#IamUCI – Maddy Halseth
Q&A with Class of 2022 graduate Maddy Halseth, B.S. in biological sciences
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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 […]
UCI team develops simplified, faster process for detection of viral RNA in saliva samples
UCI researchers have originated a simplified, faster clinical sample testing method to detect genetic material, including viral RNA. Their findings were recently published in the journal Scientific Reports. “We showed that a saliva sample withdrawn using a simple microbiological loop can be directly analyzed in a single collection tube, using common and precise DNA amplification […]
Austen Parrish is named third dean of UCI’s School of Law
Distinguished legal scholar and accomplished leader comes from Indiana University
How life works is his life’s work
UCI professor of developmental and cell biology seeks answers to how genes are regulated
UCI scientists make leap forward for genetic sequencing
Research to lead to improved personalized medicine and understanding of evolution
In Sickness and in Health
Alumna provides hope and support for couples dealing with mental health conditions
Healers’ Health
Three questions with Dr. Anju Hurria, UCI’s inaugural Samueli Wellness Officer
NIH awards over $2.5 million for research to improve interviewing of young witnesses
UCI study to focus on questions about the sequence of events in child maltreatment cases
Fieldwork for a better future
UCI partners with Irvine Ranch Conservancy for climate change adaptation study of plant and microbial ecosystems on Loma Ridge