UCI-led study uses plankton genomes as global biosensors of ocean ecosystem stress

UCI graduate students, researchers traveled the world to chart major ocean regions

UCI biologist part of team to sequence of the Komodo dragon genome

New study provides groundbreaking insights into the evolution of lizards

Mouse, not just tick: New genome heralds change in Lyme disease fight

UCI-led study points toward new ways to prevent disease transmission

Ali Mortazavi to share $10 million in NIH funding for critical genome mapping

The National Institutes of Health is expanding its effort to create a fundamental genomics resource for scientific use in studying human health and disease. And through its Encyclopedia of DNA Elements Project, UCI assistant professor of developmental & cell biology Ali Mortazavi will share $10 million in grant funding over four years with the California Institute of Technology […]

UCI scientists decode genomes of sexually precocious fruit flies

Breakthrough study could transform drug, aging and fertility research.

UC Irvine News Brief: Hydra genome sequenced

UC Irvine biologists Robert Steele and Hans Bode, along with eight other UCI scientists and an international team of researchers, have sequenced the genome of the hydra.

Three men.

UC Irvine-led research team discovers role of key enzymes that drive cancer mutations

APOBEC3A and APOBEC3B offer potential new targets for intervention strategies

Butterfly on a branch.

UC Irvine biologists find what colors a butterfly’s world

Study identifies first known gene change in sex-differentiated vision

Stacy Copp standing in a laboratory.

Discovery through mentorship

UCI materials science and engineering project gives student researchers opportunities to excel

Grapevines in the campus vineyards at the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science at UC Davis.

Study reveals potential breakthrough in grapevine disease resistance

UC researchers pave way for climate-adaptive agriculture