Dr. Michael Leon, professor of neurobiology and behavior, is featured on the Healthy Baby Show podcast and speaks about the latest research on neuroplasticity – the brain’s ability to change and adapt as a result of experience. Dr. Leon also explains what the latest...
When it comes to fighting deadly cancers, as well as chronic infections such as HIV and hepatitis B, C, two is better than one. That’s the finding published by the laboratory of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry assistant professor Dr. Roberto Tinoco. In...
UCI Scientists Win $3.5 Million Grant for Bold Addiction Research Irvine, Calif., July 18, 2022 -The role of gene alterations resulting from childhood adversity in adults addicted to heroin and a search for blood tests to predict addiction vulnerability are part...
UCI-led finding helps propel search for improved treatments Irvine, Calif., July...
The Hellman Fellowships Program, which recognizes promising assistant professors showing capacity for great distinction in their research, has honored two Dunlop School faculty for 2022-23. Developmental and Cell Biology Assistant Professor Xiaoyu Shi: Using...
Finding by UCI biologists could help combat cognitive impairments. Photo Credit: Manuella Yassa, CNLM A discovery about how algorithms can learn and retain information more efficiently offers potential insight into the brain’s ability to absorb new knowledge. The...
Professor Roberto Tinoco (left) and Julia DeRogatis Professor Roberto Tinoco in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, who explores how the immune system can fight disease, recently published a paper with his lab that outlines a novel approach to...
Professor Diane Campbell in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, whose research focuses on understanding how evolution takes place in real time in nature, recently published a paper with her colleagues Mary Price, Nickolas Waser, Rebecca Irwin and...
Cell-to-cell communication is a large part of Professor Dae Seok Eom’s research. In particular, the Eom lab focuses on a novel signaling projection called airinemes, which have meandering trajectories as they travel from the signal sending cell to the target cell. The...
On May 3rd, students, faculty and staff gathered in the Dunlop School Starbucks Plaza to celebrate the launch of Dunlop School’s Cultural Guiding Principles. The event marked a new era for the school and featured a live DJ, games, desserts and a photobooth. Following...