Alternative viral detection methods have been critical in the fight against COVID-19, helping to reduce the burden on our healthcare system. In a new study published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, University of California, Irvine…
Travis Wiles, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular biology and biochemistry, has recently received a New Innovator Award (#DP2AI154420) from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The NIAID is an agency of the…
Katrine Whiteson, UC Irvine associate professor of molecular biology and biochemistry, and David Pride, associate professor of pathology at UC San Diego, have been awarded a research grant from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The two-year…
Stephanie Hachey, Ph.D., was recently selected as the second-place winner of the 11th Annual Nikon Small World in Motion Competition. A postdoctoral scholar with Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Professor Christopher Hughes, Dr. Hachey submitted a…
For more than 40 years, UCI infectious disease researcher Michael Buchmeier has studied coronaviruses, and he’s one of the leading experts on SARS-CoV-2, the version of the virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic. As a more…
The School of Biological Sciences would like to announce that Christopher C.W. Hughes, professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry and Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded the title of UCI Chancellor’s Professor. The Chancellor’s title is designated for faculty…
“Most variants of the coronavirus ‘will be inconsequential, but as we have seen some may enhance the ability of the virus to spread more rapidly, or to change the character of the infection,’ Michael J….
“Yet even the smaller number of new coronavirus strains discovered in the screenings show the urgent need for California to boost its pace of vaccinations,” says Professor Michael Buchmeier. …
Charles G. Glabe, Distinguished Professor of molecular biology & biochemistry in the School of Biological Sciences, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. His research focuses on the pathogenesis of amyloids…
As part of the 18th UC Irvine 2020 Immunology Fair, Professor Ilhem Messaoudi Powers presented a Distinguished Lecture on COVID-19: The Role of Our Immune System in Disease and Protection. Watch the lecture below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2G6B6SH208&feature=youtu.be…