Experts from UCI and the University of Michigan will collaborate to generate a comprehensive skin cell atlas to help explain ancestral differences in skin biology and pathology as part of the worldwide Human Cell Atlas project.
UCI Study Finds Targeting Mitochondria Shows Promise in Treating Obesity
Molecule that changes the shape of mitochondria corrects obesity A team of University of California, Irvine, scientists have discovered a novel pharmacological approach to attenuate the mitochondrial dysfunction that drives diet-induced obesity. The results of their...
UCI researchers eavesdrop on cellular conversations: New computational tool decodes biological language of signaling molecules
UCI scientists, including Dunlop School Professors Qing Nie and Maksim Plikus, have developed a computational platform called CellChat to help decipher cell communication.
Dunlop School Professor Featured in an Associated Press News Article About COVID-19 Variants
“This virus is mutating, and it doesn’t care if it’s in Idaho or South Africa,” says Professor Ilhem Messaoudi.
Dunlop School Professor Featured in HuffPost Article on COVID-19 Risk Reduction
“Masking can prevent up to 70% of transmission, that’s basically as good as one dose of the vaccine,” says Professor Ilhem Messaoudi.
UCI scientists develop a new deep-learning framework that predicts gene regulation at the single-cell level
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 at the single-cell...
UCI Study Points to How Skin Cells Cooperate to Thwart Cancer
Findings reveal new information on melanoma development and insights into treatments.
The Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr. Distinguished University Service Award
Developmental and Cell Biology Professor Arthur Lander received the prestigious Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr. Distinguished University Service Award for 2020-21. This high Academic Senate honor recognizes Senate members who are respected scholars and who have made...
Faculty Retirements 2020
Please join the School of Biological Sciences in sending our best wishes to Professors John Avise, Michael Cumsky, David Gardiner and Donald Senear on their retirement from UCI. Each one of them has dedicated countless hours to help propel Dunlop School to its current...
New Study Finds Use of Topical Cream Can Alleviate Skin Symptoms
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, in collaboration with their colleagues from Beijing, China, have gained new insights into the development of poorly understood malignant skin cancers collectively known as Paget’s disease.