Sep 26, 2019

UCI School of Medicine researchers lead an international team for $4.3M NIH BRAIN Initiative award for new brain mapping tool

Professors Xiangmin Xu and Rozanne Sandri-Goldin, in collaboration with Professors Bert Semler and Todd Holmes at the University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, were awarded a three-year, $4.3 million Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative grant.

Sep 23, 2019

UCI study reveals critical role of new brain circuits in improving learning and memory for Alzheimer’s disease treatment

A University of California, Irvine-led team of scientists has discovered how newly identified neural circuits in the brain’s hippocampal formation play a critical role in object-location learning and memory.

Aug 06, 2019 | UC Irvine News

UCI receives record $441 million in research funding for fiscal 2018-19

22 percent more than last year, the total reflects strong support for campus mission

Jul 24, 2019 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Mouse, not just tick: New genome heralds change in Lyme disease fight

UCI-led study points toward new ways to prevent disease transmission

Jul 22, 2019 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

New study explains the molecular mechanism for the therapeutic effects of cilantro

Herbs, including cilantro, have long been used as folk remedies.

Jul 15, 2019 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

New UCI-led study uncovers weakness in C. diff toxin; Discovery may lead to new therapeutics and vaccines aimed at fighting the deadly disease

A new study, led by researchers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI), uncovers the long-sought-after, three-dimensional structure of a toxin primarily responsible for devastating Clostridium difficile infection (CDI).

Jul 08, 2019 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

UCI team pioneers cancer treatment that targets bone metastases while sparing bone

New, safer approach using engineered stem cells could reduce need for chemotherapy

Jul 01, 2019 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

UCI researchers to join national effort to build atlas of human breast cells

University of California, Irvine researchers will help lead an unprecedented national effort to document the intricate cell types and states in breast tissue that underlie cancer. Compilation of the Human Breast Cell Atlas will be supported by a $4 million Seed Network grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

Jun 27, 2019 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Researchers discover new way to discriminate between mutations responsible for promoting cancer growth and those that are not

Until now, researchers believed recurrent mutations (hotspot mutations) in cancer tumors were the important mutations (driver mutations) that promoted cancer progression. A new University of California, Irvine-led study indicates this is not always true.

May 30, 2019 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

UCI research helps shed new light on circadian clocks

Body parts respond to day and night independently from brain, studies show