A short burst of moderate exercise enhances the consolidation of memories in both healthy older adults and those with mild cognitive impairment, scientists with UC Irvine’s Center for the Neurobiology of Learning & Memory have discovered.
The award provides five years of additional support to the biologists, mathematicians, physicists, engineers and computer scientists who collaborate in pursuit of a more comprehensive and accurate understanding of complex biological systems.
UC Irvine scientists will be part of two research teams garnering CIRM Disease Team Therapy Development Awards, which are designed to accelerate collaborative translational research leading to human clinical trials.
UC Irvine scientists have discovered intriguing variations in the brains of people who can effortlessly recall every moment of their lives since about age 10.
A group of people with superior autobiographical memory all share structural variations in their brain structures, a UC Irvine study finds.
Acclaimed scientist and respected leader has served the campus for 40 years and knows it well.
UC Irvine vector biologist Anthony James and colleagues have produced a model of the Anopheles stephensi mosquito – a major source of malaria in India and the Middle East – that impairs the development of the malaria parasite.
International genetic consortium finds butterflies also use taste and smell genes to increase their chances of living longer.
The UCI faculty members are among 220 new fellows and 17 new foreign honorary members elected this year.
Jessica Pratt is looking for the most cost-effective way to save unique and precious California habitat.