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Oct 04, 2024 | UCI News
UC Irvine researchers are first to reveal role of ophthalmic acid in motor function control
A research team from the University of California, Irvine is the first to reveal that a molecule in the brain — ophthalmic acid — unexpectedly acts like a neurotransmitter similar to dopamine in regulating motor function, offering a new therapeutic target for Parkinson’s and other movement diseases.
Oct 03, 2024 | UCI News
UC Irvine receives initial $33 million in federal support for vaccine research
Philip Felgner, PhD, professor in residence in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics, and director of UC Irvine’s Adeline Yen Mah Vaccine Center, will lead a multi-institutional pandemic planning effort with this $33 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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.
UCI School of Medicine's PhD Orientation 2024
UCI School of Medicine welcomes 36 incoming PhD students for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Sep 13, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine
UCI researcher receives New Vision Research Award
Lingxuan Chen, PhD, was one of two recipients of the New Vision Investigator Award, receiving a $100,000 grant to support her research project in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Chen is a project scientist in the Beier Lab, Department of Physiology and Biophysics.
Aug 20, 2024 | UCI News
UC Irvine-led team finds that compound in rosemary extract can reduce cocaine sensitivity
A team of researchers led by the University of California, Irvine has discovered that an antioxidant found in rosemary extract can reduce volitional intakes of cocaine by moderating the brain’s reward response, offering a new therapeutic target for treating addiction.
Aug 01, 2024 | Department of Physiology & Biophysics
Kudos | August 2024
Our department recognizes the achievements of our faculty, postdocs and students in our monthly “Kudos" announcement.
Jul 01, 2024 | Department of Physiology & Biophysics
Kudos | July 2024
Jun 28, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine
UC Irvine researchers investigate muscle cell development in muscular dystrophy
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FHSD) is one of the most common muscular dystrophies, which results in progressive weakening of skeletal muscles. Now, a new study published in Genome Research by UCI School of Medicine researchers utilize cutting-edge single-cell spatial transcriptomics to analyze gene expression in individual nuclei and myocytes of disease and control samples to determine how the disease state develops during human skeletal myocyte differentiation.
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.