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Study shows how to prevent a high-fat diet from throwing metabolism out of whack
Eating lots of fats increases the risk of metabolic disorders, but the mechanisms behind the problem have not been well understood. Now, University of California, Irvine biologists have made a key finding about how to ward off harmful effects caused by a high-fat diet. Their study appears in Nature Communications.
The Evolution of Flight Membranes in Mammals
Mammalian flight is an incredible ability that has evolved in many different species, including bats, flying squirrels and several types of possums. Interestingly, each of these flying species has evolved a lateral flight membrane, known as a patagium, between...
A New Tool to Forecast the Impact of Climate Change
As the Earth's climate continues to change, natural resource managers are faced with the challenge of forecasting how populations will respond to these changes. There are a variety of different forecasting approaches, ranging from complex process-based models that...
New Mouse Model Helps Scientists Unravel the Mysteries of Alzheimer’s Disease
Scientists at the UCI MODEL-AD group have developed a new mouse model that could help us understand Alzheimer's disease better. The mouse model is called Trem2R47H NSS, and it has a genetic variant called TREM2 R47H that is one of the strongest known risk factors for...
UCI Podcast: COVID-19 long haulers and lasting neurological damage
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.
UCI researchers eavesdrop on cellular conversations: New computational tool decodes biological language of signaling molecules
UCI scientists, including Dunlop School Professors Qing Nie and Maksim Plikus, have developed a computational platform called CellChat to help decipher cell communication.
Fall 2020 Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Video Recording Available Now! Learn About COVID-19 and the Impact on the Central Nervous System
Chancellor’s Professor Thomas Lane was our featured speaker during the fall 2020 Dean’s Distinguished Lecture. Learn about COVID-19, its impact on the central nervous system and the potential long-term side effects that accompany the virus.
Dunlop School Professor Featured in HuffPost Article on COVID-19 Risk Reduction
“Masking can prevent up to 70% of transmission, that’s basically as good as one dose of the vaccine,” says Professor Ilhem Messaoudi.
UCI scientists develop a new deep-learning framework that predicts gene regulation at the single-cell level
Qing Nie, Chancellor’s Professor of developmental and cell biology & mathematics, and Xiaohui Xie, professor of computer science, have led a team of UCI scientists to develop a new deep-learning framework that predicts gene regulation at the single-cell...