Jeffrey Wasserstrom

Title company

Newest Chancellor’s and Distinguished professors join select group

Ulcer bug's Achilles' heel revealed in UCI-led study

Irvine, Calif., Dec. 11, 2012 — Research led by a UC Irvine structural biologist has revealed a potential new way to attack common stomach bacteria that cause ulcers and significantly increase the odds of developing stomach cancer. Hartmut “Hudel” Luecke, professor of molecular biology & biochemistry, and colleagues focused on the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, which […]

Highlights of 2012 at UCI

Year brings scientific advances, national accolades, international outreach, student achievement and loss of campus stalwarts

Coach courts players abroad

Former Turkish pro is key to boss Russell Turner’s international recruitment efforts

Carla Plaza

Against all odds

No one can tell Carla Plaza she hasn’t earned the right to a college education. The 35-year-old senior in biochemistry & molecular biology at UC Irvine is months away from getting a bachelor’s degree — the first in her family to do so — and taking another step toward her childhood dream of becoming a […]

Dancers and Singers at the 'Celebration of Stars'

‘A Celebration of Stars' honors UCI Medalists

UC Irvine’s premier annual event highlights campus contributions.

Professor gets IGERT grant to create Ph.D. program in biophotonics

UCI’s Vasan Venugopalan will lead a new interdisciplinary graduate program in the development and application of optical technologies to advance biomedical science and healthcare.

Kerry Burnight

In pursuit of happiness

UC Irvine gerontologist Kerry Burnight has learned a lot about how to live well and make the most of each day, not just in later years but now.

Stanley Grant to head $4.8 milllion international water project

UCI civil & environmental engineer and his group will lead U.S.-Australian effort to find low-energy ways of turning wastewater into drinking water.

Celebrating the progress, potential of stem cell research

From Oct. 1 to 3, the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center joins an international awareness effort, hosting events for local students, the campus community and UCI supporters.