Biological Sciences

Dementia developments

Co-hosted by UCI MIND, the 30th Annual Southern California Alzheimer’s Disease Research Conference will share recent discoveries

Future M.D. is already helping others

Aided by a scholarship, UCI senior Joshua Torosyan mentors, tutors and volunteers

Stemming the Tide of Alzheimer’s

Philanthropist on a mission to help others turns $150,000 into $20 million effort to fight disease at UCI MIND

UCI study identifies brain protein that could put the brakes on Alzheimer’s

Discovery of TOM-1 protein role heralds new directions in the disease fight

Encouraging community access

Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center seeks to demystify its work with public lecture series, open houses

California dreamin’

With fellowship support, Stacy Ann Suarez Cham is pursuing her goal of a Ph.D. in ecology & evolutionary biology

UCI senior Alyssa Carrillo

Set on science

For future biomedical researcher, undergraduate scholarship was vote of confidence

UCI scientists awarded $2.7 million for soil nutrient microbiome research

Microorganisms’ reaction to drought could hold clue to surviving climate change

microscopic image of cells

Link between brain immune cells and Alzheimer’s disease development identified

UCI study finds absence of microglia prevents plaque formation

Study examines a million corals one by one in urgent call to save reefs

UCI biologist among data contributors to large, unprecedented project