Estée Lauder endowment will establish epigenetics fellowship at UCI
Award honors late professor-researcher Paolo Sassone-Corsi and his groundbreaking work
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UCI assistant professor is awarded $100,000 grant for her research into women's cancers
Gina Lee, UCI assistant professor of microbiology & molecular genetics, is one of 10 researchers to receive a $100,000 grant from the Mary Kay Ash Foundation for their innovative work in seeking cures for cancers affecting women. Lee’s team studies lymphangioleiomyomatosis, a rare tumor syndrome causing uncontrolled cell growth in the kidneys and lungs that […]
How a protein breaks free to cause deadly cancers
UCI-led finding helps propel search for improved treatments
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 “We showed that a saliva sample withdrawn using a simple microbiological loop can be directly analyzed in a single collection tube, using common and precise DNA amplification […]
New UCI-led study finds links between circadian rhythms, metabolism and addiction
Findings reveal possible role for peripheral organs in substance use disorders
Falling Leaves Foundation $30 million lead gift to fund innovative UCI medical research building
Facility to be designed to advance cross-disciplinary teaching, translational research activities
You should get vaccinated, even if you've had COVID - Here's why
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Nine UCI researchers named AAAS fellows
Honor is conferred for distinguished contributions to their fields
UC researchers pioneer more effective method of blocking malaria transmission in mosquitoes
New CRISPR-based gene drive approach successfully overcomes issue of resistance in females
Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center to host expert discussion on COVID-19
EVENT: UCI’s Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center and the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy have partnered to host a panel of experts discussing COVID-19. Four experts will address four topics related to the COVID-19 pandemic in everyday terms for the non-scientific community. As society begins to reopen, these four topics […]