Michael Montoya

Fighting poverty with knowledge

Inequality literally is making people sick, says Michael Montoya, UC Irvine anthropology and Chicano/Latino studies assistant professor.

Men at greater risk of complications from too much iron in blood

The world’s largest long-term study of people with a genetic blood disorder has found that men with a specific pair…

Genetic switch for circadian rhythms discovered

University of California, Irvine researchers have identified the chemical switch that triggers the genetic mechanism regulating our internal body clock.

Of mice and medicine

Frank LaFerla and his transgenic mouse move UCI to the forefront of Alzheimer’s research

From ranch to research university

UCI celebrates 40 years of innovation

Cracking cancer’s code

Recent additions to UCI’s team attacking deadly disease on multiple fronts

A good life

In the work of evolutionary biologist and ordained priest Francisco Ayala, science and religion have found a peaceful coexistence

Information is power

For Hoda Anton-Culver, data is key to the early detection and treatment of cancer

Revealing rhythms

Pierre Baldi uses math – and music – to help transform reams of research data into biological breakthroughs