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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

UCI researchers discover cause, develop pharmacological treatment for reducing retinitis pigmentosa vision loss

Inhibiting ceramide accumulation in retina protects photoreceptors, improves vision

Vanessa Scarfone (left), flow & mass cytometry core manager at the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, and research associate Pauline Nguyen analyze data from the first Helios experiment.

Novel instrument could transform research at UCI

Mass cytometer expands cell profiling capabilities of scientists across campus

UCI-led research team discovers a molecular feature in prostate cancer with prognostic value, distinguishes ancestral differences

Expression signatures may be useful for assessing greatest risk of progression in prostate and other cancers

UCI-led team first to discover new neural circuits that regulate spatial learning and memory in the brain's hippocampal formation

Understanding of novel functional roles can advance research in Alzheimer’s disease, other learning and memory disorders

UCI researchers reveal molecular mechanisms underlying mutations within the eye that lead to blindness

Understanding the key structural determinants of a highly specialized membrane in the eye could lead to new treatments, even a cure

$5.5 million CIRM grant to fund development of new cervical spinal cord injury therapeutic

Aileen Anderson, director of UCI’s Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center and professor of physical medicine & rehabilitation, has been awarded a 30-month, $5.5 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. The funds will be used in the development of a new human neural stem cell therapeutic for treating chronic cervical […]