On May 3rd, students, faculty and staff gathered in the Dunlop School Starbucks Plaza to celebrate the launch of Dunlop School’s Cultural Guiding Principles. The event marked a new era for the school and featured a live DJ, games, desserts and a photobooth. Following...
Four professors elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Irvine, Calif., April 28, 2022 — A quartet of professors at the University of California, Irvine, has been elected as members by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The 242nd class of AAAS inductees includes 261 extraordinary people from around the...
How life works is his life’s work
UCI professor of developmental and cell biology seeks answers to how genes are regulated by Matt Coker, UCI | April 4, 2022 Ali Mortazavi’s research has been fundamental to understanding changes in gene expression in colon cancer, Lyme disease, breast cancer,...
Remembering Professor Krishna K. Tewari
In remembrance of Professor Tewari passing in 2017, former colleagues recently published an article about him and his accomplishments in Current Plant Biology.
Professor Anthony James Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
Anthony James, Donald Bren Professor, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, has been elected fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. Read more here.
UCI poised to advance depression research following $55-million gift to establish center
"A gift of this magnitude is transformative, to say the least. It can really catapult our research in a positive direction. ” — Professor Michael Yassa Professor Michael Yassa is featured in LA Times as discusses Audrey Burnand's gift of $57.75 million to UCI to...
Audrey Steele Burnand estate gifts $57.75 million to UCI
“This gift provides a unique opportunity for UCI to establish a world-class research center focused on the area of depression, which is extremely important from a societal point of view,” says Pramod Khargonekar, vice chancellor for research, left, with Dr. Michael...
W.M. Keck Foundation Awards $1 Million to UCI Team to Study Cartilage Formation
Cross-disciplinary researchers will explore applications in regenerative medicine Irvine, Calif., Feb. 3, 2022 – The W.M. Keck Foundation has awarded $1 million to an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of California, Irvine to study the formation...
Michael Yassa Featured on Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s CNN Podcast, Chasing Life
Professor Michael Yassa is featured on an episode of Dr. Sanjay Gupta's CNN Podcast, Chasing Life, for his expertise on memory research. In this episode, Professor Yassa discusses how memories are stored in the brain, why we forget, and what we’ve gotten wrong about...
Rising Tide: Changemakers Podcast featuring Aimee Edinger
Aimee Edinger, Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology, is featured in the latest Rising Tide: Change Makers podcast from the UCI Beall Applied Innovation. In this episode, Professor Edinger goes into detail about her research that starves cancer cells to death,...