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| DEC 13 | Ryan T. Davis has been selected as the recipient of the 2019 Gazzaniga Family Medical Research Award |
| NOV 25 | Nicole Chmielewski Stivers, EHS PhD candidate, received a 2019-20 UCI Public Impact Fellowship intended to highlight research excellence toward improving lives. |
| NOV 10 | 2019 SOM Grad Day Highlights |
| OCT 24 | UCI professor, Krzysztof Palczewski, elected to National Academy of Medicine |
| OCT 8 | The prestigious Achievement Rewards for College Scientist (ARCS) was awarded to two School of Medicine PhD students. Congratulations to our newest ARCS scholars, Nicole Stivers from EHS and Morgan Dragan from Biological Chemistry! |
| SEPT 25 | Robert G. Lewis has received a UCI School of Medicine Dean’s Fellowship for his research and research presentation. Lewis is an MMG student in the lab of Emiliana Borrelli. |
| SEPT 25 | Kristianna Sarkan has received a UCI School of Medicine Dean’s Fellowship for her research presentation and leadership. Sarkan is an MMG student in the lab of Yongsheng Shi. |
| AUG 12 | Lindsey Soles Recognized with Teaching Award |
| AUG | EHS PhD candidate Nicole Stivers received a Newkirk Science&Society@UCI Dissertation Fellowship for her work on the impact of sex-differences in biomedical research. She is advised by Charles Limoli. |
| JUL 31 | Physiology & Biophysics graduate student Jesse Holt awarded Gilliam Fellowship to support diversity and inclusion in science |
| JULY | EHS PhD student Kelli Malott received a Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program Predoctoral Fellowship for her project on Oxidative Stress in Benzo(a)pyrene Induced Primordial Germ Cell Death. |
| JULY | Kevin Nee, MD/PhD student, Biological Chemistry, received an NIH NIA F30 grant for his project, “Investigating the role of pericytes as regulators of breast tissue homeostasis and cancer”. |
| JULY | EHS PhD candidate, Marisa Nielsen presented at an oral symposium and poster session at the American Society for Microbiology, San Francisco, CA. |
| JULY | School of Medicine ranks among the top 50 medical schools for research in U.S. News |
| JULY | EHS PhD candidate, Marisa Nielsen's "Alterations of the human skin microbiome after ocean water exposure" was accepted for publication in Marine Pollution Bulletin. |
| JUNE | Gianna Fote, MSTP student & PhD candidate, Biological Chemistry, received an NIH NIA F30 grant for her project, “Defining the Function of APOE in Autophagy & Neurodegeneration”. |
| JUNE | The Office of Graduate Studies congratulates the 2019 MS, PhD and MSTP students participating in commencement ceremonies. |
| JUNE | The 2019 Stanley Behrens Fellow in Medicine has been awarded to PhD candidate Zane Norman, Biological Chemistry, Kaiser Lab. |
| JUNE | Andrea Reyes-Ortiz, PhD candidate from Biological Chemistry, received a 2019 Behrens Research Excellence Award. Reyes-Ortiz is in the Thompson Lab. |
| JUNE | Marlene Cervantes, PhD candidate from Biological Chemistry, received a 2019 Behrens Research Excellence Award. Cervantes is in the Sassone-Corsi Lab. |
| MAY | PhD candidate Ceazar Nave, P&B, received an honorable mention award for the 2019 President's Dissertation Year Fellowship. Nave is advised by professor Todd Holmes. |
| MAY | PhD candidate Amber Habowski, MMG, was awarded a 2019 UCI Graduate Dean's Dissertation Fellowship. Habowski is advised by professor Marian Waterman. |
| MAY | Ghaidaa Kashgari, PhD candidate, Biological Chemistry, presented a poster at the Annual Meeting for Complex Biological Systems (CCBS), Los Angeles, CA. She is advised by Professor Bogi Andersen. |
| APR 26 | A physician-scholar first; UCI grad student Sarah O’Dell is pursuing both an MD and a doctorate in the humanities |
| APR | Microbiology and Molecular Genetics PhD student Linzi Hosohama was awarded a prestigious 2019 NSF GRFP fellowship. Hosohama is advised by professor Marian Waterman. |
| APR | Anatomy and Neurobiology PhD student Julian Quintanilla was awarded a prestigious 2019 NSF GRFP fellowship. Quintanilla is advised by professor Gary Lynch. |
| APR | Maribel Cervantes-Ortega received the UCI SOM Excellence in Research and Health for the Latino Community award. A PhD student in Epidemiology, she is co-advised by professors Dara Sorkin and Karen Edwards. |
| MAR | MSTP student and EHS PhD Candidate Sarah Smith has been elected to the AMA Board of Trustees. |
| FEB | Nicole Stivers, EHS PhD candidate, received an NIH-funded UCI ICTS TL-1 trainee award. Stivers is advised by professor Charles Limoli. |
| FEB | Autumn Holmes, MMG PhD candidate, is featured in UCI News covering Black History Month. Holmes conducts polio virus experiments hoping to find treatment for pathogens. |
| JAN | Current ARCS scholars, Naomi Lomeli, Amber Habowski, Brianna Craver, Gianna Fote attended the annual ARCS Scholars Luncheon on January 23, 2019. |
| JAN | Samantha Merwin, PhD student, EHS, received a 2019 Brython Davis Fellowship. The award recognizes academic promise for children of service members or veterans of the U.S. Navy or Marine Corps. |
| JAN | The 2018 Graduate Studies newsletter highlights student achievement. (link to newsletter) |
| JAN | 2018 SOM Grad Day Video showcases student research, the faculty vs. student soccer match and selfie contest. (link to video) |
| JAN | MS BATS alum, Harwood Garland published in International Social Science Review: Vol. 94: Iss. 3, Article 20. |
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| DEC | MD/PhD student Gianna Fote, Biological Chemistry, is the recipient of the 2018 Dr. Lorna Carlin Scholar Award. The School of Medicine is grateful to Dr. Lorna Carlin for supporting promising graduate student research. Fote is co-advised by professors Joan Steffan & Leslie Thompson. |
| DEC | Brianna Craver, PhD candidate, Biological Chemistry, received an Abstract Achievement Award for her poster at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology, San Diego, CA. She is advised by Dr. Angela Fleischman. |
| DEC | Betty Lai, PhD student, Biological Chemistry, published a first-author paper, "Defective Negative Regulation of Toll-like Receptor Signaling Contributes to Elevated TNF in Myeloproliferative Neoplasm” Blood Advances, December 2018. She is advised by Dr. Angela Fleischman. |
| DEC | Kay Linker, PhD candidate, Anatomy & Neurobiology, co-advised by professors Frances Leslie & Marcelo Wood, received a Public Impact Distinguished Fellowship. Linker investigates the role of the brain’s immune system in adolescent drug use and mechanisms underlying addiction vulnerability. |
| DEC | PhD candidate, Autumn Holmes, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, will enter the Stanford Postdoctoral Recruitment in Sciences and Medicine (PRISM) program. She is advised by professor Bert Semler. |
| NOV | Jan Frankowski, PhD Candidate, Anatomy & Neurobiology, presented a poster at the Society for Neuroscience Conference, San Diego, CA. He is advised by professor Robert Hunt. |
| NOV | Maribel Cervantes Ortega, PhD student, Epidemiology, presented at the American Public Health Association Conference, San Diego, CA, November, 2018. She is advised by professor Karen Edwards. |
| NOV | Postdoctoral scholar, Young Kim, Anatomy & Neurobiology, presented at the Society for Neuroscience Conference, San Diego, CA, November 2018. Kim is advised by professor Robert Hunt. |
| NOV | PhD candidate Andrew Yale presented "Highly-branched N-glycans generated by MGAT5 control neural stem cell differentiation and protein expression" at ISSCR 2018 (International Society for Stem Cell Research), Melbourne, Australia and the 2018 Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, California. |
| NOV | Experimental Pathology student Tom Caldwell, was awarded a NIH Virology Training Grant for 2018-2019 to study HIV transmission selectivity. His adviser is Dr. Donald Forthal. |
| NOV | Sarah Joy Cross, PhD candidate, Anatomy and Neurobiology, presented her poster "Developmental and sex differences in kappa opioid receptor activity in limbic brain areas" at the 2018 Society for Neuroscience. Cross is advised by Frances Leslie. |
| NOV | Jessica Flesher, PhD candidate in the Department of Biological Chemistry, has received the 2018 Gazzaniga Family Medical Research Award. Flesher is advised by Dr. Anand Ganesan. |
| NOV | UCI researchers uncover evidence of restored vision in rats following cell transplant |
| OCT | PhD candidate, EHS, Marisa Chattman Nielsen presented at The Southern California American Society for Microbiology, San Diego, CA. Her research focuses on the effects of environmental exposures on the human microbiome. Nielsen is advised by professor Sunny Jiang. |
| OCT | PhD candidate Andrew Yale, Anatomy & Neurobiology, published "Cell surface N-glycans influence electrophysiological properties and fate potential of neural stem cells", Stem Cell Reports. He is advised by professor Lisa Flanagan. |
| OCT | Gianna Fote, PhD candidate, Biological Chemistry, presented at the Hereditary Disease Foundation Symposium, Boston, MA. Fote is co-advised by professors Joan Steffan and Leslie Thompson. |
| OCT | Biomedical & Translational Science alum, Abhinav Grover, MD presented at the American Society for Human Genetics Annual meeting, San Diego, California. Watch the interview, "What is currently exciting in genetics?" |
| OCT | Dr. Tina Saber, MS-BATS student, presented at the American Association of Chest Physicians conference, San Antonio TX and the MHSRS meeting in Florida. Saber is advised by Dr. Matthew Brenner. |
| OCT | Jessica Flesher, PhD candidate, Biological Chemistry, presented at the Joint Montagna Skin Symposium & PanAmerican Society for Pigment Cell Research (PASPCR) Conference, October 2018, Oregon. She is advised by Dr. Anand Ganesan. |
| OCT | The prestigious Achievement Rewards for College Scientist (ARCS) was awarded to two School of Medicine PhD candidates from the Department of Biological Chemistry. Congratulations to our newest ARCS scholars, Brianna Craver and Gianna Fote! |
| OCT | PhD Candidate Ceazar Nave, Physiology & Biophysics, is the recipient of a 2019 School of Medicine Dean’s Fellowship recognizing his outstanding research and presentation delivery. Mr. Nave is advised by professor Todd Holmes. |
| OCT | The 2018 School of Medicine Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award goes to professors Trina Norden-Krichmar, Yongsheng Shi and Luohua Jiang. The award recognizes exemplary teaching accomplishments including student motivation and inspiration, commitment to student mentoring, effective and innovative teaching strategies, and extraordinary student evaluation scores and comments. Congratulations! |
| SEP | MS-BATS alum, Abhinav Grover, MD served as discussion leader for prostate cancer genetics at the California Initiative for Precision Medicine Project, Irvine, CA. |
| SEP | MS-BATS alum, Abhinav Grover, MD published “Association of race, socioeconomic status and stress with Decipher® genomic classifier risk scores and gene expression: Implications on prostate cancer personalized treatments” |
| SEP | Environmental Health Sciences PhD candidate Ron Leavitt presented at the annual Radiation Research Society Meeting, September 2018, Chicago, IL. Leavitt is advised by professor Charles Limoli. |
| SEP | Ron Leavitt, EHS PhD candidate, published a review article "miRNA-based therapeutic potential of stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles: a safe cell-free treatment to ameliorate radiation-induced brain injury", International Journal of Radiation Biology, September 2018. He is advised by Charles Limoli, PhD. |
| SEP | School of Medicine welcomes PhD and MS students |
| SEP | UCI Ranked #7 Public University by US News and World Report |
| AUG | UCI Ties for #1 Top Coolest Schools 2018 (link to article) |
| AUG | UCI listed as #3 in the 25 best colleges in the US (link to Money) |
| JULY | Microbiology & Molecular Genetics PhD candidate, Autumn Holmes, presented at the American Society for Virology meeting in July. Holmes is advised by professor Bert Semler. |
| JUNE | The Office of Graduate Studies congratulates the 2018 MS, PhD and MSTP students participating in commencement ceremonies. |
| JUNE | MS-BATS and MD candidate Jessica Andrusaitis' recent publications and projects delve into the delivery of emergency medicine as influenced by social determinants of health and healthcare. Read more by clicking on link. |
| JUNE | Microbiology and Molecular Genetics PhD candidate George Tsun-Te Chen gave a short talk at the International Conference of Systems Biology at UCLA, June 4-6, 2018. George is advised by professor Marian Waterman. |
| JUNE | Biological Chemistry PhD candidate Jessica Flesher published a co-first author publication "PIKfyve regulates melanosome biogenesis" in PLoS Genetics, March 27, 2018. Jessica is advised by Dr. Anand Ganesan. |
| JUNE | Physiology and Biophysics PhD candidate Lisa Soyeon Baik received the Konopka Excellence Award for her oral presentation "Circadian Modulation of UV Light Avoidance Behavior in Drosophila" at the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms Conference, May 2018, Amelia Island, FL. Baik is advised by professor Todd Holmes. |
| JUNE | Physiology and Biophysics student Ceazar Nave presented his research, "Social jet lag evokes Drosophila circadian neural network desynchrony", at the Society for Research in Biological Rhythms (SRBR) conference in Amelia Island Florida, May 12-16, 2018. Ceazar is advised by Professor Todd Holmes. |
| JUNE | MS-BATS student Veena Mathew presented a poster, “Willingness to Participate in Natural History Studies amongst Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis Patients”, at the American Academy of Neurology in Los Angeles, CA on April 24, 2018. Veena is advised by Dr. Tahseen Mozaffar. |
| JUNE | MS-BATS candidate Linda My Huynh presented her moderated poster on Unintended Consequences of Decreased PSA-based Prostate Cancer Screening at the national American Urological Association Meeting, May 16-20, 2018, San Francisco, CA. The poster was awarded best of the session. Huynh is advised by Drs. Thomas Ahlering and Sheldon Greenfield. |
| JUNE | Biological Chemistry PhD candidate Gianna Fote presented at the Gordon Research Seminar on Autophagy meeting held March 18-23, 2018, Tuscany, Italy. Fote is advised by professors Leslie Thompson and Joan Steffan. |
| JUNE | Physiology and Biophysics postdoctoral fellow Subrata Sabui presented a lecture at Digestive Disease Week, June 2-5, 2018, Washington DC. He is doing research in professor Hamid Said’s lab. |
| MAY | Biological Chemistry student Brianna Craver published a first-author review, "The Critical Role of Inflammation in the Pathogenesis and Progression of Myeloid Malignancies” in Cancers, April 2018, doi:10.3390/cancers10040104. Brianna is advised by professor Angela Fleischman. |
| MAY | UCI's Oncoslayers raised over $4,000 for cancer research at the 2018 Anti-Cancer Challenge. |
| MAY | Physiology & Biophysics PhD student Katrina Evans is the recipient of the 2018 Stanley Behrens Fellows in Medicine award. The School of Medicine is grateful to the Stanley Behrens Foundation for recognizing promising graduate student research. Evans is advised by Professor Devon Lawson. |
| MAY | Biological Sciences PhD student Brianna Craver has been named the 2018 School of Medicine Outstanding Student. The recipient was selected based on academic excellence, scientific promise, scholarly/professional potential, and service to the university community. Craver is advised by Professor Angela Fleischman. |
| MAY | Physiology & Biophysics PhD student Jenna Kastenschmidt received a 2018 Stanley Behrens Honorable Mention award from the Stanley Behrens Foundation. Additional support was given by SOM benefactor Dr. Lorna Carlin. Kastenschmidt is advised by Professor Armando Villalta. |
| MAY | Microbiology & Molecular Genetics PhD student Hossein Shenasa received a 2018 Stanley Behrens Honorable Mention award from the Stanley Behrens Foundation. Additional support was given by SOM benefactor Dr. Lorna Carlin. Shenasa is advised by Professor Klemens Hertel. |
| MAY | Anatomy and Neurobiology PhD candidate Andrew Yale was granted an award from SOM benefactor Dr. Lorna Carlin for research on impacts of N-glycan branching on neural stem/progenitor cell fate potential and the relation to membrane capacitance. Yale is advised by Professor Lisa Flanagan. |
| MAY | Biological Chemistry PhD candidate Quy Nguyen was granted an award from SOM benefactor Dr. Lorna Carlin for research on breast cancer cell identification in BRCA1 tumorigenesis. Nguyen is advised by Professor Kai Kessenbrock. |
| MAY | The UCI Celebration of Community Engagement recognized REACH OUT TEACH OUT with the Campus Organization Excellence in Service Award. Microbiology & Molecular Genetics PhD candidate Autumn Holmes co-founded the group to connect SOM graduate students, UCI research labs and high school science programs. |
| MAY | PhD candidate Lisa Baik, Physiology and Biophysics, was awarded a 2018 UCI Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship. Baik’s focuses on novel phototransduction mechanisms and seeks to develop light-based strategies to control harmful insects. She is advised by Professor Todd Holmes. |
| MAY | PhD candidate Naomi Lomeli, Experimental Pathology, was awarded a 2018 UCI President’s Dissertation Year Fellowship. Lomeli examines the mechanisms of cisplatin-induced chemotherapy-related cognitive impairments (CRCI). Cisplatin is used to treat advanced ovarian cancer and other malignancies. She is advised by Dr. Daniela Bota. |
| APR | MS-BATS students Jennifer Maffre, Veena Mathew, Harwood Garland, Gracie Maldonado and Charles Lin shared advice with UCI undergraduates considering healthcare careers on the Medical Career Pathways Panel. |
| APR | Physiology & Biophysics PhD student Karissa J. Munoz was awarded a prestigious 2018 NSF GRFP fellowship. Congratulations Karissa! |
| APR | SOM Graduate Students to Join the Oncoslayers for the 2018 UCI Anti-Cancer Challenge! Team up to run, walk, donate! |
| APR | PhD candidate Marlene Cervantes, Biological Chemistry, received the UCI School of Medicine Excellence in Research and Health for the Latino Community award. Her research involves circadian clock machinery functionally implicated in the nucleolus. She is advised by Professor Paolo Sassone-Corsi. |
| MAR | PhD candidate Andrew Yale received a 2018 Brython Davis Fellowship. The award recognizes outstanding academic achievement and promise for children of service members or veterans of the U.S. Navy or Marine Corps. Yale is a student in the Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, advised by professor Lisa Flanagan. |
| MAR | Gianna Fote and Christie Lynn Mortales place second and third in 2018 Grad Slam finals. |
| MAR | The 2018 UCI Grad Slam finalists have been announced. The School of Medicine congratulates finalists Sarah Cross, Megan Curran, Gianna Fote and Christie Lynn Mortales! Click the link for more information. |
| MAR | Biomedical and Translational Science student Dr. Abhinav Grover's published paper is entitled, "Optimization of CRISPR mediated genome correction of Pompe disease-specific GAA mutations in C2C12 mouse myoblasts", February 2018 Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 123(2); S56. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2017.12.133. |
| MAR | Biomedical and Translational Science student Dr. Abhinav Grover was an author on "Characterization of CRISPR-Cas9 generated Pompe disease models", February 2018 Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 123(2); S66-S67.doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2017.12.163. Grover is advised by Drs. Raymond Wang and Sheldon Greenfield. |
| FEB | Environmental Health Sciences PhD candidate Roxana Khalili's first author publication in the February, 2018 Journal of Environmental Health is entitled "Early-life exposure to PM2.5 and acute asthma clinical encounters among children in Massachusetts: a case-crossover analysis". Khalili is advised by professor Veronica Vieira. |
| FEB | Biomedical and Translational Science student Abhinav Grover, MD presented a poster at WORLDSymposium conference on lysosomal disorders held February, 2018, San Diego, California. Grover is advised by Drs. Raymond Wang and Sheldon Greenfield. |
| JAN | Microbiology and Molecular Genetics PhD student Robert G. Lewis co-authored a study in PNAS January 2018 titled, "Differential regulation of striatal motor behavior and related cellular responses by dopamine D2L and D2S isoforms". Robert is advised by professor Emiliana Borrelli. |
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| DEC | Biomedical and Translational Science student Abhinav Grover, MD was a panel member for a "Genetics and Genomics Research in Medicine" discussion held November 2017 during CHOC Research week at CHOC Childrens' Hospital. |
| DEC | MS-BATS Student, Harwood R. Garland II delivered a keynote speech to the American Chemical Society; chronicling UCI’s late Nobel laureate Dr. Sherwood Rowland and the lessons we can learn from his life. |
| DEC | Avital Fischer, PhD Candidate in the Department of Epidemiology under supervision of Dr. Anton-Culver, published her work in Clinical Breast Cancer titled "Negative Valence Life Events Promote Breast Cancer Development", Fischer, A., Ziogas, A., Anton-Culver, H. |
| DEC | Brianna Craver, PhD student in Biological Chemistry, presented her poster at the American Society of Hematology 59th Annual International Conference in Atlanta, GA. She also won an Abstract Achievement Award for her poster. She is advised by Dr. Angela Fleischman. |
| NOV | PhD Candidate Lisa Soyeon Baik, Physiology & Biophysics, spoke at the 2017 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Neurobiology of Drosophila meeting. Her presentation was titled, "Circadian Modulation of UV light Avoidance Behavior in Drosophila". Ms. Baik is advised by Professor Todd Holmes. |
| NOV | PhD Candidate Lisa Soyeon Baik, Physiology & Biophysics, gave a presentation on "Drosophila Circadian Clock Entrainment by Novel Phototransduction Pathways and Subsequent Modulation of Light-evoked Behaviors" at the 2017 UCSD Center for Circadian Biology Fall Workshop on Biological Timing, La Jolla, CA. Ms. Baik is advised by Professor Todd Holmes. |
| NOV | PhD candidate Autumn Holmes, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, is the recipient of the first 2017 Dr. Lorna Carlin Scholar Award. The School of Medicine is grateful to Dr. Lorna Carlin for supporting promising graduate student research. Ms. Holmes is advised by Professor Bert Semler. |
| NOV | PhD Candidate Sarah Cross, Anatomy & Neurobiology (advised by professor Frances Leslie), was awarded a 2017-18 UCI Public Impact Fellowship. Ms. Cross seeks to understand the neurobiological consequences of concurrent tobacco and alcohol use during adolescence, with a focus on how the kappa opioid receptor system is affected. The award supports student research demonstrating the potential to significantly improve or enrich life. |
| NOV | Harwood Garland, MS student, Biomedical and Translational Science, presented his health policy paper, "Should Military Service Members Be Protected Under the Common Rule?" to the Pi Gamma Mu Triennial Convention in Kansas City, November 3, 2017. Mr. Garland is advised by Drs. Sheldon Greenfield and Joel Adelson. |
| NOV | Harwood Garland, MS student, Biomedical and Translational Science, presented the keynote at the American Chemical Society awards dinner, May 2017. (Website, Photos) He also co-presented his work on methane and landfills at the California Higher Education Sustainability Conference with professor Donald Blake, July 2017 (Website). Mr. Garland is advised by Dr. Sheldon Greenfield. |
| NOV | Harwood Garland’s abstract, co-authored by Drs. Ralph Clayman and Ramy Yaacoub, was published in the Journal of Urology (April 2016): "Evaluation Of Global Continental Urology Residency Training Programs" (Journal of Urology Link). Mr. Garland is an MS student in the Biomedical and Translational Science Program. |
| OCT | UC Irvine School of Medicine holds its first Grad Day in honor of our new dean, Michael J. Stamos, MD. |
| OCT | Congratulation to professors Haoping Liu, Bert Semler and Klemens Hertel, whose valued teaching accomplishments have merited the 2017 School of Medicine's Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award. |
| OCT | Professor Leslie Thompson is quoted in Huffington Post about her stem cell research on Huntington's disease. |
| OCT | Professor Paolo Sassone-Corsi is quoted in Discover magazine about his research on caloric restriction and longevity. |
| OCT | Linda My Huynh, Biomedical & Translational Sciences MS candidate, presented at the World Congress of Endourology in Canada in September. She is advised by Dr. Thomas Ahlering. |
| OCT | The prestigious Achievement Rewards for College Scientist (ARCS) has been awarded to two School of Medicine PhD candidates. Congratulations to our newest ARCS scholars, Naomi Lomeli, Experimental Pathology and Amber Habowski, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics! |
| SEP | UC Irvine gets $200 million pledge for integrative medicine |
| SEP | UC Irvine and UCLA are teaming up on a commitment to fight cancer. |
| SEP | UC Irvine, UCLA dominate U.S. News & World Report rankings; see how other California colleges ranked. |
| SEP | UC Irvine ranks 9th among nation's public universities. |
| AUG | Autumn Holmes, PhD Candidate in Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, presented her poster at the International Union of Microbiological Sciences (IUMS) conference this summer in Singapore. Ms. Holmes is advised by Professor Bert Semler. |
| SEP | Clara Ziadeh, PhD candidate in Epidemiology, has published a study about Cancer risk in different generations of Middle Eastern immigrants to California. International Journal of Cancer. DOI: 10.1002/ijc.30928, Ziadeh C, Ziogas A, Anton-Culver H (2017). Ms. Ziadeh is advised by Professor Hoda Anton-Culver. |
| AUG | Congratulations to Professors Haoping Liu, Klemens Hertel and Bert Semler, recipients of the 2017 School of Medicine Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award. Their exemplary teaching accomplishments include student motivation and inspiration, commitment to student mentoring, effective and innovative teaching strategies , and extraordinary student evaluation scores and comments. Well done! |
| AUG | David Herman, PhD student in Environmental Health Sciences, presented a poster at the 2017 Air & Waste Management Conference titled “How Does Co-Exposing ApoE-/- Mice with Various Forms of Concentrated Ambient PM2.5 and Ozone Affect Normal Electrocardiogram Measurements?” and received first place in the 2017 Doctoral Student Competition. Mr. Herman is advised by Dr. Michael Kleinman. |
| AUG | The first-ever "Art of Research" Gallery featured images to be auctioned off to benefit UCI’s Anti-Cancer Challenge. Pictures were produced by SOM students and postdocs. The gallery was curated by George Chen and local company, Woodsnap. |
| AUG | George Chen, PhD candidate in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, presented a poster at the Salk "Mechanisms and Models of Cancer" meeting in La Jolla, CA, August 2017. Mr. Chen is advised by Professor Marian Waterman. |
| AUG | School of Medicine PhD Candidate Elyse van Spyk has published a study in Cell Reports, under the supervision Dr. Bogi Andersen: Time-restricted feeding shifts the skin circadian clock and alters UVB-induced DNA damage. Wang H*, Van Spyk E N*, Liu Q, Geyfman M, Salmans M L, Kumar V, Ihler A, Li N, Takahashi J S, Andersen B. Cell Reports 2017 Aug: 20(5): 1061-1071 |
| AUG | Dr. Paolo Sassone-Corsi, UC Irvine professor and director of the Center for Epigenetics and Metabolism, is quoted in Daily Mail article. |
| JULY | UC Irvine ranked number one in Business Insider article titled, “The 10 best colleges to attend if you love the beach”. Click link for article. |
| JUNE | Physiology and Biophysics PhD candidate Lisa Baik co-authored "A rhodopsin in the brain functions in circadian photoentrainment in Drosophila," published in Nature. She is advised by Professor Todd Holmes. |
| JUNE | The SOM Office of Graduates studies acknowledges students participating in the 2017 Commencement Ceremonies. |
| JUNE | Microbiology & Molecular Genetics PhD student Nabila Haque received the first Gazzaniga Family Medical Research Award. We thank the Gazzaniga family for supporting graduate student research that can lead to scientific discovery. |
| MAY | Microbiology & Molecular Genetics student Amber Habowski placed second in the science blitz competition at the 2017 UC Irvine NSF/GRFP Research Awardee Symposium. She is advised by Professor Marian Waterman. |
| MAY | Dr. Michael Kleinman, UC Irvine professor of Environmental Health Sciences, is quoted in CBSLA News article. |
| MAY | Dr. Ulrike Luderer, UC Irvine professor of Environmental Health Sciences, is quoted in PNAS Journal article. |
| MAY | Microbiology & Molecular Genetics PhD student Amber Habowski is the recipient of the 2017 Stanley Behrens Fellows in Medicine award. The School of Medicine is grateful to the Stanley Behrens Foundation for recognizing promising graduate student research. Habowski is advised by Professor Marian Waterman. |
| MAY | Pharmacology PhD candidate Shiwei Liu has been named the 2017 School of Medicine Outstanding Student. The recipient was selected based on academic excellence, scientific promise, scholarly/professional potential, and service to the university community. Liu received additional support from the Stanley Behrens Foundation. Mr. Liu is advised by Professor Catherine Cahill. |
| MAY | Microbiology & Molecular Genetics PhD student Nabila Haque has received a 2017 Stanley Behrens Honorable Recognition award from the Stanley Behrens Foundation. Ms. Haque is advised by Professor Yongsheng Shi |
| MAY | Anatomy and Neurobiology PhD candidate Naomi Lomeli was granted an award from SOM benefactor, Lorna Carlin, MD, for research on chemotherapy-related cognitive impairments (CRCI). Ms. Lomeli is advised by Dr. Daniela Bota. |
| MAY 09 | Sherrie Kaplan, PhD, SOM Assistant Vice Chancellor, quoted about UCI program that coaches patients through hurdles before they meet with their doctor. |
| MAY 09 | Daniele Piomelli, PhD, SOM Anatomy and Neurobiology Professor, discusses UCI interdisciplinary cannabis research institute |
| MAR 21 | A Call for Nominations has been issued for the 2017 Stanley Behrens Fellows in Medicine Program. Application deadline is April 10, 2017. |
| MAR | UC Irvine School of Medicine ranks #48 among best graduate program according to 2018 US News and World Report. |
| MAR | Microbiology and Molecular Genetics PhD student Francisco Carranza was awarded a prestigious 2017 NSF GRFP fellowship. Carranza is advised by professor Klemens Hertel. |
| MAR | Physiology & Biophysics PhD student Hugo You-Hsien Lin to present a poster at the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis Meeting (APCM-ISPD), March 2017, Guangzhou, China. Lin is advised by professor Ping H. Wang. |
| MAR | Physiology & Biophysics PhD student Hugo You-Hsien Lin is second author on a paper in Scientific Reports titled "Glycosuria and Renal Outcomes in Patients with Nondiabetic Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease." Lin is advised by professor Ping H. Wang. |
| MAR | Physiology & Biophysics PhD student Hugo You-Hsien Lin is first author on a paper in Scientific Reports titled "Association of Renal Elasticity and Renal Function Progression in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Evaluated by Real-Time Ultrasound Elastography." Lin is advised by professor Ping H. Wang. |
| MAR | PhD candidate Christie-Lynn Mortales received the 2017 Brython Davis Fellowship. Mortales, a student in the Department of Microbiology& Molecular Genetics, is advised by professor Michael Demetriou. |
| MAR | Experimental Pathology PhD Candidate Naomi Lomeli co-authored two recently published articles: “Cisplatin-induced mitochondrial dysfunction is associated with impaired cognitive function in rats” in the journal Free Radical Biology and Medicine, and “Systemic cisplatin exposure during infancy and adolescence causes impaired cognitive function in adulthood” in the journal Behavioural Brain Research. Lomeli is advised by professor Daniela Bota. |
| MAR | Epidemiology MD/PhD candidate Avital Fischer received the American Psychosomatic Society 2017 Medical Student/Resident/Fellow Travel Scholarship to present her work titled "Life Event Valence and Breast Cancer Risk: The Promoting Effect of Negative Valence Life Events" at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society in Spain. Fischer is advised by professor Hoda Anton-Culver. |
| MAR | The School of Medicine recognizes Amber Habowski’s training at the Hubrecht Institute with Dr. Hans Clevers lab studying "Organoid Culturing, Wnt Signaling & Cancer." |
| MAR | Epidemiology PhD Candidate Kristen Hirahatake will present her research, “Diet Quality and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Postmenopausal Women with Type 2 Diabetes: the Women’s Health Initiative”, at the American Heart Association Epi Lifestyle Scientific Sessions in Portland, Oregon. Ms. Hirahatake was also awarded an Early Investigator Travel Award for her abstract. Ms. Hirahatake is advised by professor Andrew Odegaard. |
| MAR | Lisa Baik, PhD candidate in physiology and biophysics, presented her poster "Cryptochrome Mediates Behavioral Executive Choice in Response to UV Light” at the 8th annual 2016 Center for Circadian Biology Symposium. She is advised by Professor Todd Holmes. |
| MAR | Lisa Baik, PhD candidate in physiology and biophysics, is coauthor of “Cryptochrome mediates behavioral executive choice in response to UV light,” published in PNAS in January 2017. |
| FEB | Biological chemistry PhD candidate Rolando Ruiz-Vega co-authored "ATR Mutations Promote the Growth of Melanoma Tumors by Modulating the Immune Microenvironment" in Cell Reports. He is advised by Dr. Anand Ganesan. |
| FEB 14 | Dr. Jack Lin, UC Irvine professor of neurology, is quoted in OC Weekly article. |
| FEB 08 | Scary movies help UC Irvine researchers, led by epilepsy expert Dr. Jack Lin, identify key brain circuits for processing fear. |
| FEB | Epidemiology student Shantell Nolen will cycle 4,000 miles across country on Team Portland to spread awareness about young adults with cancer. The Ulman cancer event raises needed money, click to visit website. |
| FEB | PhD candidate Galina Schmunk will co-chair a Gordon Research Seminar on Calcium Signaling in Lucca, Italy on June 17-18, 2017. Students and postdocs present and exchange new data in this unique forum. Ms. Schmunk is advised by professor Jay Gargus. |
| FEB | Rolando Ruiz-Vega is awarded the 2017 University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship. Mr. Ruiz-Vega, a student in the Department of Biological Chemistry, is advised by Anand Ganesan. |
| FEB | Charles Limoli quoted in US News & World Report on research suggesting space travel affects the brain. |
| FEB | UC Irvine ranks nationally in upward mobility |
| JAN | As a world leader in high quality research and graduate education, UC Irvine's plan to invest in doctoral students includes increasing PhD admission by 35% over the next 5 years. |
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| DEC | 1.1 billion reasons to feel good about 2016. |
| DEC | Giving New Meaning to ’Eater Nation. |
| DEC | UC Irvine awarded $4.5 million for study of the genetic benefits of exercise. |
| DEC | Doctoral Programs at UC Irvine |
| DEC | UC Irvine opens doctoral programs to hundreds more students. |
| DEC | UC Irvine School of Medicine Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Anthony James, is quoted about his work with genetically modify mosquitoes to make the insects resistant to malaria. |
| NOV | Alzheimer's researcher, Dr. Claudia Kawas featured on 60 Minutes |
| NOV | PhD students Yanjun Sun, Anatomy & Neurobiology (Advised by Xiangmin Xu, PhD) and Shiwei Liu, Pharmacology (Advised by Catherine Cahill, PhD), were awarded a 2016-17 UCI Public Impact Fellowship for their work demonstrating the potential to significantly improve or enrich the lives of people in California and beyond. |
| NOV | School of Medicine basic scientists David Reinkensmeyer, professor of anatomy and neurobiology and mechanical and aerospace engineering, and Sidney Golub, professor emeritus of microbiology and molecular genetics, receive UC Irvine 2016-2017 Distinguished Faculty Awards. |
| OCT | Congratulation to Drs. John Billimek and Marian Waterman for their valued teaching accomplishments that have merited the 2016 School of Medicine Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award. The awardees were selected in recognition of their ability to inspire and motivate students, their noteworthy commitment to student mentoring, their ability to develop and implement rich effective and innovative teaching strategies ,and their extraordinary student evaluation scores and comments. |
| OCT | Retired UC Irvine thoracic surgeon Dr. Alan Gazzaniga and his family have endowed the Gazzaniga Family Research Award to support promising School of Medicine graduate student research in biomedicine. Learn about Gazzaniga’s vision for this remarkable gift. |
| OCT | UC Irvine School of Medicine epidemiologist Hoda Anton-Culver to co-lead an ambitious statewide precision medicine effort. |
| OCT | UC Irvine is named among the three healthiest universities in the western United States. |
| OCT | Radiation Oncology professor Charles Limoli, quoted in Fox News Science’s "Astronauts Going to Mars Could Face Brain Damage, Study Warns." |
| OCT | Biological Chemistry PhD candidate Elyse van Spyk published a chapter titled "Skin Stress Response Pathways, Regulation of Cutaneous Stress Response Pathways by the Circadian Clock: From Molecular Pathways to Therapeutic Opportunities" for a book series through Springer International Publishing, Switzerland 2016, 281-300. She is advised by Professor Bogi Andersen. |
| OCT | Daniel Haensel, fourth-year biological chemistry PhD candidate, presented at the Gordon Research Conference in Hong Kong, August, 2016. His poster was titled "EMT-Inhibiting Transcription Factor Ovol2 Regulates Mouse Skin Epithelial Regeneration and Repair." He is advised by Xing Dai. |
| SEP | Physiology and Biophysics PhD candidate Craig Gutierrez is appointed to the Chemical and Structural Biology Training Program. He is advised by Lan Huang, PhD. |
| SEP 13 | UC Irvine is ranked 9th among nation’s public universities by U.S. News & World Report. |
| SEP 06 | Microbiologist and molecular genetics professor Anthony James, PhD, talks about the "gene drive" at the International Union for Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress. |
| AUG 26 | Anatomy & Neurobiology professor Daniele Piomelli is quoted in LA Weekly's "Opiate Addiction Experts Turn to Marijuana as Safer Alternative to Pain Relief.” |
| AUG 16 | Epidemiology Chair Hoda Anton-Culver, PhD, is quoted by CNN in "How Much a Decade of Obesity Raises Your Cancer Risk.” |
| AUG | Biological chemistry PhD candidate Rolando Ruiz-Vega is first to receive the Stanley Behrens Fellows in Medicine award. The School of Medicine is grateful to the Stanley Behrens Foundation for recognizing promising graduate student research. Ruiz is advised by Dr. Anand Ganesan. |
| AUG | Biological Chemistry PhD candidate Jinqiang Liu received the School of Medicine's Outstanding Student Award. The recipient was selected based on academic excellence, scientific promise, scholarly/professional potential, and service to the university community. Liu received support from the Stanley Behrens Foundation. Mr. Liu is advised by Dr. Feng Qiao. |
| AUG | Longtime UC Irvine benefactor Stanley Behrens explains why he created the School of Medicine's first fellowship program for graduate students in medical research. |
| AUG | Anatomy and Neurobiology PhD candidate Eric Gold was granted an award from Lorna Carlin, MD for his research on the mechanisms underlying the neuropathological changes that occur as a result of traumatic brain injury. Mr. Gold is advised by Dr. Brian Cummings. |
| AUG | Department of Epidemiology and Medical Scientist Training Program student Marcella Evans was granted a National Institute of Aging F31 Ruth. L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, a multi-year Individual Pre-doctoral Fellowship Award to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research. Evans is the PI on her study, "Statins and Dementia in the Oldest-old." Her advisor is Dr. Maria Corrada-Bravo. |
| AUG | Diane Su, a seventh-year PhD student in Anatomy & Neurobiology, will present at the FASEB Translational Neuroimmunology: From Mechanisms to Therapeutics meeting July 25-29 in Big Sky, MT. She is advised by Dr. Aileen Anderson. |
| AUG | George Chen, a fifth-year PhD student in Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, will present at the 2016 Wnt Meeting Sept. 14–17 in Brno, Czech Republic. He is advised by Dr. Marian Waterman. |
| JULY | Microbiology and Molecular Genetics student Autumn Holmes was awarded a National Institutes of Health Diversity Supplement funding award, a multi-year Individual Pre-doctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research. Her advisor is Dr. Bert Semler. |
| JULY | Morgan Ingemanson, a fourth-year PhD student in Anatomy & Neurobiology, will present at the Society for Neuroscience Conference Nov. 12-16 in San Diego. She is advised by Dr. Steven Cramer. |
| JULY | Nicole Chmielewski, a second-year PhD student in Environmental Health Sciences, will present at the Radiation Research Society Conference Oct. 15-19 in Waikoloa Village, HI. She is advised by Dr. Charles Limoli. |
| JUN | Awardees of UC Irvine's Research Seed Funding Program include School of Medicine faculty members Drs. Suzanne Sandmeyer, Feng Qiao, Bogi Andersen and Michael Demetriou. Congratulations! View the winning proposals from both rounds. |
| JUN | Dylan Flather, a fifth-year student in the Microbiology and Molecular Genetics PhD program, will present at the Europic Meeting Sept. 4–8 in Les Diablerets, Switzerland. Dylan is advised by Dr. Bert Semler. |
| JUN | Clara Ziadeh, an entering fourth-year PhD student in Epidemiology, will present at the American Public Health Association meeting Oct. 29-Nov. 2 in Denver, CO. She is advised by Dr. Hoda Anton-Culver. |
| JUN | Lisa Soyeon Baik, a third-year PhD student in Physiology and Biophysics, earned the “Merit Award” for her poster, “CRYPTOCHROME is a Direct Neuronal Ultraviolet Light Sensor.” She presented at the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms conference in Palm Harbor, FL, May 21-25, 2016. |
| MAY | Biological Chemistry doctoral candidate Selma Alkafeef attended the American Society of Microbiology's 13th Conference on Candida and Candidiasis, held in Seattle from April 13-17, 2016, where she gave a talk entitled "Wor1 sustains opaque stability through inhibition of the repressor Tup1 in Candida albicans". Ms. Alkafeef is advised by Dr. Haoping Liu. |
| APR | Biological Chemistry PhD candidate Rolando Ruiz-Vega received a prestigious Ford Dissertation Fellowship for his project, "RhoJ regulates BRAF mutant melanoma growth." He is advised by Dr. Anand Ganeson. |
| APR | Microbiology and Molecular Genetics student Amber Habowski received a prestigious NSF GRFP predoctoral fellowship. She is advised by Dr. Marian Waterman. |
| APR | Physiology and Biophysics student Craig Gutierrez will present his poster at the Society for Mass Spectrometry conference in San Antonio, TX, on June 5, 2016. He is advised by Dr. Lan Huang. The poster is titled “Developing A Novel Acidic Residue Reactive and Sulfoxide-containing MS-cleavable Homobifunctional Cross-linker for Studying Protein-protein Interactions.” |
| APR | Biological Chemistry PhD candidate Alvaro Villareal-Ponce will present at the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) June 22-25 in San Francisco. He is advised by Dr. Xing Dai. His poster is titled “An Ovol2-Zeb1 circuit regulates mammary basal-luminal binary differentiation.” |
| APR | Wendy Ullmer, a third-year PhD student in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, will attend the American Society of Virology meeting on June 18-22 in Blacksburg, VA. She is advised by Dr. Bert Semler. Her poster is titled “ Investigating the mechanism of AUF1 negative regulation of enterovirus infections.” |
| APR | Biological Chemistry student Daniel Haensel will present his poster at the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) June 22-25 in San Francisco. He is a third-year student advised by Dr. Xing Dai. His poster is titled “EMT-Inhibiting Transcription Factor OVOL2 Regulates Mouse Skin Epithelial Regeneration and Repair.” |
| APR | Ohimai Unoje presented his poster at the 13th American Society of Microbiology Candida and Candidiasis Conference in Seattle, WA, on April 16, 2016. Also in April, he was awarded the Svetlana Bershadsky Graduate Student Community Award for his work on improving graduate student life at UC Irvine. |
| MAR | Christie-Lynn Mortales, a fourth-year PhD student in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, will present at the American Association of Immunologist (AAI) meeting May 13–17 in Seattle, WA. She is advised by Dr. Michael Demetriou. |
| MAR | Galina Schmunk, a fifth year student in the Physiology and Biophysics Ph.D. program, will present at the Advances and Breakthroughs in Calcium Signaling Meeting, April 7th – April 9th in Honolulu, HI. Galina is advised by Dr. John Gargus. |
| MAR | Naomi Lomeli, a third-year PhD student in Experimental Pathology, will present at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting April 16–20 in New Orleans,. She is advised by Dr. Daniela Bota. |
| MAR | Elyse Van Spyk, a fourth-year PhD student in Biological Chemistry, received a Roche ARCS Foundation Scholar award. She recently discussed her findings at the Gordon Research Seminar on Epithelial Differentiation and Keratinization. She is an NSF GRFP scholar and is advised by Dr. Bogi Andersen. |
| MAR | Lisa Soyeon Baik has been honored with an ARCS Foundation Scholar award. Ms. Baik presented at the UCSD 7th Annual Center for Circadian Biology Symposium and won an award for best poster. Ms. Baik, an NSF GRFP scholar, is a third year student in Physiology and Biophysics under the advisement of Dr. Todd Holmes. Click to read more. |
| FEB | Soyeon Baik, a third year student in the Physiology and Biophysics Ph.D. program, will present at the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms Annual Conference, May 21st – May 25th in Palm Harbor, FL. Soyeon is advised by Dr. Todd Holmes. |
| FEB | Marc Liggins, is a Biological Chemistry Ph.D. student. Marc will present at the Society for Investigative Dermatology Meeting, May 11th – May 14th in Scottsdale, AZ. Dr. Anand Ganesan serves as advisor. |
| FEB | Andrew Keebaugh, studying in the Environmental Health Sciences Ph.D. program, presents at the Society of Toxicology Annual Conference, March 13th- 17th in New Orleans, LA. Andrew is advised by Dr. Michael Kleinman. |
| FEB | Morgan Ingemanson, a third year Ph.D. student in Anatomy and Neurobiology presented research at the International Stroke Conference, February 17th – February 19th in Los Angeles, CA. Morgan is advised by Dr. Steven Cramer. |
| FEB | The School of Medicine offers support tThe School of Medicine congratulates Nayna Sanathara as the 2016 Tom Angell Fellowship Graduate Student Awardee. Nayna, a Pharmacology & Toxicology doctoral candidate, has been a role model and mentor to her fellow students. |
| JAN | The School of Medicine offers support to graduate students presenting their research at conferences. David Herman, a second year student in the Environmental Health Sciences Ph.D. program, will present at the Society of Toxicology Annual Conference, March 13-16, 2016, in New Orleans, Louisiana. David is advised by Dr. Michael T. Kleinman. |
| JAN | The School of Medicine offers support to graduate students presenting their research at conferences. Stephanie Tanio, an ABD student in the Medical Microbiology Ph.D. program, will present at the Experimental Biology Conference, April 2-6, 2016, in San Diego, California. |
| JAN | The School of Medicine offers support to graduate students presenting their research at conferences. George Chen, a fifth year student in the Medical Microbiology Ph.D. program, will present at the American Association for Cancer Research Meeting, April 16-20, 2016, in New Orleans, Louisiana.. George is advised by Dr. Marian Waterman. |
