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The Department of Biological Chemistry celebrated the 80th birthday of Masayasu Nomura, the Grace Bell Professor of Biological Chemistry, with…

Five experts will discuss past, present and future of the disease

Finding Genius Podcast, April 2, 2020 (Audio)

UCI-led study shows low-calorie diet may help keep body young

Douglas Tobias, professor of chemistry at UCI, is the 2017 recipient of the Soft Matter & Biophysical Chemistry Award from Britain’s Royal Society of Chemistry. The prize honors outstanding and innovative research in soft condensed matter and the application of physicochemical techniques to biological problems. It includes a cash prize of about $2,600, a medal, […]

Irvine, Calif., July 31, 2014 — Much of the liver’s metabolic function is governed by circadian rhythms – our own body clock – and UC Irvine researchers have now found two independent mechanisms by which this occurs. The study, published online today in Cell, reveals new information about the body clock’s sway over metabolism and […]

UC Irvine has renamed its School of Biological Sciences the Francisco J. Ayala School of Biological Sciences, recognizing Dr. Ayala’s vast body of scientific work, international acclaim, and decades of contributions to the school and the campus.

UC Irvine chemists Ara Apkarian, Filipp Furche and Douglas Tobias have won three of the four American Chemical Society physical chemistry division awards for 2014.

Shaul Mukamel, Chancellor’s Professor of chemistry at UC Irvine, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

In work lasting less than one year, they determined the origin of a carbide ion in nitrogenase.