A groundbreaking discovery by UC Irvine neurobiologist Michael Leon has led to the development of Memory Air.
UC Irvine Researcher Awarded Alzheimer’s Association Grant to Explore New Target in Disease Progression
Associate Professor Vivek Swarup of the UC Irvine Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences has been awarded a competitive Alzheimer’s Association Research Grant to investigate an emerging area of study in Alzheimer’s disease: the role of oligodendrocytes....
New Book by Professor Georg Striedter Explores the Inner Workings of Avian Behavior
The UC Irvine Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences is proud to share news of a new book co-authored by Professor Georg Striedter, titled Bird Brains and Behavior: A Synthesis, now available from MIT Press. Written in collaboration with fellow avian...
UCI MIND Researcher Awarded Larry L. Hillblom Foundation Grant to Study Immune System’s Role in Alzheimer’s Disease
The University of California, Irvine Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND) is proud to announce that postdoctoral fellow Jean Paul Chadarevian, PhD, has been awarded a prestigious grant from the Larry L. Hillblom Foundation. The...
UC Irvine Postdoctoral Fellow Receives BrightFocus Grant to Explore New Avenues in Alzheimer’s Research
Ghazaleh Eskandari-Sedighi, PhD, a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of California, Irvine, has been awarded a prestigious research grant from the BrightFocus Foundation’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research program. The two-year, $200,000 grant will support her...
UC Irvine Study Identifies Overlooked Immune Cell Pathway Into the Brain
CCR2+ (red, monocytes) cells enter the brain parenchyma from the velum interpositum (blue, laminin). CX3CR1+ cells (green) represent resident macrophages or microglia. Photo credit: Rocio Barahona, Lindsay Hohsfield, and Kim Green. Irvine, Calif., June 3, 2025 —...
Large, highly likely rewards can increase motivation in individuals who have recovered from depression
Professor Diego A. Pizzagalli is lead investigator for this study.
Study Finds Brain-Based Markers Could Help Personalize Depression Treatment
Diego Pizzagalli, PhD, director of the Noel Drury, M.D. Institute for Translational Depression Discoveries, and Peter Zhukovsky, PhD, Scientist in the Brain Health Imaging Centre at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Irvine, Calif., April 23, 2025 — Finding...
Engineered microglia show promise for treating Alzheimer’s, other brain diseases
Diego Pizzagalli Receives International Recognition for Advancing Neuroscience Clinical Research
The Dunlop School is proud to announce that Diego Pizzagalli, PhD, founding director of the Noel Drury, M.D. Institute for Translational Depression Discoveries at UC Irvine, has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 CINP AsCNP Brain Health Clinical Research...