UCI-led finding helps propel search for improved treatments Irvine, Calif., July...
Immune Function Restored in Suppressed T Cells
Professor Roberto Tinoco in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, who explores how the immune system can fight disease, recently published a paper with his lab that outlines a novel approach to activating dysfunctional T cells to fight skin cancer or...
Decades of Data Show Impact of Earlier Snowmelt on Plant Populations
Professor Diane Campbell in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, whose research focuses on understanding how evolution takes place in real time in nature, recently published a paper with her colleagues Mary Price, Nickolas Waser, Rebecca Irwin and...
Collaborative Paper Finds Cell-to-Cell Communication Mathematically Optimal
Cell-to-cell communication is a large part of Professor Dae Seok Eom’s research. In particular, the Eom lab focuses on a novel signaling projection called airinemes, which have meandering trajectories as they travel from the signal sending cell to the target cell. The...
Four professors elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Irvine, Calif., April 28, 2022 — A quartet of professors at the University of California, Irvine, has been elected as members by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The 242nd class of AAAS inductees includes 261 extraordinary people from around the...
Remembering Professor Krishna K. Tewari
In remembrance of Professor Tewari passing in 2017, former colleagues recently published an article about him and his accomplishments in Current Plant Biology.
Professor Anthony James Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
Anthony James, Donald Bren Professor, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, has been elected fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. Read more here.
UCI poised to advance depression research following $55-million gift to establish center
"A gift of this magnitude is transformative, to say the least. It can really catapult our research in a positive direction. ” — Professor Michael Yassa Professor Michael Yassa is featured in LA Times as discusses Audrey Burnand's gift of $57.75 million to UCI to...
W.M. Keck Foundation Awards $1 Million to UCI Team to Study Cartilage Formation
Cross-disciplinary researchers will explore applications in regenerative medicine Irvine, Calif., Feb. 3, 2022 – The W.M. Keck Foundation has awarded $1 million to an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of California, Irvine to study the formation...
Pandemic Stress Impairs The Brain’s Interlocking Tree Branches. You Can Restore Them
Professor Mike Yassa is featured on KCRW and explains how pandemic stress can cause brain fog and other neurological issues - and ways to prevent them. “With what we call brain fog … the connections brain cells make with each other are like trees and tree branches....