Stemming the Rising Mental Health Crisis
UCI researchers help illuminate the complexities of the mind and find solutions to prevent a twin pandemic
February 09, 2022
School of Medicine
Audrey Steele Burnand estate gifts $57.75 million to UCI
Majority will establish world-class, campuswide depression research center
February 07, 2022
The future of hearing healthcare is (almost) here
UCI professor of otolaryngology sees AI revolutionizing diagnosis and treatment
January 31, 2022
UCI researchers discover cause, develop pharmacological treatment for reducing retinitis pigmentosa vision loss
Inhibiting ceramide accumulation in retina protects photoreceptors, improves vision
January 26, 2022
Novel instrument could transform research at UCI
Mass cytometer expands cell profiling capabilities of scientists across campus
January 18, 2022
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
January 12, 2022
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
January 10, 2022
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
January 04, 2022
$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 […]
November 30, 2021
UCI interdisciplinary team receives $2 million grant to study ancestral differences in skin
A UCI interdisciplinary research team associated with the Skin Biology Resource Center has received a three-year, $2 million grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to generate a comprehensive skin cell atlas that will help explain ancestral differences in skin biology and disease. The project is part of a worldwide effort to create the Human Cell […]
November 15, 2021