A groundbreaking discovery by UC Irvine neurobiologist Michael Leon has led to the development of Memory Air.
Teaching biology from a global perspective
The charter school where Qiwen Zheng ’22 teaches ninth grade biology is tucked in the concrete jungle of Los Angeles’ Koreatown – an unwelcoming habitat for most plants and animals.
‘More than we predicted’: UC Irvine fundraising campaign nets record $2.4 billion
When UC Irvine kicked off its Brilliant Future campaign on Oct. 4, 2019, its dual goals of raising $2 billion and meaningfully engaging 75,000 former students of the university seemed like an incredibly ambitious endeavor.
UCI Scientists Help Uncover a New Bacterial Defense System Against Viruses
Morehouse lab: left to right back: Ali Nabhani, David Dinh, Benjamin Morehouse, Daniel Izrailevsky; left to right front: Eirene Marie Ednacot, Christy Nguyen Whiteley lab: Front row (L->R): Ashley Sullivan, Toni Nagy, Laurel Robbins; Back row (L->R): Aaron...
UC Irvine Faculty Secures CRCC Grant to Unlock Safer Cancer Treatments
Cancer is one of the world’s most pressing health challenges, and despite decades of progress, many treatments still come with harsh side effects that can harm healthy cells along with tumors. A major reason for this is that current drugs often target the basic...
UC Irvine Faculty Secure NSF Grant to Improve Student Success in STEM Fields
Professor Suzanne Bohlson of the Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences has been awarded a National Science Foundation S-STEM grant. She leads a team of co-principal investigators dedicated to addressing a pressing challenge in higher education: how to help...
Women’s Circle of Wishes
Madison Bellan, Senior Associate Director of Development at the Dunlop School, has been recognized as an honoree at the 40th Annual National Philanthropy Day Awards for her leadership in the Women’s Circle of Wishes, which has raised over $2.3 million to support critically ill children.
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....
Fueling the Fight: UC Irvine Scientists Discover New Way to Halt the Spread of Aggressive Breast Cancer
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...
