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Released: 11-Oct-2022 1:05 PM EDT
New Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute on UCI campus advances whole-person care
University of California, Irvine

The Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute has a sparkling new home on the University of California, Irvine campus that will significantly expand its clinical, teaching and research efforts to advance evidence-informed, whole-person care. A ribbon-cutting ceremony at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct.

Released: 11-Oct-2022 11:05 AM EDT
UCI named Fulbright HSI Leader by State Department for second consecutive year
University of California, Irvine

The University of California, Irvine has been named a 2022 Fulbright HSI Leader by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Last year, UCI was an inaugural recipient of the newly created designation, which recognizes the noteworthy engagement that selected Hispanic-Serving Institutions have achieved with the Fulbright Program, the federal government’s flagship international educational exchange program.

Released: 6-Oct-2022 8:05 AM EDT
Eye-opening discovery about adult brain’s ability to recover vision
University of California, Irvine

A discovery about how some visually impaired adults could start to see offers a new vision of the brain’s possibilities. The finding that the adult brain has the potential to partially recover from inherited blindness comes from a collaboration between researchers in the University of California, Irvine School of Biological Sciences and the School of Medicine.

Released: 4-Oct-2022 1:55 PM EDT
UCI’s Paul Merage School of Business hosts annual Latinx Initiative (LXi) conference
University of California, Irvine

EVENT: UCI’s Paul Merage School of Business annual Latinx Initiative (LXi) conference will provide an in-person learning and networking opportunity for 2022. This year’s theme is “Excelencia: Leadership that Thrives.” Speakers and panelists who are Latino leaders throughout the region across business sectors will explore and define leadership excellence for the Latino community.

Released: 3-Oct-2022 2:00 PM EDT
NIH funds collaboration to improve mental health treatment for Latinos
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Oct. 3, 2022 – The National Institutes of Health is awarding nearly $4.7 million over five years to support research teams from University of California campuses in Irvine, Berkeley and San Francisco who are collaborating on a new project that will combine peer support with the use of a digital platform to better serve the mental health needs of Latino patients with limited English proficiency.

   
Released: 26-Sep-2022 6:05 PM EDT
UCI study IDs what brings our senses and thoughts together
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Sept. 26, 2022 — Our ability to think, decide, remember recent events and more, comes from our brain’s neocortex. Now University of California, Irvine neuroscientists have discovered key aspects of the mechanisms behind these functions. Their findings could ultimately help improve treatments for certain neuropsychiatric disorders and brain injuries.

Released: 26-Sep-2022 11:05 AM EDT
UCI awarded $13.8 million federal contract to profile lipid nanoparticles
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Sept. 26, 2022 – The University of California, Irvine has been awarded a five-year, $13.8 million contract from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to conduct detailed immune profiling of lipid nanoparticles to increase understanding of their role in enhancing vaccine protective responses and in causing side effects.

Newswise: New UCI-led report Illustrates potential of precision genome editing in treating inherited retinal diseases
Released: 23-Sep-2022 1:05 PM EDT
New UCI-led report Illustrates potential of precision genome editing in treating inherited retinal diseases
University of California, Irvine

In a new paper, University of California, Irvine researchers explain how precision genome editing agents have enabled precise gene correction and disease rescue in inherited retinal diseases (IRDs). The study, titled, “Precision genome editing in the eye,” was published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Released: 22-Sep-2022 12:30 PM EDT
UCI is key member of multi-institutional, $126 million NIH brain mapping project
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Sept. 22, 2022 – The University of California, Irvine will participate in a five-year, multi-institutional, $126 million grant from the National Institutes of Health supporting the BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network. The project aims to describe the cells that make up the human brain in unprecedented molecular detail, classifying them into more precise subtypes and pinpointing their location.

Released: 21-Sep-2022 5:00 PM EDT
UCI Alzheimer’s project wins $47 million grant from National Institute on Aging
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Sept. 20, 2022 — What began with a $70,000 philanthropic gift 12 years ago has grown into the recipient of a $47 million National Institute on Aging grant for Alzheimer’s disease research at the University of California, Irvine. The funds will be parceled out over five years to a UCI team developing the next generation of mouse models for studying late-onset Alzheimer’s.

Released: 21-Sep-2022 11:05 AM EDT
UCI and national lab researchers develop a cobalt-free cathode for lithium-ion batteries
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Sept. 21, 2022 – Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and four national laboratories have devised a way to make lithium-ion battery cathodes without using cobalt, a mineral plagued by price volatility and geopolitical complications. In a paper published today in Nature, the scientists describe how they overcame thermal and chemical-mechanical instabilities of cathodes composed substantially of nickel – a common substitute for cobalt – by mixing in several other metallic elements.

Released: 19-Sep-2022 5:05 PM EDT
Precision Health Perspectives
University of California, Irvine

In February, UCI launched the Institute for Precision Health, a campus-wide, interdisciplinary endeavor that merges UCI’s powerhouse health sciences, engineering, machine learning, artificial intelligence, clinical genomics and data science capabilities. The objective is to identify, create and deliver the most effective health and wellness strategy for each individual person and, in doing so, confront the linked challenges of health equity and the high cost of care.

Released: 14-Sep-2022 12:40 PM EDT
UCI closes its second-highest fundraising year with over $223 million
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Sept. 14, 2022 — With more than $223 million raised, the University of California, Irvine is celebrating its second-highest fundraising year ever. The fiscal 2022 amount gives a significant boost to UCI’s Brilliant Future campaign, an ambitious fundraising and alumni engagement effort publicly launched in October 2019 that has ushered in some of the university’s highest fundraising years.

Released: 12-Sep-2022 11:05 AM EDT
UCI is ranked among nation’s top 10 public universities for eighth year in a row
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Sept. 12, 2022 — The University of California, Irvine has been ranked eighth among the nation’s public universities – and 34th overall, an improvement of two spots – on U.S. News & World Report’s 2022-23 list of “Best Colleges,” released today. This is the eighth consecutive year in which UCI has placed in the top 10.

Released: 8-Sep-2022 3:05 PM EDT
UCI’s School of Education relaunches the Environmental and Climate Change and Literacy Projects
University of California, Irvine

EVENT:  The School of Education at the University of California, Irvine, will host a relaunch event for the Environmental and Climate Change Literacy Projects, a partnership between the University of California and California State University systems. The ECCLPs are focused on advancing pre-kindergarten to 12th grade environmental and climate change literacy, justice and action.

Newswise: Surprising discovery by UCI-led team links Piezo1 and cholesterol during brain development
Released: 7-Sep-2022 1:25 PM EDT
Surprising discovery by UCI-led team links Piezo1 and cholesterol during brain development
University of California, Irvine

A new University of California, Irvine-led study reveals how mechanical forces and tissue mechanics influence the morphology of the developing brain, and establishes a direct link in neural stem cells between Piezo1, a mechanically-activated ion channel, and intracellular cholesterol levels during neural development.

Released: 1-Sep-2022 5:05 PM EDT
Circadian rhythm disruption found to be common among mental health disorders
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Sept. 1, 2022 – Anxiety, autism, schizophrenia and Tourette syndrome each have their own distinguishing characteristics, but one factor bridging these and most other mental disorders is circadian rhythm disruption, according to a team of neuroscience, pharmaceutical sciences and computer science researchers at the University of California, Irvine.

Released: 25-Aug-2022 12:50 PM EDT
UCI receives $580 million in research funding for fiscal 2021-22
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Aug. 25, 2022 — From monitoring sandy beaches to gauge the effects of sea-level rise to holding clinical trials for potentially lifesaving cancer treatments, scholars, scientists and physicians at the University of California, Irvine are blazing new paths to help change the world. And their impact keeps growing.

   
Released: 24-Aug-2022 4:55 PM EDT
UCI research team finds positivity is not equally protective against illness across races
University of California, Irvine

Research has consistently shown that positive psychological factors are linked to better physical health, including increased resistance to infectious illnesses such as the flu and the common cold. A new study from the University of California, Irvine, examines the role that race plays in this connection, comparing the results of African American and European American participants in a series of landmark experimental studies from the Common Cold Project, conducted between 1993 and 2011.

   
Released: 23-Aug-2022 4:45 PM EDT
UCI biologists track DNA “parasites” in the hunt for disease treatments
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Aug. 23, 2022 — They are considered “parasitic genes.” Even though they comprise over half of human DNA, much remains to be learned about them. Now University of California, Irvine biologists offer new insights into these entities known as transposons, providing knowledge that could one day help in the fight against cancers and aging-related diseases.

Newswise: UCI-led study identifies social media strategies to educate young adults on vaccine effectiveness and accessibility
Released: 23-Aug-2022 2:45 PM EDT
UCI-led study identifies social media strategies to educate young adults on vaccine effectiveness and accessibility
University of California, Irvine

Public health researchers from the University of California, Irvine identified several social media messaging strategies to educate young adults and their parents about evidence-based interventions around the human papillomaviruses (HPV). Their findings could help inform future health information social media campaigns, beyond the HPV vaccine, on the benefits of lifesaving interventions.

Released: 23-Aug-2022 1:50 PM EDT
UCI’s Center for Jewish Studies and Office of Inclusive Excellence join Jewish Federation of Orange County to host “Driving Out Darkness,” a summit focused on combating antisemitism
University of California, Irvine

EVENT:  UCI’s Center for Jewish Studies and Office of Inclusive Excellence join Jewish Federation of Orange County to host “Driving Out Darkness,” a one-day immersive learning experience for leaders across all sectors of the Orange County community, including civic, government, non-profit, faith-based, education, media and law enforcement.

Released: 23-Aug-2022 1:25 PM EDT
UCI study examines distorted time perception during pandemic
University of California, Irvine

The passage of time was altered for many people during the COVID-19 pandemic, ranging from difficulty in keeping track of days of the week to feeling that the hours themselves rushed by or slowed down. In prior work, these distortions have been associated with persistent negative mental outcomes such as depression and anxiety following trauma, making them an important risk factor to target with early interventions, according to a study by University of California, Irvine researchers.

Released: 15-Aug-2022 1:05 PM EDT
UCI-led study shows Rhodiola rosea root might be beneficial for managing type 2 diabetes
University of California, Irvine

A team of researchers led by the University of California, Irvine has discovered that treatment with an extract from the roots of the Rhodiola rosea plant might be effective for helping manage type 2 diabetes, showing promise as a safe and effective non-pharmaceutical alternative. The study, recently published online in Scientific Reports, found that in a mouse model of human type 2 diabetes, Rhodiola rosea lowered fasting blood sugar levels, improved response to insulin injections, modulated the composition of bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract and decreased several biomarkers of inflammation.

Released: 15-Aug-2022 12:15 PM EDT
Precision Health Perspectives
University of California, Irvine

In February, UCI launched the Institute for Precision Health, a campus-wide, interdisciplinary endeavor that merges UCI’s powerhouse health sciences, engineering, machine learning, artificial intelligence, clinical genomics and data science capabilities. The objective is to identify, create and deliver the most effective health and wellness strategy for each individual person and, in doing so, confront the linked challenges of health equity and the high cost of care.

   
Newswise: New UCI-led research reveals the circadian clock influences cell growth, metabolism and tumor progression
Released: 11-Aug-2022 12:05 PM EDT
New UCI-led research reveals the circadian clock influences cell growth, metabolism and tumor progression
University of California, Irvine

In a new University of California, Irvine-led study, researchers define how the circadian clock influences cell growth, metabolism and tumor progression. Their research also reveals how disruption of the circadian clock impacts genome stability and mutations that can further drive critical tumor promoting pathways in the intestine.

Released: 8-Aug-2022 6:05 PM EDT
UCI chancellor meets with Vice President Kamala Harris
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Aug. 8, 2022 – UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman and other university leaders met with Vice President Kamala Harris in the White House today to discuss the disruptive effect that the recent Supreme Court decision to end the federally protected right to abortion will have on American higher education. To date, Harris has held more than half a dozen meetings on reproductive rights with key groups.

Released: 8-Aug-2022 4:10 PM EDT
UCI hosts Warrior-Scholar Project boot camp for fourth year
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Aug. 8, 2022 – The University of California, Irvine will host a Warrior-Scholar Project academic boot camp this summer for the fourth year in a row. WSP prepares military veterans for transitioning back to the classroom environment at the nation’s most prestigious research universities, including UCI. The goal of WSP is to empower enlisted veterans and service members to excel at four-year universities.

Released: 4-Aug-2022 10:05 AM EDT
UCI takes first place in EPA Environmental Justice Video Challenge for Students
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Aug. 4, 2022 — A cross-disciplinary team of engineering, biological sciences, public health and anthropology graduate students from the University of California, Irvine took first place in Phase 1 of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Justice Video Challenge for Students for their “Unearthing Lead: The Power of Historical Maps” entry, which reveals the dangerous levels of lead in soils in Santa Ana.

   
Newswise: UCI-developed COVID-19 test detects, identifies specific variants with 100% accuracy
Released: 3-Aug-2022 2:10 PM EDT
UCI-developed COVID-19 test detects, identifies specific variants with 100% accuracy
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Aug. 3, 2022 — University of California, Irvine researchers have developed a COVID-19 test that detects and identifies specific SARS-CoV-2 variants with 100% accuracy. In a study, the RNA-encoded viral nucleic acid analytic reporter correctly determined the alpha, gamma, delta, epsilon and omicron genetic mutations in nasopharyngeal clinical samples.

Released: 1-Aug-2022 12:05 PM EDT
UCI receives $4 million matching gift for Center for Jewish Studies
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Aug. 1, 2022 — The University of California, Irvine has received a $4 million matching pledge from Susan and Henry Samueli, longtime campus supporters, for gifts to UCI’s Center for Jewish Studies. The donation – the largest one ever in support of Jewish studies at UCI – positions the university as a leader in the field.

Released: 26-Jul-2022 3:10 PM EDT
UCI awarded $10.1 million grant to expand O.C. Young Adult Court study
University of California, Irvine

The Orange County Health Care Agency has awarded the University of California, Irvine a $10.1 million Mental Health Services Act Innovation grant to expand the study of the Orange County Young Adult Court – pioneered, in part, by Elizabeth Cauffman, UCI professor of psychological science, education and law.

Released: 25-Jul-2022 5:55 PM EDT
UCI Esports Announces Fall Addition of Valorant Team
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., July 25, 2022 – The University of California, Irvine will expand its 5-year-old esports program this fall by adding a Valorant team to its existing Overwatch and League of Legends teams. Valorant is a first-person hero shooter video game developed and published by Riot Games that was originally released in June 2020.

Newswise: UCI study examines broad impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on food insecurity among rural, Latino immigrants in California
Released: 21-Jul-2022 4:20 PM EDT
UCI study examines broad impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on food insecurity among rural, Latino immigrants in California
University of California, Irvine

A recent study led by Denise Diaz Payán, PhD, MPP, corresponding author and assistant professor of health, society, and behavior at the UCI Program in Public Health, examined how household food environments of rural Latino immigrants were impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how access to nutritional food is complicated by barriers to government assistance programs. Findings are published online in the journal Nutrients.

   
Released: 19-Jul-2022 2:35 PM EDT
UCI awarded $1 million from Templeton Foundation for Anteater Virtues program
University of California, Irvine

The University of California, Irvine has received a $1 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation to expand its Anteater Virtues project, which promotes intellectual character traits that help students develop into more inquisitive, open-minded and authentic individuals. UCI is the only research university in the U.

Released: 18-Jul-2022 1:45 PM EDT
How a Protein Breaks Free to Cause Deadly Cancers
University of California, Irvine

Better treatments for some of cancer’s deadliest forms could be closer due to a University of California, Irvine-led discovery about how a certain protein is activated in tumor cells. The finding, spearheaded by researchers with the School of Biological Sciences, could eventually lead to possible therapies for the especially dangerous melanoma and pancreatic adenocarcinoma, as well as the most common type of childhood brain cancer and adult skin cancer.

Released: 14-Jul-2022 4:15 PM EDT
UCI Study: California’s Trees Are Dying, and Might Not Be Coming Back
University of California, Irvine

The State of California is banking on its forests to help reduce planet-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But that element of the state’s climate-change solution arsenal may be in jeopardy, as new research from the University of California, Irvine reports that trees in California’s mountain ranges and open spaces are dying from wildfires and other pressures – and fewer new trees are filling the void.

Released: 13-Jul-2022 11:45 AM EDT
Research Reveals How Brain Inflammation May Link Alzheimer’s Risk, Sleep Disturbance
University of California, Irvine

A multisite research team from the University of California, Irvine, the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Wake Forest University has discovered that brain inflammation may link Alzheimer’s disease risk with sleep disturbance, which may aid early detection and prevention efforts by identifying novel treatment targets at preclinical stages.

Released: 12-Jul-2022 12:05 PM EDT
UCI Researchers Invent a Health Monitoring Wearable That Operates Without a Battery
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., July 12, 2022 – A new self-powered, wristwatch-style health monitor invented by researchers at the University of California, Irvine can keep track of a wearer’s pulse and wirelessly communicate with a nearby smartphone or tablet – without needing an external power source or a battery. In a paper published recently in the journal Nano Energy, team members in UCI’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering describe their invention, built via 3D printing of nanomaterials on flexible substrates for real-time and wireless monitoring of vital signs.

Released: 8-Jul-2022 12:05 PM EDT
Seven UCI faculty members named Hellman Fellows for 2022-23
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., July 8, 2022 — Seven assistant professors at UCI will receive Hellman Fellowships, which are bestowed annually to support research by junior faculty. They join an elite group of 70 UCI Hellman Fellows since 2013, when the Hellman Fellows Fund established the program here. The program began in 1995 at UC Berkeley and UC San Diego and has since expanded organically to all UC institutions.

   
Released: 6-Jul-2022 1:05 PM EDT
Solving Algorithm ‘Amnesia’ Reveals Clues to How We Learn
University of California, Irvine

A discovery about how algorithms can learn and retain information more efficiently offers potential insight into the brain’s ability to absorb new knowledge. The findings by researchers at the University of California, Irvine School of Biological Sciences could aid in combatting cognitive impairments and improving technology.

   
Newswise: UCI researcher leads study linking ALS to immune and central nervous systems
Released: 5-Jul-2022 2:05 PM EDT
UCI researcher leads study linking ALS to immune and central nervous systems
University of California, Irvine

Along with the central nervous system, the immune system may play a fundamental role in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), suggesting that bone marrow transplants may be an effective novel treatment for the neurodegenerative disease, according to findings from a research team that included Albert LaSpada, MD, PhD, distinguished professor of pathology, neurology and biological chemistry at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine.

Released: 5-Jul-2022 1:50 PM EDT
State Awards $1.8 Million to Expand UCI’s in-Prison B.A. Program
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., July 5, 2022 — The state of California, through an agreement between Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature, has allocated $1.8 million to expand the University of California, Irvine’s Leveraging Inspiring Futures Through Educational Degrees effort, the first in-prison B.A. program in the UC system. LIFTED enables incarcerated individuals at the Richard J.

Newswise: Disease in Conflict: UCI-led study found COVID-19 exacerbated link between global conflict and existing respiratory illnesses
Released: 1-Jul-2022 7:05 PM EDT
Disease in Conflict: UCI-led study found COVID-19 exacerbated link between global conflict and existing respiratory illnesses
University of California, Irvine

PhD in Public Health student examined disease trends and potential impacts of COVID-19 in northern Syria, underscores the need for enhanced infectious disease surveillance in areas facing humanitarian crisis to reduce the global spread of disease. Parts of the world facing conflict and humanitarian disaster tend to experience a high burden of disease, but their disease monitoring systems remain largely understudied.

   
Released: 30-Jun-2022 12:05 PM EDT
UCI-Led Team Discovers Signaling Molecule That Potently Stimulates Hair Growth
University of California, Irvine

University of California, Irvine-led researchers have discovered that a signaling molecule called SCUBE3 potently stimulates hair growth and may offer a therapeutic treatment for androgenetic alopecia, a common form of hair loss in both women and men.

Released: 27-Jun-2022 12:05 PM EDT
Joe C. Wen and family donate $20 million to support the new UCI Health Center for Advanced Care
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., June 27, 2022 — Supported by a $20 million gift from Joe C. Wen and his family, the UCI Health outpatient clinical facility at the new UCI Health–Irvine complex will bring specialty clinical expertise closer to coastal and south Orange County residents on the UCI campus. “The Joe C. Wen & Family Center for Advanced Care at UCI Health–Irvine will play a special role in the life of south Orange County because of our unique ability to marshal all the resources of a comprehensive research university in support of delivering the best and most up-to-date care,” said UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman.

Released: 21-Jun-2022 1:00 PM EDT
Who Benefits From Brain Training, and Why?
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., June 21, 2022 — If you are skilled at playing puzzles on your smartphone or tablet, what does it say about how fast you learn new puzzles, or more broadly, how well can you focus in school or at work? In the language of psychologists, does “near transfer” predict “far transfer”? A team of psychologists from the University of California, Irvine and the University of California, Riverside reports in Nature Human Behavior that people who show near transfer are more likely to show far transfer.

Released: 16-Jun-2022 12:00 PM EDT
UCI-Led Study Links Repeated Hurricane Exposure to Adverse Psychological Symptoms
University of California, Irvine

Repeated exposure to hurricanes, whether direct, indirect or media-based, is linked to adverse psychological symptoms and may be associated with increased mental health problems, according to a first-of-its kind study led by University of California, Irvine researchers.



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