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UCI Podcast: The latest on Alzheimer’s disease

UCI MIND’s Dr. Joshua Grill talks about two new drugs and a whole lot more

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UCI Podcast: From leaving Syria to preventing psychiatric disorders

Amal Alachkar discusses reestablishing her career in neuroscience at UCI after fleeing Syria and how she helped develop UCI’s online master’s in pharmacology

Joshua Romero, M.F.A. '17 poses as a bronze statue

A living statue

Anteater alumnus poses as ‘The Thinker’ and other sculptures at swanky events

UC Irvine News Brief: Olivier Civelli named chair of pharmacology

Recognized as one of the world’s leading researchers in identifying and cloning dopamine receptors, he plans to support efforts to apply systems biology methods to the discovery of new therapeutic approaches and help develop a professional master’s program.

Piomelli receives distinguished investigator award

NARSAD, the leading charity for research on mental health disorders, has honored Daniele Piomelli with its prestigious Distinguished Investigator Award.…

Progress and promise

During the first week of October, the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center will sponsor events highlighting UCI’s progress in this promising area.

UC Irvine News Brief: Emerging UCI neuroscientists to discuss research at ReMIND symposium

Those dedicated to uncovering the causes of diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s will be the focus of the Feb. 10 event, the second of its kind.

Understanding the Alzheimer’s-Parkinson’s link

UCI researchers find the neurodegenerative combo of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases accelerates dementia.

Neuroscientist James Fallon

Killer instinct

It’s a lecture UC Irvine neuroscientist James Fallon has delivered around the world, even on the hit TV show “Criminal Minds.” Discussing the biological traits of murderers, Fallon describes how he correctly identified 30 killers out of 70 subjects in a double-blind experiment simply by studying their brain scans. Audiences are fascinated. But a couple years ago, […]

Bad driving may have genetic basis, UCI study finds

Bad drivers may in part have their genes to blame, suggests a new study by UC Irvine neuroscientists. People with…