Biological Sciences

UCI biologists track DNA "parasites" in the hunt for disease treatments

Study uncovers key insights into little-understood phenomenon

Troubled waters

Two Ph.D. students jump into action to study how oil spills affect critical ocean microorganisms

What gene changes and blood could tell us about the opioid crisis

UCI scientists win $3.5 million grant for bold addiction research

How a protein breaks free to cause deadly cancers

UCI-led finding helps propel search for improved treatments

UCI’s 2022-23 Hellman Fellows, from upper left, clockwise: Ariyan Johnson, Katherine Thompson-Peer, Benis Egoh, Xiaoyu Shi, Yanning Shen, Nadia Chernyak and Samar Al-Bulushi.

Seven UCI faculty members named Hellman Fellows for 2022-23

Program supports research by assistant professors

Solving algorithm ‘amnesia' reveals clues to how we learn

Finding by UCI biologists could help combat cognitive impairments

UCI-led team discovers signaling molecule that potently stimulates hair growth

SCUBE3 identified as possible therapeutic treatment for androgenetic alopecia

5 people standing side by side and smiling

Entrepreneurship program expands to Vietnam

Division of Undergraduate Education program aims to bridge classroom learning with future career opportunities

Monica Daley

A bird's leg view

Monica Daley studies avian ground movement to help people with mobility issues

UCI team gets $970,000 NIH grant to launch interdisciplinary skin biology training effort

A team from the UCI Skin Biology Resource Center has been awarded a five-year, $970,000 grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases to launch an interdisciplinary skin biology training program. Designed to develop the next generation of interdisciplinary research physicians and scientist leaders in academia and industry, the program takes advantage […]