Irvine, Calif., March 5, 2014 — Thomas Yuen, entrepreneur, philanthropist and community leader, will receive UC Irvine’s Extraordinarius award May 15 at the 44th annual Lauds & Laurels ceremony, sponsored by the UCI Alumni Association. He is among 18 campus faculty, staff, students and alumni who will be honored. “Lauds & Laurels is our opportunity to […]
Irvine, Calif., Dec. 23, 2013 – UC Irvine Chancellor Michael V. Drake announced today that Frank M. LaFerla has been appointed the Hana & Francisco J. Ayala Dean of the School of Biological Sciences, effective Jan. 1, 2014. LaFerla, Chancellor’s Professor and chair of the Department of Neurobiology & Behavior since 2011, joined UC Irvine in […]
Neurobiologist Christopher Lay receives $10,000 Public Impact Fellowship for ‘whisker work.’
Irvine, Calif., Sept. 30, 2013 — UC Irvine scientists Aaron Esser-Kahn, Sunil Gandhi and Ali Mortazavi have been named recipients of the prestigious 2013 National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Awards. The highly selective award program supports projects by early-career researchers that show potential to transform scientific fields and accelerate the translation of research into […]
Harvard researcher to build world-class, transdisciplinary program
Campus awarded $10 million NIH grant to analyze early-stage impact of tau protein deposits
Findings may contribute to new therapeutic uses for neural stem cells
UC Irvine discovery offers new therapeutic target for treating mental illness
Findings show high-dose thiamine and biotin treatments can restore normal processes
Results reveal possible new therapeutic targets for mental and neurological disorders