As part of the 18th UC Irvine 2020 Immunology Fair, Professor Ilhem Messaoudi Powers presented a Distinguished Lecture on COVID-19: The Role of Our Immune System in Disease and Protection. Watch the lecture below!...
Dunlop School Professor Adapts Lab to an Online Experience During COVID-19
Wired Ivy Podcast features Dunlop School Associate Teaching Professor, Pavan Kadandale. When COVID hit, his lab went virtual:
“We went completely online. We didn’t do hybrid. On issues of equity and inclusion there was a pretty strong consensus that we needed to be completely online to be fair to as many students as we could.”
New insights from study of people age 90 and above
Six years ago, 60 Minutes reported on the 90+ Study with lead investigator Claudia Kawas, MD, Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology & Behavior. Last night, they followed up with the surviving members of the study.
New Dunlop School Collaboration Will Study Blood-Brain-Barrier Function in Huntington’s Disease
A new research program may hold the key to unlocking the door to the brain. The Trans-Agency Blood-Brain Interface Program, developed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), in collaboration with the Department of Defense Joint Program Committee,...
Erica Turley-De Villa – Giving at UCI and Beyond
Erica Turley-De Villa is a woman with numerous interests, many talents and a penchant for giving back. She joined UCI over six years ago, originally working in the Schools of Medicine and Engineering. In August 2019, she moved over to Dunlop School and joined the...
New Insights into Skin Health and Disease
A recent collaboration between Assistant Professor Scott Atwood and Professor Qing Nie has resulted in the discovery of new subpopulations of stem cells vital to skin growth and maintenance. The Developmental and Cell Biology faculty members published their...
A Novel Role for Lipid Droplets in the Mammalian Innate Immune Response
New research has found that lipid droplets in mammals can play a central role in the innate immune response. The research, which is a collaborative effort by Developmental and Cell Biology Professor Steven Gross and scientists from Australia, Brazil and Spain, was...
Cannabis More Potently Impacts the Brains of Adolescent Females than Adolescent Males
According to a new study published in the Journal Neuropsychopharmacology, the main psychotropic component of cannabis, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), is differentially processed by the bodies of adolescent female and male rats. The study was headed by Neurobiology...
Mentoring Program Increases Effectiveness in Data Analysis and Interpretation for Undergraduate Biology Students
One of the missions of the UC Irvine Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences is to prepare the next generation of life science professionals. As part of that mission, faculty and staff from the department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology have come together to...
The Shape of Non-coding DNA Can Influence How Genes Function
The human genome contains an estimated 30,000 genes encoded in approximately 3 billion base pairs. This vast amount of genetic information resides within a cell’s nucleus, an area with an average diameter of around 6 micrometers. A new study led by Ecology and...