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Lan Huang: Excellence in Graduate Teaching award 2021 for Introduction to Proteomics, now serving as Graduate Advisor for the Department
UCI professor wins Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias award for scientific research
Philip Felgner is one of seven honored for contributions to designing COVID-19 vaccines
Study finds most common protein in blood is instrumental in enabling human fertilization and fighting infection
Albumin activates a proton channel leading to human sperm capacitation and sustained release of inflammatory mediators by neutrophils
Milton Greenberg: SoM Excellence in Teaching Award 2021 for Medical Physiology and Medical Immunology Teaching; founder of a biotech company (Vivreon Biosciences)
Study reveals new therapeutic target for C. difficile infection
A new study paves the way for the development of next generation therapeutics for the prevention and treatment of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), the most frequent cause of healthcare-acquired gastrointestinal infections and death in developed countries.
Inaugural SoM Lifetime Research Achievement Award (2021)
Geoff Abbott, PhD, speaks on Super Human Radio about the Antihypertensive Properties of Green and Black Tea
A new study from the University of California, Irvine shows that compounds in both green and black tea relax blood vessels by activating ion channel proteins in the blood vessel wall. The discovery helps explain the antihypertensive properties of tea and could lead to the design of new blood pressure-lowering medications.
Lisa Wagar: Recipient of the 2021 Michelson Philanthropies and Science prize for Immunology. The prize recognizes the immune responses to viruses and vaccines using human tonsil organoids. Her associated essay was published in Science.
New discovery explains antihypertensive properties of green and black tea
Geoff Abbott: the 2021 Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute (SSIHI) Samueli Scholar