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DEC 8 | Two UCI researchers named fellows by the National Academy of Inventors |
NOV 21 | New UCI-led study shows repeated stress accelerates aging of the eye; Retinal aging caused by stress produces symptoms similar to those resulting from natural aging |
NOV 15 | UCI’s Oswald Steward to serve as president of Society for Neuroscience; Director of Reeve-Irvine Research Center is fourth faculty member to hold prestigious post |
NOV 13 | A Remedy for the Federally Funded Physician Shortage; Opinion by Christian Hardoy |
OCT 27 | UCI earns designation as CIRM Alpha Clinic with five-year, $8 million grant |
OCT 27 | Dr. Benoosh Afghani weighs in on The Hill article, What to know about RSV symptoms and transmission |
OCT 24 | Estée Lauder endowment will establish epigenetics fellowship at UCI; Award honors late professor-researcher Paolo Sassone-Corsi and his groundbreaking work |
OCT 19 | UCI launches Center for Neurotherapeutics to facilitate drug discovery and therapy delivery |
OCT 4 | UCI assistant professor is awarded $100,000 grant for research into women's cancers |
OCT 3 | UCI School of Medicine earns sixth consecutive Apple Distinguished School recognition |
SEP 28 | Doctors Explain Multiple Sclerosis, the Autoimmune Disease That Affects Patients From Head to Toe |
SEP 26 | UCI awarded $13.8 million federal contract to profile lipid nanoparticles; Findings will increase understanding of vaccine immune responses and side effects |
SEP 23 | New UCI-led report Illustrates potential of precision genome editing in treating inherited retinal diseases; Improvements in technology and delivery techniques could revolutionize treatment of genetic disorders of vision |
SEP 22 | UCI is key member of multi-institutional, $126 million NIH brain mapping project; Campus to receive $10 million over five years for role in Cell Atlas Network |
SEP 20 | In Memoriam: Lewis Mark Slater, MD |
SEP 19 | Precision health perspectives |
SEP 16 | UCI Podcast: The success of PRIME-LC |
SEP 15 | UCI School of Medicine PhD student group hosts coding workshops for area high schoolers |
SEP 14 | CIRM awards UCI $2.7 million to create regenerative medicine training program |
SEP 12 | UCI is ranked among nation’s top 10 public universities for eighth year in a row |
SEP 9 | Eating Artificial Sweeteners May Increase Risk of Heart Disease |
SEP 9 | CIRM Funds New Therapy for Refractory and Metastatic Solid Cancers |
SEP 8 | LEAD ABC Supports Black Medical Students and Patients |
SEP 7 | Surprising discovery by UCI-led team links Piezo1 and cholesterol during brain development; New research may provide avenues for novel treatment of diseases like Alzheimer’s |
AUG 22 | The sleep detectives |
AUG 19 | Krzysztof Palczewski, PhD, wins 2022 Ludwig von Sallmann prize |
AUG 18 | UCI School of Medicine researcher nominated for OCBJ’s 2022 Innovator of the Year |
AUG 15 | Remembering Michael W. Berns, PhD |
AUG 10 | New UCI-led study reveals computation-guided approach to suppressing cancer tumor growth |
AUG 10 | New UCI-led research reveals the circadian clock influences cell growth, metabolism and tumor progression |
AUG 5 | COVID-19 may be tied to rise in brain infections in children says Coleen Cunningham, MD, professor and chair of pediatrics at UCI |
AUG 1 | Cure for hair loss? Breakthrough study may pave the way for new treatment |
JUL 29 | Precision health perspectives |
JUL 28 | Tallie Z. Baram, UCI – Early Adversity and Brain Development |
JUL 25 | Circadian clock watchers |
JUL 21 | CBD Sales Projected to Hit $11 Billion by 2027: Is It Safe, Effective? |
JUL 19 | How to inhibit photoreceptor death? A new way to fight pigmentary retinopathy |
JUL 18 | What gene changes and blood could tell us about the opioid crisis |
JUL 13 | Research reveals how brain inflammation may link Alzheimer's risk, sleep disturbance; Multisite team included UCI, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wake Forest University |
JUL 12 | How UC Irvine is using precision medicine to target neurodegenerative diseases |
JUL 12 | Honoring the legacy of Alan B. Gazzaniga, MD |
JUL 5 | UCI researcher leads study linking ALS to immune and central nervous systems; Findings show promise of bone marrow transplants as novel treatment approach |
JUNE 24 | UCI professor honored with the Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr. Distinguished University Service Award |
JUNE 22 | Neuroscientists Create Maps of the Brain after Traumatic Brain Injury |
JUNE 22 | UCI researchers aim to diversify clinical research participation with $3.7 million NIH grant |
JUNE 17 | UCI neuroscientists create maps of the brain after traumatic brain injury; Findings shed new light on memory and epilepsy |
JUNE 14 | Daily cannabis in adolescent mice leads to lasting changes in brain immune cells |
JUNE 7 | UCI wins 5-year, $14M NIH grant to study brain circuits susceptible to aging, Alzheimer’s disease; Findings will advance development of better early diagnostic tools, new treatment strategies |
JUNE 6 | New UCI-led study reveals characteristics of stable Vitiligo skin disease; Discovery may lead to new treatments to reduce inflammation and promote repigmentation |
JUNE 6 | Melanoma researcher covers all the bases |
JUNE 2 | UCI research finds parents’ unpredictable behavior may impair optimal brain circuit formation; Disrupted development increases vulnerability to mental illness, substance abuse |
MAY 31 | New UCI-led study finds that your genetic sex determines the way your muscle “talks” to other tissues in your body |
MAY 24 | University of California Puts Teeth to Science Diversity Pledge |
MAY 5 | UCI researchers reveal possible molecular blood signature for suicide in major depression; New approach integrates blood and brain data to identify potential blood biomarkers |
MAY 4 | National Academy of Sciences names two UCI faculty members as fellows |
MAY 3 | New UCI study reveals brain circuit responsible for cocaine withdrawal-induced anxiety and relapse-related behavior; Research identifies a potential target for therapeutic interventions |
APR 30 | UCI celebrates COVID-19 vaccine scientists |
APR 27 | UCI professor wins prestigious Robert Koch Prize for groundbreaking research |
APR 21 | UCI Assistant Professor Selma Masri wins J&J WiSTEM2D Scholars Award for Science |
APR 12 | UCI participates in landmark study that reveals clearest genetic signals yet for schizophrenia risk |
APR 11 | Vision visionary UCI’s acclaimed Donald Bren Professor of Ophthalmology, Kris Palczewski, is blazing a trail of innovative research |
APR 11 | UCI assistant professor of medicine receives MERIT grant from National Cancer Institute |
APR 11 | New study from UCI reveals how to rejuvenate the immune system of elderly people and reduce their risk of infectious disease; Results identify reason for why older adults are significantly more susceptible to infectious diseases |
APR 6 | UCI-led study could usher in new paradigm for drug discovery; Impact of native lipids on rhodopsin signaling and regeneration opens door to GPCR drug discovery in native membrane environments |
APR 5 | New UCI-led study lays foundation for establishing base editing as a one-time, durable treatment for inherited retinal degeneration |
MAR 29 | UCI-led study links early life adversity, microglia dysfunction, to aberrant adult stress responses, mental illness |
MAR 23 | UCI-led study reveals how TREM2 gene mutation in brain microglia immune cells can increase Alzheimer’s risk |
MAR 17 | "We don't live in a research bubble." |
MAR 15 | UCI Health gastroenterologist honored by the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy |
MAR 14 | The other March madness: Match Day |
MAR 12 | Findings Reveal Possible Role For Peripheral Organs In Substance Use Disorders — ScienceDaily |
MAR 11 | New UCI-led study finds links between circadian rhythms, metabolism and addiction; Findings reveal possible role for peripheral organs in substance use disorders |
FEB 25 | New UCI study finds Harnessing Online Peer Education to be an effective tool for HIV prevention; Controlled trial shows increased HIV testing and reduced alcohol use among African American and Latinx MSM |
FEB 17 | Physiology & biophysics professor co-writes book on how membranes, their proteins work |
FEB 15 | University Of California, Irvine Launches Institute For Precision Health |
FEB 9 | UCI study reveals neurobiological processes occurring during puberty that trigger sex differences in learning and memory; New findings suggest optimal teaching tactics, psychiatric treatment, should adapt to reflect brain differences |
JAN 26 | UCI researchers discover cause, develop pharmacological treatment for reducing retinitis pigmentosa vision loss |
JAN 26 | In-Depth: How a scientist laid the groundwork for the mRNA COVID vaccines in San Diego |
JAN 12 | UCI-led research team discovers a molecular feature in prostate cancer with prognostic value, distinguishes ancestral differences; Expression signatures may be useful for assessing greatest risk of progression in prostate and other cancers |
JAN 11 | Engineered particles efficiently deliver gene editing proteins to cells in mice |
JAN 11 | UCI-led team first to discover new neural circuits that regulate spatial learning and memory in the brain’s hippocampal formation |
JAN 4 | Using cryo-electron tomography, UCI researchers reveal molecular mechanisms underlying mutations within the eye that lead to blindness |