UCI professor wins prestigious Robert Koch Prize for groundbreaking research
Philip Felgner shares annual award for contributions to creation of mRNA vaccines
April 27, 2022
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UCI’s Michael Méndez is named a 2022 Andrew Carnegie Fellow
Assistant professor of urban planning and public policy is one of 28 recipients across US
April 26, 2022
Professor participates in companion studies linking genes, increased schizophrenia risk
Marquis Vawter, Ph.D., research professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior at the UCI School of Medicine, participated in companion studies published in Nature, analyzing regions of the human genome associated with increased risk of schizophrenia. Researchers knew that the disorder carries a 60 to 80 percent inheritability and wanted to determine common […]
April 22, 2022
UCI scientists turn a hydrogen molecule into a quantum sensor
New technique enables precise measurement of electrostatic properties of materials
April 22, 2022
UCI Assistant Professor Selma Masri wins J&J WiSTEM2D Scholars Award for Science
Selma Masri, assistant professor of biological chemistry in the UCI School of Medicine, has won the prestigious 2022 Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars Award for Science. The awards program honors one scholar in each STEM2D discipline: science, technology, engineering, math, manufacturing and design. The six diverse, international female recipients were selected out of a competitive […]
April 20, 2022
UCI has skin in the lab-grown meat game
Neurobiologist Ian Smith will lead campus effort to create new cell lines for research
April 18, 2022
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 “We showed that a saliva sample withdrawn using a simple microbiological loop can be directly analyzed in a single collection tube, using common and precise DNA amplification […]
April 12, 2022
UCI assistant professor of medicine receives MERIT grant from National Cancer Institute
Nick Pannunzio, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the UCI School of Medicine, has received a Method to Extend Research in Time Award from the National Cancer Institute. The seven-year grant will bring approximately $410,000 annually to fund his study into a particular acute lymphoblastic leukemia subtype called Philadelphia chromosome-like […]
April 11, 2022
Vision visionary
UCI’s acclaimed Donald Bren Professor of Ophthalmology, Kris Palczewski, is blazing a trail of innovative research
April 11, 2022
UCI experts available to discuss invasion of Ukraine
From sociology to cybersecurity, topics of expertise range on conflict
April 05, 2022