The interdisciplinary program project grant, “Tipping points in cancer” has been funded for five years by the National Cancer Institute and awarded to John Lowengrub, Devon Lawson, and Arthur Lander. The grant starts today, and…
Congratulations to Sydney Prange, a graduate student in the lab of Prof. Katie Thompson-Peer. Sydney Prange earned second place in the UCI Grad Slam, a competition that showcases and awards the best three-minute research presentations…
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Conventionally, the size, shape, and biomechanics of cartilages are determined by their voluminous extracellular matrix. By contrast, we found that multiple murine cartilages consist of lipid-filled cells called lipochondrocytes. Despite resembling adipocytes, lipochondrocytes were molecularly…
Olivier Cinquin has published a new paper in Briefings in Bioinformatics on the pitfalls and possibilities of using large language models like ChatGPT to help with bioinformatic analysis.
Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) leverage factual knowledge from pretraining….
Congratulations to Dr. Pablo Lara-Gonzalez and Dr. Lee Bardwell!
The Lara-Gonzalez lab, in collaboration with the Bardwell lab, recently published amanuscript titled “Cyclin B3 is a dominant fast-acting cyclin that drives rapid earlyembryonic divisions” in…
Laurence Seabrook and Melissa Campos, from Lauren Albrecht’s lab, recently published a paper, “Methylarginine targeting chimeras for lysosomal degradation of intracellular proteins”.
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A paradigm shift in drug development is the discovery of small molecules that harness…
Congrats to Mia Brantley! The Rose Hills Foundation Science and Engineering Fellowship is intended to recognize and reward our most meritorious graduate students who are pursuing a Ph.D. orMaster’s degree in the life or natural…
Vini Duarte from Katherine Thompson-Peer’s lab recently had a paper, “Calcium plays an essential role in early-stage dendrite injury detection and regeneration”, published!
Abstract: Dendrites are injured in a variety of clinical conditions such as traumatic…
The Hellman Fellowships are bestowed annually to support research by junior faculty. They join an elite group of 85 UC Irvine Society of Hellman Fellows since 2013, when the Hellman Fellows Fund was established here. Fangyuan Ding,…
Professor Nie is a global expert in computational and systems biology. His research focuses on using mathematics, computing, and artificial intelligence methods to model complex biological systems and analyze large biological datasets. Professor Nie is…