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Congratulations to Tessa Chou in the Marsden Lab!

April 23, 2026
Please join us in congratulating Tessa Chou in the Marsden Lab, who has been awarded a 3-year NIH Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31) grant to support her graduate...

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Ben Morehouse Recipient of the Michelson Medical Research Foundation Award to Rising Immunology Leaders

February 18, 2026
LOS ANGELES—Michelson Medical Research Foundation (MMRF) is proud to announce the eighth cohort of recipients of its 2026 Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants, naming five early-career scientists whose research is...

Congratulations to Dr. Roberto Tinoco for successfully renewing the MARC Research Training Program!

October 9, 2025
Please join us in congratulating Roberto Tinoco for successfully renewing UCI's MARC Research Training Program, an NIH-funded honors program designed to support students pursuing careers in the biomedical sciences. For...

The Center for Virus Research (CVR) aims to foster scholarship, training, and collaborative research at UCI across many disciplines, based on studies founded in molecular virology.

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Center Administration

Tom Lane

Thomas E. Lane, Ph.D.
Center Director
tlane@uci.edu

Marsden 2021 Headshot Photo

Matthew D. Marsden, Ph.D.
Center Associate Director
m.marsden@uci.edu

Rebecca Taylor

Rebecca Taylor
Center Administrator
taylorrr@uci.edu

Executive Committee

Bert Semler

Bert Semler, Ph.D.

Matthew Marsden

Matthew Marsden, Ph.D.

Lisa Wagar

Lisa Wagar, Ph.D.

Roberto Tinoco

Roberto Tinoco, Ph.D.