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.

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The UCI Podcast: Directing biomedical evolution

Chang Liu’s Science study outlines improvements to the gene evolution system his lab developed

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UC Irvine-led team engineers new enzyme to produce synthetic genetic material

Discovery advances development of new therapeutic options for cancer and other diseases

Dr. Roger Mah (son), Dr. Robert A. Mah, Dr. Adeline Yen Mah, Chancellor Howard Gillman, Lucy Mah-Klein (granddaughter) and Christopher Klein (son-in-law), from left to right, participate at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Falling Leaves Foundation Medical Innovation Building on April 24, 2023.

Adeline and Robert Mah donate another $20 million toward Falling Leaves Foundation Medical Innovation Building

Gift to advance molecular innovation, vaccine development centers

UC Irvine, industry collaboration aims to boost health outcomes for rare diseases

Partnership will improve ability to identify underlying causes