Dunlop School Junior Researcher Selected for “Small World in Motion” Prize
Stephanie Hachey, Ph.D., was recently selected as the second-place winner of the 11th Annual Nikon Small World in Motion Competition. A postdoctoral scholar with
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What You Need to Know About the Delta Variant
For more than 40 years, UCI infectious disease researcher Michael Buchmeier has studied coronaviruses, and he’s one of the leading experts on SARS-CoV-2, the version of the virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic. As a more lethal mutation of the virus, called the delta variant, sparks another wave of cases, he offers his expertise about this threat.
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UCI Study Finds Targeting Mitochondria Shows Promise in Treating Obesity
Molecule that changes the shape of mitochondria corrects obesity A team of University of California, Irvine, scientists have discovered a novel pharmacological approach to
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UCI Receives Grant to Support 30 HBCU Students in Summer Institute in Neuroscience
he UCI Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory has been awarded a UC-HBCU Initiative Summer Research and Graduate Admissions Pathways Grant from the UC Office of the President to sponsor a partnership with Delaware State University, one of 107 Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the U.S.
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Dean’s Early Career Research Excellence Awardees
Eric Hanse, Ph.D., Sarah Kark, Ph.D., and Giedre Milinkeviciute, Ph.D., are the recipients of this spring’s Dean’s Early Career Research Excellence Award. These awards
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Dean Frank LaFerla Featured In Podcast: New Mouse Model is Used to Study Late-Onset Alzheimer’s
The UCI team decided to take a new approach by developing a mouse model better positioned to analyze the causes of late-onset AD. Also called “sporadic AD,” this new model encompasses the remaining 95 percent of cases.
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Professor Christopher C.W. Hughes: Chancellor’s Professor
The School of Biological Sciences would like to announce that Christopher C.W. Hughes, professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry and Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded the title
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Dunlop School Researchers Highlighted by NIH Director Francis Collins
In recognition of Independence Day, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., shared an amazing video of the brain
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Stanley and Kevin from The Office Share a Few Words for the Class of 2021
The Dunlop School Class of 2021 received a fun surprise when they saw “Kevin” AKA Brian Baumgartner and “Stanley” AKA Leslie David Baker from