In a feature published by the New York Times, Dr. Larry Cahill, a professor in the department of Neurobiology and Behavior, gives his expert opinion on a groundbreaking paper recently published in the Proceedings of…
The UC Irvine Center for Addiction Neuroscience (ICAN) was established to bring together addiction research faculty from across UC Irvine for the first time, to identify areas of collaboration to leverage for highly competitive research…
Seven years ago, Dr. Georg Striedter, a professor in the department of Neurobiology and Behavior, began working on a new textbook to help teach the difficult concepts of functional neuroanatomy to his students. What began…
In a recent study by Professor Craig Stark from the department of Neurobiology and Behavior, it was discovered that individuals who played three dimensional video games saw a boost in the formation of memories. The…
Mrs. Allison Najafi is one of this year’s recipients of the Achievement Rewards For College Scientists (ARCS) for graduate students. The ARCS scholar award is intended to provide additional financial support for exceptional graduate students…
Read more about Dr. Ian Parker’s contribution to this new discovery.
Irvine, Calif., Sept. 22, 2015 — By identifying a key signaling defect within a specific membrane structure in all cells, University of California, Irvine researchers…
Zachariah Reagh, a graduate student in Dr. Michael Yassa’s lab, has been awarded the James L. McGaugh Award for Excellence in Graduate Research….
Joseph Ochaba, a graduate student in Dr. Leslie Thompson’s lab, has been awarded Dr. William Holcomb Scholarship. Students receiving this scholarship have exhibited distinguished academic accomplishments through their research publications and communication of research activities…
Andre White, a graduate student in Dr. Marcelo Wood’s lab, has been awarded Dr. William Holcomb Scholarship. Students receiving this scholarship have exhibited distinguished academic accomplishments through their research publications and communication of research activities…
Alberto Lopez, a graduate in Dr. Marcelo Woo’s lab, has been elected to receive the Dean’s Early Career Research Excellence Award. The award is given to a doctoral student that is early in their program…