What gene changes and blood could tell us about the opioid crisis
UCI scientists win $3.5 million grant for bold addiction research
July 18, 2022
Medicine
Research reveals how brain inflammation may link Alzheimer’s risk, sleep disturbance
Multisite team included UCI, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Wake Forest University
July 13, 2022
UCI researchers find that aspirin alters colorectal cancer evolution
Next up: Does the medication offer protection against other forms of cancer?
June 09, 2022
Melanoma researcher covers all the bases
UCI Health dermatologist Anand Ganesan created new compounds that slow skin cancer growth
June 06, 2022
UCI research finds parents’ unpredictable behavior may impair optimal brain circuit formation
Disrupted development increases vulnerability to mental illness, substance abuse
June 02, 2022
Entrepreneurship program expands to Vietnam
Division of Undergraduate Education program aims to bridge classroom learning with future career opportunities
May 27, 2022
UCI team gets $970,000 NIH grant to launch interdisciplinary skin biology training effort
A team from the UCI Skin Biology Resource Center has been awarded a five-year, $970,000 grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases to launch an interdisciplinary skin biology training program. Designed to develop the next generation of interdisciplinary research physicians and scientist leaders in academia and industry, the program takes advantage […]
May 06, 2022
UCI professor wins prestigious Robert Koch Prize for groundbreaking research
Philip Felgner shares annual award for contributions to creation of mRNA vaccines
April 27, 2022
Professor participates in companion studies linking genes, increased schizophrenia risk
Marquis Vawter, Ph.D., research professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior at the UCI School of Medicine, participated in companion studies published in Nature, analyzing regions of the human genome associated with increased risk of schizophrenia. Researchers knew that the disorder carries a 60 to 80 percent inheritability and wanted to determine common […]
April 22, 2022
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 […]
April 20, 2022