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ZOT IRB & ZOT hSCRO – Stage Environment Refresh | Tomorrow, 5/28 Starting After 6:00 PM PST
Dear ZOT IRB and ZOT hSCRO Users, This is a friendly reminder that the Stage environment refresh is scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, May 28th, beginning after 6:00 PM PST. Please anticipate approximately 1.5 to 2 hours of downtime, during which the Stage environment will be inaccessible. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and…
Read MoreSweat equity
For most people, sweat is just part of everyday life — something wiped away after a workout, a stressful meeting or a hot Southern California afternoon. But at UC Irvine, researchers are looking at sweat very differently: as a nonstop stream of clues about what is happening inside the human body. A team of engineers…
Read MoreUpdated IACUC Guidance: Categorizing and Minimizing Pain and Distress
Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) Updated IACUC Guidance: Categorizing and Minimizing Pain and Distress For researchers working with live vertebrate animals in research, teaching, or training activities, the IACUC Guidance on Categorizing and Minimizing Pain and Distress was revised to clarify definitions and examples of each pain category, and to update links and…
Read MoreAward Transaction Summary – currently unavailable
Dear Colleagues, The Award Transaction Summary (ATS) is currently unavailable – if you attempt to log in, it will direct you to a random award instead of the search prompt. OIT and the Cognos team are aware of the issue – we will let you know when the ATS is back. Thank you, The ERA…
Read MoreA new approach to dementia care
A year after launching an ambitious research effort to support dementia patients and caregivers, UC Irvine nursing researchers have moved into real-world care settings, collecting data directly from patients and using AI-driven technology to better understand agitation, sleep disruption and fall risk. The interdisciplinary project – led by Adey Nyamathi, a Distinguished Professor in the…
Read MoreW. M. Keck Foundation gives $1.2 million to UC Irvine to support early-career scientists
Irvine, Calif., May 14, 2026 — A $1.2 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation to the University of California, Irvine is part of a special initiative to support early-career scientists facing uncertainty in federal research funding. In response to these widespread federal reductions, the Keck Foundation launched a one-time bridge funding initiative that…
Read MoreUC Irvine team identifies where renewable hydrogen delivers the greatest social benefit
A new UC Irvine study uses monetized life-cycle analysis to compare hydrogen, direct electrification and fossil fuel pathways across heavy-duty transport and industrial sectors. The researchers concluded that renewable hydrogen applied in certain sectors offers greater social value, which includes reduced climate change impacts, cleaner air, improved public health and lower demand for natural resources.…
Read MoreNew study finds increase in ‘political breakups’
Irvine, Calif., May 7, 2026 — America has always been divided over politics, but now it’s personal. A new study from UC Irvine psychologists reveals a fracturing nation as political divides shatter friendships, tear apart families and fuel a deepening hostility between everyday Americans. The research, published in PNAS Nexus, was conducted by Department of…
Read More$8 million gift to create neurosciences clinic at UCI Health — Irvine medical campus, bolster neurology research
Irvine, Calif., May 7, 2025 — The J.W. and Sandra Mitchell Neurosciences Clinic – a new home for outpatient neurology and neurosurgical care at the UCI Health — Irvine medical campus – has been established with an $8 million gift, which will also bolster collaborative research in movement disorders within the Department of Neurology at the…
Read More‘Forever chemicals’ may be linked to childhood leukemia
UC Irvine-led study found that exposure to previously unknown PFAS chemicals was associated with a higher risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common childhood cancer. Researchers analyzed blood samples from 125 newborn children with leukemia and 219 without cancer in Los Angeles County, also finding higher levels of PFOA and PFOS linked to increased…
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