been recognized with the Stanley Behrens Public Impact Fellowship for her work on genetic expression associations with air pollution. Her particular specialty focuses on how the genes we inherit might change the way our bodies respond to the pollution in the air we breathe.