Zhuoxin Chen, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Assistant Professor Evgeny Kvon at the Department of Developmental & Cell Biology at the Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences, has been awarded a prestigious K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR).
A research team in the UC Irvine Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences has been selected to receive support through the W. M. Keck Foundation Bridge Funding Initiative, a program designed to provide continuity for early-career scientists and their trainees...
At the 2026 UC Irvine Innovator Awards, held April 20 during the university’s signature “Born in California” event at The Cove @ UCI, Professor Michael Leon was recognized as Innovator of the Year — an honor celebrating faculty whose research translates into...
Professor Michael Leon was named a 2026 Memory Care Innovator of the Year in the Behavioral Health category by Behavioral Health Business as part of its Memory Care Innovation Awards, which recognize leaders advancing innovative approaches to cognitive care.
The opioid crisis continues to devastate families and communities across the country, and fentanyl has become one of its deadliest drivers.
Vivek Swarup has received a three-year, $299,772 grant from BrightFocus Foundation to study why some people in extreme old age remain mentally sharp despite Alzheimer’s-related brain changes, with the goal of uncovering new ways to protect brain health.
Graduate student Angela Lackner, left, and Assistant Professor Reginald McNulty of the UC Irvine Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences co-authored a new study on a potential treatment approach for a rare inflammatory disease. Irvine, Calif., April 16, 2026 —...
Carnivorous plants look like they run on instinct: catch an insect, digest it and absorb nutrients. But for scientists, a core question has remained difficult to answer: how does a plant “know” it has caught prey, and how does it decide which chemical tools to deploy next?
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.
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.