Briefs

Student group supports young stem cell researchers

Julie Harness studied many things – architecture, graphic design, marketing and psychology – before she found her niche in stem…

Ogunseitan named to state panel for green chemistry program

Oladele A. Ogunseitan, population health and disease prevention professor and chair at UC Irvine, has been selected to the state’s…

New oncology program bridges mainstream, alternative medicine

Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center has started an integrative oncology program to gauge the effectiveness of alternative dietary and lifestyle…

UCI stuttering expert to appear on top Brazilian news show

As one of the world’s leading experts on stuttering, Dr. Gerald Maguire of UC Irvine Medical Center is accustomed to…

UCI researchers develop vaccine that could prevent ocular herpes

Lbachir BenMohamed and Dr. Anthony Nesburn with The Gavin S. Herbert Eye Institute of UC Irvine’s ophthalmology department have developed…

New clinic opens for immune system disease care

A new clinic that opened March 20 in the Gottschalk Medical Plaza at UC Irvine addresses one of the largest…

Physics & astronomy postdocs receive Hubble fellowships

UC Irvine physics & astronomy postdoctoral researchers Misty Bentz and Shelley Wright have received prestigious 3-year Hubble research fellowships from…

Physicist receives German research award

Zuzanna Siwy, physics & astronomy assistant professor at UC Irvine, has received a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the…

Chemist honored for reducing air pollution

Barbara Finlayson-Pitts, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at UC Irvine, will receive a California Air Quality Award from the Coalition for…

Ampakine treatment reverses memory loss in Huntington's disease

Compounds created to combat Alzheimer’s disease, sleep disorders and other neurological ailments reverse Huntington’s disease-related memory loss, according to a…