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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.
Jun 10, 2024 | UCI News
‘Cutting the cable’ between CD8+ T and T regulatory cells enhances checkpoint immunotherapy
A UCI-led multidisciplinary research team has identified a new strategy that could enhance the therapeutic effectiveness of this therapy by targeting the communication between immune cells within the tumor, a discovery that may offer a new strategy for improving melanoma treatment.
Jun 07, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine
Vice Dean of Basic Research Receives Honor as a ScholarGPS Highly Ranked Scholars
Geoffrey W. Abbott, PhD, vice dean of Basic Research and professor in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics, is ranked No. 1 in the world for potassium channel research according to ScholarGPS.
Jun 04, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine
UCI researchers awarded a NIAMS T32 grant for PhD training
Kyoko Yokomori, PhD, professor in the Department of Biological Chemistry, Tahseen Mozaffar, MD, professor in the Department of Neurology, and Armando Villalta, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics, were awarded a NIAMS T32 grant titled "MAXIMUS: MAXimizing Training in MUScle Research."
Apr 26, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine
UC Irvine study resolves the function of a key vision-supporting protein in cellular-level detail
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have discovered a pivotal role for cellular retinaldehyde protein (CRALBP) in the retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) in supporting the physiology of the light-sensing cells in our eyes, known as photoreceptors.
Apr 25, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine
UCI researchers identified Alzheimer’s disease brain neural circuit alterations
A new study published in "The Journal of Neuroscience" by UCI School of Medicine researchers explores how Alzheimer's disease (AD) affects the brain's wiring, concentrating on a specific brain area called the subiculum, one of the first brain areas impacted by AD.
UCI School of Medicine Recognizes Middle Eastern and North African Heritage Month: Ghalia Azouz
Ghalia Azouz, Research Technician in the Beier Laboratory.
Apr 24, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine
UCI School of Medicine Recognizes Middle Eastern and North African Heritage Month 2024
As the only public medical school in Orange County, the UCI School of Medicine is dedicated to providing opportunities for everyone to thrive.
Kevin Beier receives New Investigator Award in Aging Biology and Geroscience Research
Kevin Beier, PhD, assistant professor of physiology and biophysics, has been selected to receive a Hevolution/AFAR New Investigator Awards in Aging Biology and Geroscience Research from the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) and the Hevolution Foundation.