Four UCI professors awarded Guggenheim Fellowships
Honorees specialize in history, science, art and literary journalism
April 14, 2020
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pharmaceutical sciences
Seeking to serve the poor
Aided by scholarship, transfer student prepares to ‘bring a better quality of healthcare to underserved populations’
December 23, 2019
Researchers develop ‘lab on a chip’ for personalized drug efficacy monitoring
UCI researchers and collaborators have developed a “lab on a chip” platform to facilitate continuous, inexpensive, rapid and personalized drug screening. The technology is capable of evaluating the effectiveness of treatments on cancer cells without bulky readout equipment or requiring the shipment of samples to labs. The scientists’ work is the subject of a new […]
November 21, 2019
Three UCI early-career researchers receive 2019 NIH Director’s New Innovator Awards
The National Institutes of Health has granted 2019 Director’s New Innovator Awards to three UCI early-career researchers: Han Li and Timothy Downing of The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Kevin Beier of the School of Medicine. The faculty members will receive more than $2.2 million each over five years to support their work. Li, […]
October 08, 2019
Pharm Sci’s Robert Spitale wins Ono Pharma Breakthrough Science Initiative Award
Robert Spitale, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences, is one of five winners of 2019 Ono Pharma Breakthrough Science Initiative Awards, intended to accelerate high-risk and high-reward science research projects that could lead to discoveries, solutions and potential breakthrough treatments for patients. The award is for three years and provides $900,000 in direct funds for selected […]
July 12, 2019
UCI team pioneers cancer treatment that targets bone metastases while sparing bone
New, safer approach using engineered stem cells could reduce need for chemotherapy
July 08, 2019
Claudia Benavente is awarded a $2.1 million NCI grant to combat childhood bone cancer
Claudia Benavente, an assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences and developmental & cell biology at UCI, has received a $2.1 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to develop a novel therapeutic treatment for osteosarcoma. Her research aims to explain the role of the chromatin remodeling protein UHRF1 as a potential target in the treatment of […]
June 06, 2019
Nanotechnology treatment shows promise against multiple sclerosis
UCI-led stem cell study sets stage for human testing
June 05, 2019
Dr. Steve Goldstein named UCI vice chancellor for health affairs
Renowned academic leader will oversee new College of Health Sciences
December 18, 2018
NSF grant supports UCI microfluidics research center
UCI’s Center for Advanced Design and Manufacturing of Integrated Microfluidics has received a $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for ongoing research into developing miniature devices that can perform biochemical analytical functions quickly and inexpensively. These chips have the potential to rapidly detect dangerous toxins in the blood, quickly screen hundreds of potential drugs, […]
November 20, 2018