Ali Mortazavi

How life works is his life’s work

UCI professor of developmental and cell biology seeks answers to how genes are regulated

The other March madness: Match Day

At festive ceremony, UCI medical students find out where they will start their careers as doctors

Rams legendary running back Eric Dickerson chums it up with UCI ecology & evolutionary biology professor James Hicks during UCI media day at Rams practice at Microsemi field at UCI

Exploring ‘exercise as medicine’

New class examines how and why physical activity can work better than pills

Chris Barty, with students Haytham Effarah and Kyle Chestnut working at a lab table with gogles on.

Transforming human health

The COSI labs are home to up-and-coming laser technology that can be used to fight disease and illness

Radioactive bone cement found to be safer in treating spinal tumors

UCI-led project may provide alternative to conventional radiation therapy

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UCI Podcast: How Amy Coney Barrett could reshape the Supreme Court

With just weeks to go before the election, the Senate has launched confirmation hearings for President Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Conservatives have praised her judicial approach, while liberals are worried that she could contribute to undoing the gains they’ve made on social issues in recent decades — and […]

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

Thinking Big

The Precision Health Through Artificial Intelligence Initiative uses leading-edge big-data approaches to advance the frontiers of medicine

Starve a tumor, feed a cell: How cancers can resist drugs

UCI biologists discover new approach for overcoming drug resistance

Saving Mother and Child

Multidisciplinary teams of UCI oncologists and maternal-fetal specialists utilize scientific advances to treat patients with high-risk pregnancies