Christine Pham, a third-year biological sciences major at UC Irvine, was awarded a $10,000 scholarship by the Donald A. Strauss Public Service Scholarship Foundation, to fund a public service project she will implement in her senior year. Pham, a Fountain Valley...
Spring Break in the Desert increases outreach for Salton Sea and Anza-Borrego Desert regions
May 16, 2014
During the week of spring break, March 24-28, ten UC-Irvine undergraduate students participated in a weeklong service-learning program in the Anza-Borrego Desert and Salton Sea Region, led by UCI’s Center for Environmental Biology (CEB) and UCI Salton Sea Initiative...
Congratulations to Bio Sci’s Chancellor’s Award of Distinction 2014 recipients!
May 15, 2014
Five outstanding graduating seniors in the School of Biological Sciences received the 2014 Chancellor’s Award of Distinction: Rame Basem Bashir, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology major, Rebecca My Linh Do, Biological Sciences major, Christina Bao Han Phan, Biological...
Stem Cell Therapy Shows Promise for MS in Mouse Model
May 15, 2014
May 15, 2014 — Mice crippled by an autoimmune disease similar to multiple sclerosis (MS) regained the ability to walk and run after a team of researchers led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), University of Utah and University of California (UC),...
New campus Initiative on Exercise Science
May 12, 2014
UCI neuroscientists discover how to modify DNA that could control fear
May 7, 2014
Dr. Timothy Bredy, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology at UCI’s School of Biological Sciences, led a new study that sheds light on the process involved in loosening the grip of fear-related memories, particularly those implicated in conditions such as phobia and...
60 Minutes story on the 90 plus population, featuring Claudia Kawas
May 2, 2014
UCI and Salk Institute study IDs new cause of brain bleeding immediately after stroke
Apr 17, 2014
Research by UCI, Salk Institute points to novel therapies for minimizing damage Irvine, Calif., April 17, 2014 — By discovering a new mechanism that allows blood to enter the brain immediately after a stroke, researchers at UC Irvine and the Salk Institute have opened...
Cancer drugs block dementia-linked brain inflammation, UCI study finds
Apr 16, 2014
Research represents novel approach to lessening impact of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s Irvine, Calif., April 16, 2014 — A class of drugs developed to treat immune-related conditions and cancer – including one currently in clinical trials for glioblastoma and other tumors...
UCI study finds modified stem cells offer potential pathway to treat Alzheimer’s disease
Apr 16, 2014
April 15, 2014, Irvine, Calif. — UC Irvine neurobiologists have found that genetically modified neural stem cells show positive results when transplanted into the brains of mice with the symptoms and pathology of Alzheimer’s disease. The pre-clinical trial is...