“Most variants of the coronavirus ‘will be inconsequential, but as we have seen some may enhance the ability of the virus to spread more rapidly, or to change the character of the infection,’ Michael J. Buchmeier, a virologist at the University of California at Irvine, said in an email.”
Dunlop School Chancellor’s Professor Thomas Lane discusses COVID-19 long haulers, his current research using mice to look at COVID-19’s impact on the brain, and how people can prevent the disease’s neurological repercussions.
“‘Many people know that chronic alcohol consumption affects the liver, but really big changes occur in the lungs from drinking’, says Messaoudi, ‘which has an effect on people with COVID-19.’”
The immune system's contribution to the progression of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) has become a growing topic in neurodegenerative research. In a new study led by Neurobiology and Behavior Associate Professor Mathew Blurton-Jones and doctoral student Amanda McQuade, a...
UCI scientists, including Dunlop School Professors Qing Nie and Maksim Plikus, have developed a computational platform called CellChat to help decipher cell communication.
An interdisciplinary team of scientists led by Donald Bren Professor Leslie Thompson have discovered a new link between the protein inhibitor of activated STAT-1 (PIAS1) and DNA damage repair (DDR) pathways. They also found that the inhibition of PIAS1 reverses some...
I am nominating Caro because without her, most of my work would be impossible. She provides me with the proper environment to create, design and post content on a website. She is the magic behind the scenes making sure all of our websites run smoothly. Watching how...
The UCI Graduate Professional Success in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (GPS-STEM) program was recently awarded a prestigious Civic Engagement Microgrant Award. The Microgrant Awards are funded by Research!America and the Rita Allen Foundation as part of...
Dunlop School would like to congratulate the undergraduate students from the school’s Minority Science Programs (MSP) who participated in the E-poster competition at the 2021 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS). The...
The COVID-19 pandemic forced Dunlop School to make some sweeping changes in how we support our research laboratories during quarantine and especially as research labs reopened in June last year. The Dunlop School Teaching Support Staff, normally tasked with providing...