Athina Markopoulou

A perfect balance

An engineer, professor, researcher, entrepreneur, wife and mother finds a second home at Calit2

People with highly superior powers of recall also vulnerable to false memories

People who can accurately remember details of their daily lives going back decades are as susceptible as everyone else to forming fake memories, UC Irvine psychologists and neurobiologists have found.

Grafted limb cells acquire molecular ‘fingerprint' of new location, UCI study shows

Cells triggering tissue regeneration that are taken from one limb and grafted onto another acquire the molecular “fingerprint,” or identity, of their new location, UC Irvine developmental biologists have discovered. The findings provide a better understanding of how grafted tissue changes its identity to match the host tissue environment during the process of limb regeneration and bring scientists closer to establishing regenerative therapies for humans.

UCI Medal event honors recipients and helps students

Irvine, Calif., Oct. 7, 2013 — An annual UC Irvine gala celebrating recipients of the UCI Medal raised more than $1 million, which will provide benefits for students through the prestigious Chancellor’s Fund for Scholarships and Fellowships. More than 600 guests turned out Saturday, Oct. 5, for the 2013 UCI Medal Awards. One of Orange […]

We did it!

UCI breaks world record for largest water-blaster battle in wet Welcome Week event

Yingyi Bu and Bart Knijnenburg

Grad students get leg up from Google

Two in ICS’s doctoral program win fellowships recognizing world’s ‘most promising young academics’

Binbin Zheng

Bridging the educational divide

Public Impact Fellow Binbin Zheng studies how low-cost classroom technology can help disadvantaged learners

Scott Sellars

More than a weatherman

Public Impact Fellow Scott Sellars is developing a better way to predict precipitation

Circadian rhythms control body's response to intestinal infections, UCI-led study finds

Circadian rhythms can boost the body’s ability to fight intestinal bacterial infections, UC Irvine researchers have found.

Bill Maurer named dean of School of Social Sciences

Irvine, Calif., May 14, 2013 – After a nationwide search, UC Irvine anthropology professor Bill Maurer has been named dean of the campus’s largest academic unit, the School of Social Sciences. “It’s gratifying when we find that the very best person for the position in the country is already right here,” said Chancellor Michael Drake. “I’m […]