Biological Sciences

UC Irvine researchers find new Alzheimer's mechanism linked to brain inflammation

Discovery reveals long-studied receptor is built differently than previously understood

UC Irvine discovery leads to TIME-honored memory device

Michael Leon’s UC-patented research leads to award-winning Memory Air product

Leslie M. Thompson, Donald Bren Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior and Neurobiology & Behavior at UC Irvine.

CIRM awards UC Irvine neuroscientist another $2 million for Huntington's disease research

Goal is to determine why the fatal condition destroys some brain cells but spares others

Katrine Whiteson in her lab.

A literal gut check

Katrine Whiteson studies how intestinal microbiomes affect human health

UC Irvine expands national leadership in Alzheimer's research with $21 million grant

UCI MIND secures National Institute on Aging funding for 5 more years to further discovery

collage of 8 individual photos of faces

Eight UC Irvine faculty members named Hellman Fellows

Program supports research by promising assistant professors

Shelley Hoss

O.C. foundation leader Shelley Hoss, M.B.P.A. '87, to receive 2025 Extraordinarius award

UC Irvine Alumni Association to honor 21 exemplary Anteaters at Lauds & Laurels

Diego Pizzagalli, head of UC Irvine’s Noel Drury, M.D. Institute for Translational Depression Discoveries.

Brain-based markers may help personalize depression treatment

Study led by founding director of UC Irvine Institute for Translational Depression Discoveries

From left, Jennifer Martiny, Rina Dechter and Catherine Lord.

3 UC Irvine professors elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Rina Dechter, Catherine Lord and Jennifer Martiny recognized for scholarly excellence

UC Irvine professors Mathew Blurton-Jones (left) and Robert Spitale

Engineered microglia show promise for treating Alzheimer's, other brain diseases

UC Irvine team develops cell-based platform for brain-wide delivery of therapeutic agents