UCI Scientists Win $3.5 Million Grant for Bold Addiction Research

Irvine, Calif., July 18, 2022 -The role of gene alterations resulting from childhood  adversity in adults addicted to heroin and a search for blood tests to…

                                                     UCI-led finding helps propel search for improved treatments

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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…

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…

UCI professor of developmental and cell biology seeks answers to how genes are regulated
by Matt Coker, UCI | April 4, 2022

Ali Mortazavi’s research has been fundamental to understanding changes in gene expression in colon cancer,…

Anthony James, Donald Bren Professor, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, has been elected fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.
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“This gift provides a unique opportunity for UCI to establish a world-class research center focused on the area of depression, which is extremely important from a societal point of view,” says Pramod Khargonekar, vice chancellor…

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…