Year: 2010

UCI Distinguished Professor of neurobiology & behavior garners the $25,000 Ralph W. Gerard Prize for outstanding contributions to the field.

StemCells Inc. has filed an application with the Swiss regulatory agency for therapeutic products to conduct the world’s first clinical study of a human neural stem cell-based treatment in chronic spinal cord injury patients.

The UC Irvine women’s soccer team defeated Wake Forest University 2-0 Sunday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. UCI advances to the round of 16 for the first time and will host the University of Washington at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20 at Anteater Stadium.

UC Irvine researchers’discovery helps explain why people burn fat more efficiently at certain times of day and could lead to new pharmaceuticals for obesity, diabetes and energy-related illnesses.

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling also protects faculty speech.

Supported by INSERM, her dopamine studies reveal new clues to brain diseases.

UCI senior and new Dalai Lama Scholar Doug Cheung is dedicated to compassionate healing.

Social sciences speakers to discuss mid-term elections, California’s business climate, and information overload in the digital age

Richard Branson and Dalai Lama also on the program co-sponsored by Center for Living Peace Orange County.

UCI neurologist Dr. Mark Fisher and neuropathologist Dr. Ronald Kim found that cerebral microbleeds are highly prevalent in the aging brain – and not primarily products of stroke-related injury, hypertension or neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, as had been thought.