“Yet even the smaller number of new coronavirus strains discovered in the screenings show the urgent need for California to boost its pace of vaccinations,” says Professor Michael Buchmeier. …

“This virus is mutating, and it doesn’t care if it’s in Idaho or South Africa,” says Professor Ilhem Messaoudi. …

Experts say trying new things can go a long way in keeping your memory sharp. Learn how you can keep your brain engaged and healthy in this article from Elemental, featuring Michael Yassa: Associate Dean…

Chancellor’s Professor Thomas Lane was our featured speaker during the fall 2020 Dean’s Distinguished Lecture. Learn about COVID-19, its impact on the central nervous system and the potential long-term side effects that accompany the virus….

“Masking can prevent up to 70% of transmission, that’s basically as good as one dose of the vaccine,” says Professor Ilhem Messaoudi. …

 
Qing Nie, Chancellor’s Professor of developmental and cell biology & mathematics, and Xiaohui Xie, professor of computer science, have led a team of UCI scientists to develop a new deep-learning framework that predicts gene regulation…

University of California, Irvine biomedical engineer Chang Liu is the recipient of one of nine Director’s Transformative Research Awards this year from the National Institutes of Health under its High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program, the agency…

For the 4th year in a row,  Sierra Magazine has named UCI #1 overall in its annual “Cool Schools” ranking of sustainability leaders among U.S. & Canadian colleges and universities.

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Congratulations to Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Vice Chair and Professor Catherine Loudon, one of ten Entomologists honored as 2020 Fellows of the Entomological Society of America. Professor Loudon is the 3rd UCI-affiliated person to be…