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...
Assistant Professor Benjamin Morehouse of the Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences has received a prestigious grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The five-year award, through the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, will provide...
From left: Professor Markus Ribbe; Professor Yilin Hu. Irvine, Calif., October 10, 2024 — Scientists from the UC Irvine Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences have made a groundbreaking advance that could reshape agriculture, energy production and environmental...
Assistant Professor Dequina Nicholas has received significant funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for her research on Type 2 diabetes. Her project, "Immune Landscape of Human Pancreatic Islets in Type 2 Diabetes," aims to understand...
From left to right: Professor Ali Mortazavi; Distinguished Professor Andrea Tenner; post doctoral fellow, Nicole Schartz Irvine, Calif., August 22, 2024 — In a significant breakthrough, researchers at the UC Irvine Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences have...