Sep 01, 2026 | Knowridge

Damaged Blood Cells May Trigger Tiny Brain Bleeds

Scientists have discovered a possible new cause of tiny areas of bleeding in the brain. … The study was led by researchers at the University of California, Irvine, including Dr. Mark Fisher and Dr. Xiangmin Xu. Their findings were published in the Journal of Neuroinflammation.

Aug 21, 2026 | Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Lab-Grown Neocortex Models Mimic Early Brain Organization

Scientists at the University of California (UC), Irvine, have developed a new approach that lets them engineer lab-grown human brain tissue with a defined regional identity. The result is brain organoids with characteristics of either the front or back of the developing cerebral cortex that could be used in studies of how neurodevelopmental disorders develop.

Aug 21, 2026 | Phys.org

Lab-Grown Brain Models Gain a Sense of Place

"Brain organoids have become powerful tools for studying human development, but the human brain is a highly organized space," says lead author Momoko Watanabe, PhD, assistant professor of anatomy and neurobiology in the UC Irvine School of Medicine and a faculty member of the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center.

Aug 17, 2026 | The Scientist

How a Neuroscientist's Genetic Discovery Treated Her Daughter's Epilepsy

“Tracy is very good at bringing scientists and clinicians with very different scopes of expertise to all work together,” said Jennifer Gelinas, a UCI Health neurologist, a pediatric epileptologist and scientist at the University of California, Irvine. “She has been really transformative in terms of helping patients and families to understand their diagnosis, to know what options are available to them, [and] to have a sense of agency and ownership,” said Gelinas.

Aug 11, 2026 | National Institutes of Health

Childhood Screen Detects Mental Health Risk

An NIH-funded research team led by Dr. Tallie Z. Baram at the University of California, Irvine and Dr. Laura Glynn at Chapman University …. added five unpredictability measures to a current adversity screen. They tested whether these measures helped improve the detection of childhood mental health conditions.

Aug 08, 2026 | Inc.

Scientists Just Discovered a New Brain Phase Between 50 and 75. It May Help Explain Cognitive Decline

“Importantly, this study reveals that aging is not simply a gradual decline, but involves coordinated and dynamic remodeling of immune, vascular, and neuronal systems,” said Xiangmin Xu, PhD, a co-corresponding author and director of the Center for Neural Circuit Mapping at UC Irvine told Sci Tech Daily.

Aug 06, 2026 | Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

Unpredictability Is an Important Childhood Adversity That a Simple Screen Can Capture, Study Shows

This observation is made by a team led by BBRF Scientific Council member Tallie Z. Baram, MD, PhD, of the University of California Irvine, in a newly published paper in Nature Mental Health reporting on their efforts to test a new screening instrument designed to capture sources of stress and trauma occurring in childhood that may be missed in existing screens