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Graduate student Sunwoo Oh with Dr. Rémi Buisson from the UC Irvine School of Medicine.

Oct 31, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine

UC Irvine Researchers Develop Innovative CRISPR-Cas9 Method to Understand Antiviral Defense Response

A UC Irvine research team led by Rémi Buisson have developed a new, unbiased method utilizing CRISPR-Cas9 technology to identify novel regulators of the human antiviral defense response.
A photo of PhD students for the 2024-2025 academic year

Sep 30, 2024 | Graduate Studies

UCI School of Medicine's PhD Orientation 2024

UCI School of Medicine welcomes 36 incoming PhD students for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Incoming Student Bios - UCI SOM Office of Graduate Studies with Anteater jumping

Sep 30, 2024 | Graduate Studies

Meet the Incoming School of Medicine PhD Students

Introducing the newest cohort of 36 PhD students in Biomedical Sciences for this fall. These students will conduct research under the guidance of their advisors in one of our five PhD degree-granting departments: Anatomy & Neurobiology, Biological Chemistry, Experimental Pathology, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, and Physiology & Biophysics.
Faculty members from the schools of medicine, biological sciences, pharmacy & pharmaceutical sciences, information & computer sciences and engineering.

Jun 11, 2024 | UCI News

CNCM is awarded $1.4 million NIH grant for Alzheimer’s disease research training

The UC Irvine Center for Neural Circuit Mapping has been awarded a five-year, $1.4 million National Institutes of Health T32 grant to establish a training program for Alzheimer’s disease research.
Nine researchers pose together.

Feb 14, 2024 | UCI News

UC Irvine-led research team creates novel rabies viral vectors for neural circuit mapping

New tools can detect microstructural changes in aging and Alzheimer’s disease brain neurons.
Anticancer compound diagram

Jan 05, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine

Anticancer compound JTE-607 reveals hidden sequence specificity of mRNA 3′ processing

Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, combined biochemistry and artificial intelligence to reveal the mechanism of action for an anticancer compound.
Bridget Fortin, Estée Lauder Fellowship Recipient

Nov 08, 2023 | UCI School of Medicine

Bridget Fortin Named Inaugural Estée Lauder Epigenetics Fellow at UCI

Fortin was honored at the Inaugural Paolo Sassone-Corsi Lectureship, held on Oct. 19, at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering in Irvine, Calif.
Group of students pose together while doing the Zot Zot Zot sign with their hands.

Nov 06, 2023 | Graduate Studies

UCI School of Medicine's PhD Orientation 2023

UCI School of Medicine welcomes 36 new PhD students for the fall of 2023.

Michael Demetriou, MD, PhD posing for the picture

Oct 10, 2023 | UCI School of Medicine

University of California, Irvine researchers awarded $2.4 million 'Fast Track' grant to develop a novel cancer immunotherapy treatment

The University of California, Irvine, has been awarded a $2.4 million ‘Fast Track’ Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to further develop a highly novel cancer immunotherapy treatment. The project, a joint grant with GlyTR Therapeutics Inc, will build upon work at UCI originally funded by the President Biden Cancer Moonshot Program.

Group of people sitting together on campus

Jun 30, 2023 | UCI School of Medicine

UCI School of Medicine Recognizes LGBTQ+ Pride Month

In recognition of LGBTQ+ Pride Month, we applaud and celebrate members of the UCI School of Medicine community who are working to preserve the wellbeing and pride of the LGBTQ+ community through our mission: Discover. Teach. Heal.