Mathew Blurton-Jones of UCI (clockwise from upper left), pictured with Jean Paul Chadarevian of UCI, and Frederick “Chris” Bennett and Sonia Lombroso of Penn.

Study finds how our brains turn into smarter disease fighters

UC Irvine-Penn immune cell discovery a new attack on Alzheimer’s, neurological disorders

UCI cracks code to restoring memory creation in older or damaged brains

Crucial gene gains new life after molecular brake is lifted

Peter Burke

Measuring ‘brainstorms’

UCI researchers pioneer technique permitting unprecedented peek inside neurons at activity of ion channels

UCI neurobiologist Sunil Gandhi

UCI neurobiologists restore youthful vigor to adult brains

They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. The same can be said of the adult brain. Its connections are hard to change, while in children, novel experiences rapidly mold new connections during critical periods of brain development.

Brains of people with superior memory are different

A group of people with superior autobiographical memory all share structural variations in their brain structures, a UC Irvine study finds.

Luiza Osorio G. Silva, a UC Irvine assistant professor of art history holding a replica coffin and a homemade mummy she has owned since childhood.

Bringing ancient Egypt to life

Professor uses pop culture to demystify pharaohs, pyramids and more

The UCI School of Medicine team members who helped develop new viral vectors that will advance neural circuit mapping include, from left, front row: Michele Wu, Alexis Bouin, Ginny Wu, Qiao Ye and Xiangmin Xu; back row: Todd Holmes, Bert Semler, Orkide Koyuncu and Liqi Tong.

UC Irvine-led research team creates novel rabies viral vectors for neural circuit mapping

New tools can detect microstructural changes in aging and Alzheimer’s disease brain neurons

2023 Year in Review

2023 Year in Review – Critical discoveries

Enabling hydrogen to power trucks Samueli School of Engineering Exposure to green space linked to reduced risk of postpartum depression Program in Public Health UCI-led team receives funding from National Science Foundation to connect Indigenous communities with key decision makers in wildfire management School of Social Sciences The power of health informatics Donald Bren School […]

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Turning Anteaters into ANTrepreneurs

Open to all, fall quarter’s AI Innovation Challenge aims to inspire

Vivek Swarup

UC Irvine neuroscientists develop ‘meta-cell’ to move Alzheimer’s fight forward

New process reveals single-cell secrets for novel therapeutic targets