Jordan Woytash, first auther Olga Razorenova, PI Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is one of the most aggressive and difficult-to-treat forms of breast cancer. Unlike other breast cancer subtypes, TNBC lacks the three key receptors — estrogen, progesterone and HER2...
From left: Assistant Professor Benjamin Morehouse, undergraduate Anny Wang, graduate student Eirene Marie Ednacot. Irvine, Calif., August 6, 2025 — In a new study published in Science, researchers from the Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences at UC Irvine, in...
Congratulations to Andrea Tenner, Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry and Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Neurobiology & Behavior, who has been selected to receive the 2025 Hans Müller-Eberhard Award from the...
Irvine, Calif., May 15, 2025 — Inflammatory diseases such as arthritis, Alzheimer’s and even certain rare genetic disorders affect millions worldwide and often have few effective treatment options. A new study from the lab of Assistant Professor Reginald McNulty at...
Postdoctoral scholar Liz Ortiz and Assistant Professor Travis Wiles track the movement of phages by tagging them with fluorescent markers. Photo credit: Ritwik Kumar. Irvine, Calif., April 18, 2025 — In a world where gut health is increasingly linked to everything...
Dr. Travis Wiles, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at the University of California, Irvine, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss the work he and his research group have done to visualize the changing dynamics of the gut microbiome—including bacteriophages residing there.
The UC Irvine Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences proudly announces that Assistant Professor Nir Drayman has been selected as a 2025 Kavli Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). This esteemed recognition honors early-career scientists who have made...
Third-year microbiology and immunology student Ritwik Kumar is changing the game in experimental therapeutics.
In the battle against persistent viruses like HIV and hepatitis, our immune system faces a major obstacle — T-cell exhaustion. Over time, these vital defenders lose their ability to eliminate threats, making chronic infections harder to control. A team of scientists...
Assistant Professor Dequina Nicholas from the UC Irvine Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences was recently featured in Nature Cell Biology, joining leading researchers in discussing critical questions in lipid cell biology. Professor Nicholas focused on the...