UCI professor of developmental and cell biology seeks answers to how genes are regulated by Matt Coker, UCI | April 4, 2022 “My interest is in understanding how our DNA regulates when our genes are turned on and off in different tissues and how this genetic program is...
In remembrance of Professor Tewari passing in 2017, former colleagues recently published an article about him and his accomplishments in Current Plant Biology.
Anthony James, Donald Bren Professor, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, has been elected fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. Read more here.
"A gift of this magnitude is transformative, to say the least. It can really catapult our research in a positive direction. ” — Professor Michael Yassa Professor Michael Yassa is featured in LA Times as discusses Audrey Burnand's gift of $57.75 million to UCI to...
“This gift provides a unique opportunity for UCI to establish a world-class research center focused on the area of depression, which is extremely important from a societal point of view,” says Pramod Khargonekar, vice chancellor for research, left, with Dr. Michael...
Maksim Plikus (left), professor of developmental & cell biology, and Kyriacos Athanasiou, Distinguished Professor of biomedical engineering and Henry Samueli Chair in Engineering, are co-principal investigators on the new project. Steve Zylius / UCI...
Professor Michael Yassa is featured on an episode of Dr. Sanjay Gupta's CNN Podcast, Chasing Life, for his expertise on memory research. In this episode, Professor Yassa discusses how memories are stored in the brain, why we forget, and what we’ve gotten wrong about...
Steven Allison, professor of Ecology in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Director of the Newkirk Center for Science and Society, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Each new inductee to AAAS...
Aimee Edinger, Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology, is featured in the latest Rising Tide: Change Makers podcast from the UCI Beall Applied Innovation. In this episode, Professor Edinger goes into detail about her research that starves cancer cells to death,...
Professor Mike Yassa is featured on KCRW and explains how pandemic stress can cause brain fog and other neurological issues - and ways to prevent them. “With what we call brain fog … the connections brain cells make with each other are like trees and tree...