Biological Sciences

Putting the ‘lazy eye” to work

UCI research suggests expanding amblyopia treatment approaches

Jennifer Martiny, UCI professor of ecology and evolutionary biology (front), and Katrine Whiteson, UCI assistant professor of molecular biology and biochemistry

UCI biologists spearhead creation of Microbiome Centers Consortium

New network aims to share strategies, accelerate knowledge

UCI biologist Adriana Briscoe

UCI butterfly expert’s advocacy for Hispanic scientists takes wing with award

Adriana Briscoe receives the 2020 University Faculty Award

Exploring humanity’s final frontier

UCI Brain Launch Event kicks off an ambitious campus effort to expand the horizons of neuroscience research

The Alzheimer’s crunch

With jump in patients expected, new leader of clinical research operations at UCI MIND aims to accelerate translation of discoveries into effective treatments

UCI data scientists use geometric concept to spot strong, weak points in neural networks

With its 100 billion neurons connected in a sprawling and complex network, the human brain offers many challenges to scientists hoping to comprehend its structure. For a study published recently in Nature Communications, researchers at UCI, the University of Minnesota and other institutions employed an abstract geometric concept known as “network curvature” to elucidate the conduits […]

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