New CRISPR-based gene drive approach successfully overcomes issue of resistance in females
Cognitive Decline Distorts Political Choices, UCI-Led Study Says
Disconnect found between political affiliation, political decisions in the cognitively impaired
UCI Study Points to How Skin Cells Cooperate to Thwart Cancer
Findings reveal new information on melanoma development and insights into treatments.
Plastics, Pathogens and Baby formula: What’s in Your Shellfish? New UCI-led Study Finds Coastal Urbanization Increases Contamination in Seafood
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Assistant Professor Joleah Lamb and postdoctoral scholar Raechel Littman are collaborating with with other scientists and organizations to comprehensively examine contaminants in oysters in Myanmar. The findings are alarming, showing...
UCI Biologists Spearhead Creation of Microbiome Centers Consortium
From probing the ocean depths to deciphering human health mysteries, researchers across scientific disciplines are increasingly including microbiomes in their work. The Microbiome Centers Consortium has been launched by two University of California, Irvine School of Bioscience faculty members to advance growth in this life science field, increasingly recognized as relevant to many other disciplines and industrial applications.
Streaming the Tide of Alzheimer’s
Philanthropist on a mission to help others turns $150,000 into $20 million effort to fight disease at UCI MIND.
UCI Scientists Identify New Mechanism of Antibiotic Evasion
A team of researchers from UCI and the University of Copenhagen, Denmark has published a new study that describes a unique survival mechanism for the pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Published in the Journal of Bacteriology, the team discovered that P. aeruginosa send out a warning signal when exposed to a bacterial virus or antibiotic.
UCI Study Identifies Brain Protein that Could Put the Brakes on Alzheimer’s
Discovery of TOM-1 protein role heralds new directions in the disease fight.
Girls vs. Boys: Brain Differences Might Explain Tech Behaviors
Recent research shows the brain’s rewards regions activate when males crave videogames, girls face more depression when overusing social media.
California Dreamin’
With fellowship support, Stacy Ann Suarez Cham is pursuing her goal of a Ph.D. in ecology & evolutionary biology.