Oct. 11, 2012 News Brief Irvine, Calif. Oct. 11, 2012 - UCI biochemists have cracked a tough riddle in record time, according to recent articles in the journal Science. They've determined the origin of a carbide ion in nitrogenase, the only known biological catalyst...
UCI garners $11.5 million in continued support of systems biology center
Oct 11, 2012
Oct. 11, 2012 Press Release Interdisciplinary work sheds light on dynamic interactions underlying complex functions Irvine, Calif., October 11, 2012 —UC Irvine has been awarded $11.5 million over five years to further support the biologists, mathematicians,...
Kawas honored as Visionary Woman by Alzheimer’s Association of OC
Oct 6, 2012
Oct. 6, 2012 News Brief Irvine, Calif. October 6, 2012 – Dr. Claudia Kawas, the Al and Trish Nichols Chair in Clinical Neuroscience and Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology & Behavior at UC Irvine, was honored for her clinical contributions to Alzheimer’s...
School of Biological Sciences receives three awards totaling $1.6 million in grants and 12 fellowships
Oct 2, 2012
Oct. 2, 2012 Press Release Irvine, Calif. October 2, 2012 – UC Irvine Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences received three awards from the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship, totaling $1.6 million in grants and 12 fellowships for...
James Hicks earns honorary doctorate from leading Danish university, meets the queen
Sep 25, 2012
Sept. 25, 2012 News Brief Irvine, Calif., September 25, 2012 – UCI Associate Vice Chancellor for Research James Hicks received an honorary doctorate from Aarhus University in Denmark on Sept. 14. The professor of ecology & evolutionary biology has long...
State stem cell research funding agency awards $37.3 million to aid UC Irvine efforts
Sep 6, 2012
Sept. 6, 2012 Press Release Collaborations set to advance Alzheimer’s disease and retinitis pigmentosa treatments Irvine, Calif., September 06, 2012 —Efforts to begin human clinical trials using stem cells to treat Alzheimer’s disease and retinitis pigmentosa received...
UCI microbiologists find new approach to fighting viral illnesses
Aug 22, 2012
Aug. 22, 2012 Press Release Study identifies how RNA viruses hijack a host cell to multiply Irvine, Calif., August 22, 2012 —By discovering how certain viruses use their host cells to replicate, UC Irvine microbiologists have identified a new approach to the...
Human model of Huntington’s disease created from skin’s stem cells
Jun 28, 2012
June 28, 2012 Press Release ‘HD in a dish’ will facilitate search for elusive treatment Irvine, Calif., June 28, 2012 —An international consortium of Huntington’s disease experts, including several from the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center at UC Irvine,...
Susan V. Bryant named interim provost for UC Irvine
Jun 22, 2012
June 22, 2012 Press Release Acclaimed biologist, accomplished administrator has long history of service to campus Irvine, Calif., June 22, 2012 —Susan V. Bryant, internationally acclaimed biologist with a 40-year history serving the campus, has been named interim...
UCI researchers create mosquitoes incapable of transmitting malaria
Jun 12, 2012
June 12, 2012 Press Release Advance provides genetic options for controlling spread of deadly disease Irvine, Calif., June 12, 2012 —Mosquitoes bred to be unable to infect people with the malaria parasite are an attractive approach to helping curb one of the world’s...