The UC Irvine Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences is proud to announce that seven of its faculty members have been selected as 2024 awardees of the UC Irvine Anti-Cancer Challenge, a community-based initiative that raises funds to support promising cancer...

New Discovery Reveals Hidden DNA Element That Helps Switch On Genes from Afar
Jul 2, 2025
Assistant Professor Evgeny Kvon and graduate student Grace Bower. Irvine, Calif., July 2, 2025 — How do cells know which genes to activate, and when? For decades, scientists have puzzled over how distant parts of our DNA — sometimes millions of base pairs apart — can...

UCI MIND Researcher Awarded Larry L. Hillblom Foundation Grant to Study Immune System’s Role in Alzheimer’s Disease
Jun 10, 2025
The University of California, Irvine Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND) is proud to announce that postdoctoral fellow Jean Paul Chadarevian, PhD, has been awarded a prestigious grant from the Larry L. Hillblom Foundation. The...

UC Irvine Postdoctoral Fellow Receives BrightFocus Grant to Explore New Avenues in Alzheimer’s Research
Jun 5, 2025
Ghazaleh Eskandari-Sedighi, PhD, a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of California, Irvine, has been awarded a prestigious research grant from the BrightFocus Foundation’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research program. The two-year, $200,000 grant will support her...

UC Irvine Study Identifies Overlooked Immune Cell Pathway Into the Brain
Jun 3, 2025
CCR2+ (red, monocytes) cells enter the brain parenchyma from the velum interpositum (blue, laminin). CX3CR1+ cells (green) represent resident macrophages or microglia. Photo credit: Rocio Barahona, Lindsay Hohsfield, and Kim Green. Irvine, Calif., June 3, 2025 —...

UC Irvine Researchers Explore Promising New Pathway for Treating Inflammatory Diseases
May 15, 2025
Irvine, Calif., May 15, 2025 — Inflammatory diseases such as arthritis, Alzheimer’s and even certain rare genetic disorders affect millions worldwide and often have few effective treatment options. A new study from the lab of Assistant Professor Reginald McNulty at...

Five Dunlop School Students Receive the 2025 Chancellor’s Award of Distinction
May 13, 2025
The UC Irvine Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences is proud to recognize and celebrate five outstanding students from the Class of 2025 who have been honored with the Chancellor’s Award of Distinction — one of the highest honors bestowed upon graduating...

Undergraduate Researchers Take Center Stage at UCI’s Excellence in Research Symposia
May 8, 2025
Each spring, UC Irvine’s campus comes alive with ideas, energy and discovery as undergraduate researchers take the spotlight. During April and May, the UC Irvine Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences hosts research presentations that are the culmination of its...

Large, highly likely rewards can increase motivation in individuals who have recovered from depression
May 2, 2025
Professor Diego A. Pizzagalli is lead investigator for this study.

3 UC Irvine professors elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Apr 25, 2025
With their election, Rina Dechter, Catherine Lord and Jennifer Martiny join 38 other current and former UC Irvine scholars as academy members.
