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May 15, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
UC Irvine Researchers Discover Cellular ‘Tug-of-War’ That Shapes How Our Genes Are Expressed — With Potential Implications for Cancer Drug Safety
The study shows that two crucial steps in processing genetic messages — splicing and 3′ end processing — actively compete with each other to shape what RNA molecules are generated.
May 14, 2026 | UC Irvine News
W. M. Keck Foundation Gives $1.2 Million to UC Irvine to Support Early-Career Scientists
Six research teams, including one from the School of Medicine's Department of Physiology & Biophysics, were awarded bridge funding to sustain innovation amid federal funding uncertainty.
Apr 30, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Marco Bassetto, PharmD, PhD, Awarded Grant From BrightFocus Foundation’s Macular Degeneration Research Program
BrightFocus Foundation’s Macular Degeneration Research program recently awarded a two-year, $200,000 postdoctoral fellowship grant to Marco Bassetto, PharmD, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher for his innovative research in vision health.
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May 16 kicked off commencement season for the UC Irvine School of Medicine, with Dean Michael J. Stamos welcoming the MD class of 2026 — and their biggest supporters — to the Bren Events Center.
Crystal M. Glover, PhD, and Ryan Gibney, MD, were honored at a May 13 luncheon as recipients of the Spring 2026 Rising Stars award, in recognition of their impactful collaborations to advance high-quality care.
UC Irvine Students from the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences worked with Katharine Simon, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine, to gamify a sleep-loss test for children and teens.
May 26, 2026 | BBC – Science Focus Magazine
Feeling Just 'Meh' About Life? It Could Be Anhedonia - Here's How to Reverse It
In past decades, researchers defined anhedonia as simply the loss of the ability to feel pleasure. More recent work has slightly expanded that definition, says Prof Diego Pizzagalli, a neuroscientist at the University of California, Irvine.
May 21, 2026 | Mindbodygreen
Could This Be the Real Reason Women Struggle More with Migraines?
“What we find when we think about estrogen and brain health is that things are a bit more complex than we thought would be. And that is kind of a tough message,” says Tallie Z. Baram MD, PhD, a distinguished professor of neurology at the University of California, Irvine. … When it comes to migraines, Baram says “Data suggests that the combination of high estrogen levels and stress is not great.”