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UCI supports a strong culture of excellence in brain research. Below are recent articles featuring cutting-edge brain research by UCI faculty and students.

Steven Goldstein, UCI vice chancellor for health affairs (from left); Aileen Anderson, director of the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center; and Frank LaFerla, dean of the School of Biological Sciences, participate in a UCI Brain Launch Event panel discussion.

Exploring humanity’s final frontier

Nov 26, 2019
Two women draw on a whiteboard with red marker

UCI Brain Launch Whiteboard Brainstorm Session

Oct 31, 2019
A woman types on a calculator and writes in a book, studying

Using stimulants to cram for exams ruins sleep and doesn’t help test scores

Oct 16, 2019
FACTS with an earthquake-esque crack inside of it

Fake news can lead to false memories

Aug 22, 2019
3 silhouettes walk on a concrete path

UCI develops humanized mice to study human brain cells’ role in Alzheimer’s disease

Aug 15, 2019
Woman (Angela) holding a brain smiles at the camera

Now Hiring: Scientific Communications Student Assistant Position

Aug 13, 2019
Headshot of Sara Mednick, Ph.D. in CNLM courtyard.

Drugs commonly taken to improve cognition only boost short-term focus – at high cost

Aug 12, 2019
It's not as much that we're remembering more, but we're forgetting a lot less

BBC: The man who can remember every day of his life

Aug 2, 2019
A family gathers around a board game on the floor

Game Design in Real Life: The Benefits of Playing Games – The Medium

Jul 31, 2019
Brian Cummings

UCI stem cell researcher receives $4.8 million CIRM grant to address traumatic brain injury

Jul 26, 2019
CNLM Ambassador Julian Quintanilla, a Ph.D. student in anatomy & neurobiology, guides a fourth-grader in UCI’s Brain Explorer Academy through a sheep brain dissection

Brain Explorer Academy expands young minds

Jul 22, 2019
Jasmine Williams doing the Vulcan greeting from “Star Trek.”

A young woman can now live long and prosper, after brain surgery cures her of seizures

Jul 22, 2019