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Craig Walsh, UCI professor of molecular biology and biochemistry

UC Irvine advances stem cell research with $4 million CIRM grant for shared resources lab

Funding will enable upgraded equipment, new services and user training in 4 critical areas

Philip Kiser, UCI associate professor of physiology & biophysics as well as ophthalmology,

UC Irvine study shows similarities and differences in human and insect vision formation

Discovery offers insights into retinal disease origins and potential therapeutic targets

Wendell Brase

Wendell Brase wins 2023 I2SL Phil Wirdzek Leadership Award

Honor recognizes UCI’s pioneering role in energy-efficient laboratory operations

Class members in the UCI National BSL-3 Training Program learn proper procedures in the center’s own fully-functional BLS-3 lab.

Biosecurity blanket

Highly regarded UCI program trains researchers in safe use of specialized labs to study dangerous pathogens

Tobin Hammer, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, leans over a colony of bumblebees inside a climate-controlled room at UCI. On the shelf by his right arm is a modified hand-held vacuum used to capture escapees.

The secret life of bumblebees

UCI scientist uncovers surprising facts about the fuzzy insects

UCI researchers demonstrate how to trigger a pathogen release with music

Hospital and laboratory biocontainment facilities vulnerable to terrorist attack

Selma Masri

Circadian clock watchers

Selma Masri and her lab team explore the links between cancer and our internal timekeeper

UCI Podcast Indicator

UCI materials scientists discover design secrets of nearly indestructible insect

Southern California’s diabolical ironclad beetle can even survive being run over by car

Prof. Manabu Shiraiwa and postdoc Pascale Lakey are studying indoor air quality

Inside information

With more people staying home, UCI-led research on health effects of indoor air quality takes on new urgency

A study working with the Toyota Human Support Robot known as CARL SR.

Robots to the rescue

Socially assistive devices can help people cope in times of crisis