School News
New Study Opens Door to Targeting Hard-to-Treat Disease Proteins
Many of today’s most serious diseases are driven by harmful proteins inside the body. These proteins can fuel cancer, chronic inflammation and neurodegenerative disorders, yet scientists still do not have good ways to target many of them.
Scientists Uncover How Bacteria Outsmart the Airway’s Cleaning System
A team of scientists from UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara and collaborating institutions has uncovered a striking new way that harmful bacteria gain a foothold in the body: They deliver a protein into human cells that helps them move through the dense, beating barrier of airway cilia and settle into a safer place to grow.
Unlocking Memory: A Molecular Switch That Strengthens or Silences What We Remember
A new study from researchers in the Department of Neurobiology & Behavior at the UC Irvine Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences is shedding light on one of the most fundamental and fragile human abilities: memory.
Making Science Matter: Cameron Geller Wins UCI Grad Slam
Second-place finisher Tessa Chou, first-place finisher Cameron Geller and...
Professor Leslie M. Thompson Featured in Orange Coast Magazine
Shalini Pradhan Awarded Prestigious Moore Foundation Fellowship to Study the Brain’s Molecular Landscape
Shalini Pradhan, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar in the laboratory of Xiaoyu Shi, has been awarded a prestigious 2026 postdoctoral fellowship from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
Events
April 2026
DCB Seminar Series: Research in Progress Talk - Marina Suarez Pizarro and Alfredo Lebron
School Series
Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series
Frankly With Dean LaFerla Video Series
Donuts with the Dean