Mahtab Jafari

UCI-led study shows Rhodiola rosea root might be beneficial for managing type 2 diabetes

Botanical extract shows promise as an alternative to drug therapy

John Chaput

UCI-developed COVID-19 test detects, identifies specific variants with 100% accuracy

RNA-based method advances personalized medicine for improved patient care

Selma Masri

Circadian clock watchers

Selma Masri and her lab team explore the links between cancer and our internal timekeeper

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

Increased use of household fireworks creates a public health hazard, UCI study finds

Impacts are most pronounced in Southern California’s low-income communities

T regulatory cells (green with red nuclei) interact with antigen-presenting cells (magenta) in a tumor (blue). The Treg cell on top is activated (green fluorescence in the nucleus), while the one at the bottom is not (green fluorescence outside the nucleus). Activation of Treg cells promotes tumor growth.

UCI-led study finds that cancer immunotherapy may self-limit its efficacy

Common tumor inhibitor drug triggers favorable and unfavorable immune effects

UCI biochip innovation combines AI and nanoparticle printing for cancer cell analysis

Low cost and ease of manufacturing allow for wide application in developing countries

Plastics, pathogens and baby formula: What’s in your shellfish?

New UCI-led study finds coastal urbanization increases contamination in seafood

Thomas Milner, the new director of UCI’s Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic

Inventive medicine

Optics innovator Thomas Milner is back at UCI as director of the Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic

UCI scientists engineer human cells with squid-like transparency

Bioinspired research project a first step toward intrinsically translucent tissue