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Maksim Plikus

UC Irvine-led researchers reveal new molecular mechanism for stimulating hair growth

Findings may offer road map for next generation of therapies for androgenetic alopecia

UC Irvine to lead multi-institutional study of single-cell vulnerabilities to Alzheimer's disease

Campus awarded $10 million NIH grant to analyze early-stage impact of tau protein deposits

Grapevines in the campus vineyards at the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science at UC Davis.

Study reveals potential breakthrough in grapevine disease resistance

UC researchers pave way for climate-adaptive agriculture

Alana LeBrón (left) and Jun Wu (right).

UC Irvine receives grant to study lead exposure effects on children's learning, behavior

Santa Ana-based project continues past successful community-academic partnership

UC Irvine scientists create long-lasting, cobalt-free, lithium-ion batteries

The finding promises to help manufacturers move beyond controversial metal

Photo of Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tuscon, Arizona.

Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument early data release holds nearly 2 million objects

UC Irvine-led mission’s cosmic maps include galaxies, quasars and stars in the Milky Way

Photograph of a wildfire in the mountains above Orange County, California.

Human-caused climate change to blame for increase in California's wildfires

Study by UC Irvine, other universities points to growth in burn area through 2050

Dennis Kim, holding his violin and bow stands on a bridge with students in the background.

He teaches another kind of string theory

Pacific Symphony concertmaster Dennis Kim joins UCI music faculty

Bill Maurer
UC Irvine Podcast Indicator

UCI Podcast: What's next in the School of Social Sciences?

Dean Bill Maurer looks ahead to his next five-year term leading UCI’s largest student-populated school

Federico Vaca in a lab coat.

Bilingual, digital health tool helps reduce alcohol use, UC Irvine-led study finds

Large-scale, randomized clinical trial is first of its kind focused on Latino participants