What’s next: The ongoing urban exodus
Remote worker migration will depress home prices in big cities and raise them in suburbs, says UCI economist
June 14, 2021
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UCI researchers win funding to shed light on interactions between metabolism, immunity
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group has named two UCI researchers as Allen Distinguished Investigators. Michelle Digman, associate professor of biomedical engineering, and Jennifer Prescher, professor of chemistry, were among 10 academic experts chosen this year to explore the relationship between metabolism and the human immune system. The UCI scientists were made co-principal investigators on […]
June 13, 2021
UCI-led team develops transplant biomaterial that doesn’t trigger immune response
Based on stem cell technology, platform can offer long-term treatment for Type 1 diabetes
June 03, 2021
Pharmacists play big role in vaccination rates, acceptability in Asia-Pacific area, study finds
Pharmacists improve vaccination acceptability and rates in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a recent study published online in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. Research team members from UCI included John Szeto, who earned a bachelor’s degree in public health sciences in 2020; Anhthai Nguyen, a graduate student in human-computer interaction & design; and […]
June 01, 2021
California wildfires disproportionately affect elderly and poor residents, UCI study finds
California’s wildfire burn area has increased by more than 23,000 acres per year over the past two decades, and the number of people who have been adversely affected has nearly doubled. In a paper published recently in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, UCI researchers show that elderly and low-income residents have […]
May 30, 2021
Brian Fargo, inXile founder, gives $1 million to advance UCI research for tinnitus treatment
Funding will support development of innovative implantable electronic stimulation device
May 19, 2021
UCI-led team challenges existence of recently proposed exoplanet at Barnard’s star
Instrument designed to find distant worlds is used to determine the absence of one
May 18, 2021
UCI commentary expands understanding of how transplanted stem cells address disease
UCI scholars Zachary W. Wagoner, a graduate student researcher in cellular & molecular biosciences, and Weian Zhao, professor of pharmaceutical sciences, have identified a new mechanism by which transplanted stem cells treat disease. Their findings are contrary to the long-standing conventional wisdom that diseased tissue is repaired through stem cells differentiating into new cells or […]
May 17, 2021
Iconic bird makes its home on campus
Julie Coffey takes us on the trail of UCI’s white-tailed kites
May 12, 2021
UCI researchers win $2 million NIH grant to develop biologic implant for spinal facet joints
The National Institutes of Health has awarded $2 million to researchers in UCI’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering to develop a biologic implant for the spinal facet joint. This grant, given to a team led by Kyriacos Athanasiou, Henry Samueli Chair in Engineering and Distinguished Professor of biomedical engineering, will be the first to focus […]
May 11, 2021