Oct. 6, 2012
News Brief
Irvine, Calif. October 6, 2012 – Dr. Claudia Kawas, the Al and Trish Nichols Chair in Clinical Neuroscience and Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology & Behavior at UC Irvine, was honored for…
Oct. 2, 2012
Press Release
Irvine, Calif. October 2, 2012 – UCI School of Biological Sciences received three awards from the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship, totaling $1.6 million in grants and 12…
Sept. 25, 2012
News Brief
Irvine, Calif., September 25, 2012 – UCI Associate Vice Chancellor for Research James Hicks received an honorary doctorate from Aarhus University in Denmark on Sept. 14. The professor of ecology & evolutionary…
Sept. 6, 2012
Press Release
Collaborations set to advance Alzheimer’s disease and retinitis pigmentosa treatments
Irvine, Calif., September 06, 2012 —Efforts to begin human clinical trials using stem cells to treat Alzheimer’s disease and retinitis pigmentosa received a $37.3…
Aug. 22, 2012
Press Release
Study identifies how RNA viruses hijack a host cell to multiply
Irvine, Calif., August 22, 2012 —By discovering how certain viruses use their host cells to replicate, UC Irvine microbiologists have identified a new…
June 28, 2012
Press Release
‘HD in a dish’ will facilitate search for elusive treatment
Irvine, Calif., June 28, 2012 —An international consortium of Huntington’s disease experts, including several from the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center…
June 22, 2012
Press Release
Acclaimed biologist, accomplished administrator has long history of service to campus
Irvine, Calif., June 22, 2012 —Susan V. Bryant, internationally acclaimed biologist with a 40-year history serving the campus, has been named interim executive…
June 12, 2012
Press Release
Advance provides genetic options for controlling spread of deadly disease
Irvine, Calif., June 12, 2012 —Mosquitoes bred to be unable to infect people with the malaria parasite are an attractive approach to helping curb…
May 24, 2012
Press Release
CIRM grant will advance work on multiple sclerosis treatment
Irvine, Calif., May 24, 2012 —A UC Irvine immunologist will receive $4.8 million to create a new line of neural stem cells that can be…
May 16, 2012
Press Release
Findings also reveal enhanced smell, taste genes
Irvine, Calif., May 16, 2012 —Bright black-and-red butterflies that flit across the sunlit edges of Amazonian rain forests are natural hedonists, and it does them good, according…