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Selma Masri

UCI Assistant Professor Selma Masri wins J&J WiSTEM2D Scholars Award for Science

Selma Masri, assistant professor of biological chemistry in the UCI School of Medicine, has won the prestigious 2022 Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars Award for Science. The awards program honors one scholar in each STEM2D discipline: science, technology, engineering, math, manufacturing and design. The six diverse, international female recipients were selected out of a competitive […]

UCI assistant professor of medicine receives MERIT grant from National Cancer Institute

Nick Pannunzio, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the UCI School of Medicine, has received a Method to Extend Research in Time Award from the National Cancer Institute. The seven-year grant will bring approximately $410,000 annually to fund his study into a particular acute lymphoblastic leukemia subtype called Philadelphia chromosome-like […]

Krzysztof “Kris” Palczewski

Vision visionary

UCI’s acclaimed Donald Bren Professor of Ophthalmology, Kris Palczewski, is blazing a trail of innovative research

The other March madness: Match Day

At festive ceremony, UCI medical students find out where they will start their careers as doctors

Physiology & biophysics professor co-writes book on how membranes, their proteins work

Stephen H. White, a professor of physiology & biophysics in the UCI School of Medicine since 1973, has co-authored a book that he calls the culmination of his career. Cell Boundaries (Garland Science, 2021) was 13 years in the making and describes how membranes and their proteins work. White and his collaborators, Gunnar von Heijne, […]

UCI receives renewal of designation as Huntington’s Disease Society of America Center of Excellence

Renewal recognizes UCI’s dedication to patient care and active engagement in research to develop new therapeutic approaches

UCI study reveals neurobiological processes occurring during puberty that trigger sex differences in learning and memory

New findings suggest optimal teaching tactics, psychiatric treatment, should adapt to reflect brain differences

Michael Yassa's lab.

Stemming the Rising Mental Health Crisis

UCI researchers help illuminate the complexities of the mind and find solutions to prevent a twin pandemic

Pramod Khargonekar, vice chancellor for research, left, with Dr. Michael Stamos, dean of the School of Medicine, center, and Frank LaFerla, dean of the School of Biological Sciences.

Audrey Steele Burnand estate gifts $57.75 million to UCI

Majority will establish world-class, campuswide depression research center

Fan-Gang Zeng

The future of hearing healthcare is (almost) here

UCI professor of otolaryngology sees AI revolutionizing diagnosis and treatment