November 18, 2010
The 2010-11 Academic Senate Distinguished Faculty Awards will be presented 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, at the University Club. John C. Avise (shown), Distinguished Faculty Award for Research recipient, will give a lecture…
November 17, 2010 8:30 a.m.
Dr. Ricardo Miledi, UCI Distinguished Professor of neurobiology & behavior, has won the Society for Neuroscience’s Ralph W. Gerard Prize for outstanding contributions to the field. The $25,000 prize was awarded this week…
Breakthrough study could transform drug, aging and fertility research
— Irvine, Calif., September 16, 2010 —
UC Irvine researchers have deciphered how lowly fruit flies bred to rapidly develop and reproduce actually evolve over time. The findings, reported in…
UCI researchers locate brain passage that could aid early diagnosis
— Irvine, Calif., August 10, 2010 —
With the help of volunteers aged 18 to 89, UC Irvine researchers have identified for the first time in humans a long-hidden…
UCI study provides blueprint for enhanced treatment of inflammatory diseases like MS
— Irvine, Calif., June 01, 2010 —
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Tom Lane is helping lead UCI’s efforts to find stem cell-based treatments for MS.
By discovering how…
May 24, 2010
Colleagues,
Please join me in congratulating Diane O’Dowd for her recent grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The four-year award of $600,000 will continue Diane’s excellent work helping science faculty in developing effective…
Study shows how birds, bats and lizards play their roles in preserving plant species in face of global climate change
— Irvine, Calif., April 7, 2010 —
Add insect-feeding birds, bats and lizards to the front lines of the battle…
Key players in the carbon cycle, they multiply slowly when overheated
— Irvine, Calif., April 26, 2010 —
The physiology of microbes living underground could determine the amount of carbon dioxide emitted from soil on a warmer Earth, according…
March 24, 2010
The Institute for Memory Impairments & Neurological Disorders, or UCI MIND, and its group for graduate students interested in neurological disorders, ReMIND, has received a $12,000 donation from Betty’s Foundation, formed by five…
March 25, 2010
Findings could be useful in development of pest-resistant crops.
Irvine, Calif., March 25, 2010 – There’s a war occurring each day in our backyards – plant versus plant-eating insect versus insect-eating insect. Research by…