Estée Lauder endowment will establish epigenetics fellowship at UCI

Award honors late professor-researcher Paolo Sassone-Corsi and his groundbreaking work

Literary journalist awarded Alicia Patterson Foundation grant for stories about epigenetics

Erika Hayasaki, a UCI associate professor of English who teaches literary journalism, has received a 12-month, $40,000 grant from the Alicia Patterson Foundation. The award will help fund Hayasaki’s research, reporting and travel for four magazine-style stories involving epigenetics, including twin studies, the intersection of science and the courts, and the future of gene editing. […]

UCI epigenetics center hosts Saudi university president

In 2014, UCI’s Center for Epigenetics & Metabolism and the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology in Saudi Arabia forged a partnership to advance research on how genes and metabolism shape our bodies and minds. This far-reaching effort shows the potential to provide a blueprint for personalized medicine, and on June 23, KAUST President […]

UCI Center for Epigenetics & Metabolism and King Abdullah University of Science & Technology forge a research partnership

The Center for Epigenetics & Metabolism at UC Irvine and the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology have agreed to a partnership to advance research on how genes and metabolism shape our bodies and minds.

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UCI Podcast: Orange County high school students delve into cardiovascular research in biomedical engineering laboratory

For NSF-funded project, participants learn about organ segmentation, 3D printing, lasers and artificial intelligence

2022 Year in Review: Gifts, grants

2022 Year in Review – Gifts and grants

A year of groundbreaking growth and accomplishments

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The great equalizer

UCI Institute for Precision Health heralds a “new era in healthcare”

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Circadian clock watchers

Selma Masri and her lab team explore the links between cancer and our internal timekeeper

What gene changes and blood could tell us about the opioid crisis

UCI scientists win $3.5 million grant for bold addiction research

How melatonin can make you sleep better: what it is, how much to take, and the health benefits

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