Section 1

• May 6, 2022
  • UCI team gets $970,000 NIH grant to launch interdisciplinary skin biology training effort

• February 15, 2022
  • UCI receives renewal of designation as Huntington’s Disease Society of America Center of Excellence

• February 3, 2022
  • W.M. Keck Foundation awards $1 million to UCI team to study cartilage formation

• January 18, 2022
  • Novel instrument could transform research at UCI

• January 10, 2022
  • UCI-led team develops new biopsy technology for analyzing multiple tumor tissue biomarkers
    
    

• December 1, 2021
  • $5.5M grant awarded for spinal stem cell research - Becker's Spine Review
    

• November 30, 2021
  • $5.5 million CIRM grant to fund development of new cervical spinal cord injury therapeutic - UCI News
    

• November 23, 2021
  • Aileen Anderson, Ph.D., Awarded $5 Million CIRM Grant
    

• November 10, 2021
  • Maksim Plikus Explores the Curiosities of Skin
    

• November 4, 2021
  • The battle against unlicensed stem cell clinics - Los Angeles Times
    

• November 4, 2021
  • Businesses selling non-FDA-approved stem cell products grew four-fold in five years, UCI study says
    

• October 29, 2021
  • Magdalene Seiler's research on stem cell patches shown to repair retinal damage
    

• October 14, 2021
  • Ethical issues and public communication in the development of cell-based treatments for COVID-19: Lessons from the pandemic
    

• October 6, 2021
  • October 2021 Quarterly Newsletter
    

• September 29, 2021
  • Aileen Anderson explains why cell therapy to bridge severed neurons is more difficult than expected.
    

• September 23, 2021
  • UCI receives 5-year, $5 million CIRM award for training of diverse researchers
    

• August 24, 2021
  • Dr. Munjal Acharya Awarded CIRM Grant
    

• July, 2021
  • First Experiment Run on Helios
    

• June 3, 2021
  • UCI-led team develops transplant biomaterial that doesn’t trigger immune response
    

• April 18, 2021
  • Magdalene Seiler, Ph.D., Awarded NIH Grant
    

• March 16, 2021
  • Leslie Thompson Tackles Huntington’s Disease One Gene at a Time
    

• February 2, 2021
  • HDSA Expands Centers of Excellence Program to 54 Sites, Including UCI

• January 19, 2021
  • Weian Zhao Develops Microscopic Solutions to Medicine’s Biggest Problems

• November 12, 2020
  • CIRM Board Approves Four New Clinical Trials

• November 10, 2020
  • UCI Beall Applied Innovator Award Winners - Weian Zhao and Sunil Gandhi

• October 20, 2020
  • When blood meets brain: New lab models to explore role of blood in brain’s protective layer

• October 20, 2020
  • Married Scientists Take On Fight Against Breast Cancer

• October 14, 2020
  • Advancing Breakthough Science hosted by Dr. Aileen Anderson

• October 13, 2020
  • AIVITA Biomedical's Stem Cell Therapeutic in Vision Loss Published in Investigative Ophthalmology & Vision Science

• October 7, 2020
  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to scientists who discovered CRISPR gene editing tool for 'rewriting the code of life'

• October 5, 2020
  • Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to US-UK trio for discovery of hepatitis C virus

• October 5, 2020
  • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020

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• September 15, 2020
  • Amplifica Treats Baldness with Mole Molecules

• September 14, 2020
  • Novel C1q receptor-mediated signaling controls neural stem cell behavior and neurorepair

• Sept 10, 2020
  • Michele Goodwin named one of 15 Kickass Women in O.C.

• September 7, 2020
  • Neuroepithelial Stem Cells: The many roles of C1q

• August 25, 2020
  • Researchers to Examine COVID-19 Impact on Heart Function

• August 19, 2020
  • UCI develops low-cost, accurate COVID-19 antibody detection platform

• July 29, 2020
  • Encouraging news for treatment targeting retinitis pigmentosa

• July 20, 2020
  • 2020-21 Academic Senate Distinguished Faculty Award Recipients

• July 20, 2020
  • UCI receives record $529 million in research funding for fiscal 2019-20

• July 2, 2020
  • Congratulations Atena Zahedi, Returning Presidents Postdoctoral Fellow

• June 26, 2020
  • New Study Finds Use of Topical Cream Can Alleviate Skin Symptoms

• June 25, 2020
  • How Racism Works in a Democratic City

• June 25, 2020
  • UCI Law Chancellor’s Professor of Law Michele Goodwin Launching New Podcast

• June 24, 2020
  • Dr. Munjal Acharya, Dr. Virginia E Kimonis and Dr. Olga V. Razorenova received the 2020 ICTS Pilot Studies Award

• June 22, 2020
  • New associate dean position and new team members complete the Office of Academic Affairs

• June 9, 2020
  • Dr. Lisa Flanagan Awarded NSF Grant

• May 18, 2020
  • Dr. Lane Receives NINDS R35 Award

• May 18, 2020
  • Dr. Thompson Receives NINDS R35 Award

• May 11, 2020
  • A clear vision for the future

• May 05, 2020
  • Stem Cell Initiative Submits Signatures to Qualify for November Ballot

• April 13, 2020
  • UCI clinical trial targeting retinitis pigmentosa receives $6.6M grant from California Institute for Regenerative Medicine

• April 7, 2020
  • Campus labs making sample-preserving fluid for COVID-19 test kits

• March 19, 2020
  • New UCI-led study reveals how skin cells prepare to heal wounds

• March 10, 2020
  • The Live Well magazine story on your Viacyte clinical trial is now live on our Live Well blog

• March 6, 2020
  • Using new genomic technology, UCI researchers discover breast cancer cells shift their metabolic strategy in order to metastasize

• March 3, 2020
  • Weian Zhao Inducted Into the UCI Faculty Innovation Fellowship

• February 27, 2020
  • Aberrant Development Corrected in Adult-Onset Huntington's Disease iPSC-Derived Neuronal Cultures via WNT Signaling Modulation

• February 27, 2020
  • Skin and non-adhesive cells on the skin’s surface found to play a pivotal role in the formation of fingers and toes

• February 27, 2020
  • Three PhD candidates recognized with Dr. Lorna Carlin Scholar Awards

• February 21, 2020
  • New discovery may drive the development of better, more effective immunotherapies for the treatment of breast cancer

• December 19, 2019
  • Samueli School Grad Student Wins One of Three Chancellor’s Club Fellowships

• December 13, 2019
  • CIRM’s Alpha Stem Cell Clinics Given High Profile Role in Clinical Trials Network

• November 26, 2019
  • Exploring humanity’s final frontier

• November 20, 2019
  • Ann Cullen Leaves $2.8 Million Estate Gift to Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center

• November 14, 2019
  • Researchers develop cell therapy to improve memory and stop seizures in mice following traumatic brain injury

• October 19th, 2019
  • Animal Study Offers Hope for Treating Traumatic Brain Injuries

• October 14, 2019
  • Dr. Bota's Clinical Trial for Glioblastoma Presents Promising Success

• October 9, 2019
  • New Report Says Stem Cell Agency Produces Measurable Economic Benefits for California

• September 20, 2019
  • Encouraging Community Access

• August 7, 2019
  • Call it Mighty Mouse: Breakthrough leaps Alzheimer’s research hurdle

• August 6, 2019
  • UCI receives record $441 million in research funding for fiscal 2018-19

• July 31, 2019
  • Jesse Holt & Dr. Pathak Win Gilliam Fellowship

• July 26, 2019
  • UCI stem cell researcher receives $4.8 million CIRM grant to address traumatic brain injury

• July 8, 2019
  • She Was Forced to Give Birth in Handcuffs. Now Her Case Is Changing Police Rules.

• • UCI team pioneers cancer treatment that targets bone metastases while sparing bone

• July 1, 2019
  • UCI researchers to join national effort to build atlas of human breast cells

• July 1, 2019
  • Alabama Isn’t the Only State That Punishes Pregnant Women

• June 5, 2019
  • Nanotechnology treatment shows promise against multiple sclerosis

• April 22, 2019
  • UCI to establish skin biology, diseases resource center with $4 million NIH award

• April 11, 2019
  • The Boy Missing an Entire Type of Brain Cell

• February 21, 2019
  • Gene in Infamous Experiment on Embryos Points to New Stroke Treatment

• February 8, 2019
  • UCI-led study reveals how blood cells help wounds heal scar-free

• February 6, 2019
  • UC Irvine Awarded the Designation of HDSA Centers of Excellence for 2019

• January 30, 2019
  • Leslie Thompson gets $6 million CIRM grant to advance Huntington’s disease treatments