Congratulations to Tessa Chou in the Marsden Lab!
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 work studying HIV latency reversal agents. In other news, Tessa also recently received an ARCS (Advancing Science in America) Foundation Scholar Award, and was the…
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Ben Morehouse Recipient of the Michelson Medical Research Foundation Award to Rising Immunology Leaders
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 advancing the future of human immunology. The program is supporting its largest cohort to date, awarding five early-career scientists $150,000 each to accelerate innovative work…
Congratulations to Dr. Roberto Tinoco for successfully renewing the MARC Research Training Program!
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 decades, this program – previously led by Luis Mota-Bravo (now retired) – has provided undergraduates at UCI with valuable, paid research opportunities. A hearty congratulations…
Congratulations to Dr. Kaitlin Murray!
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Kaitlin Murray who was just awarded an NIH F32 Fellowship!
Congratulations to Nishad Maggirwar!
Please join us in congratulating Nishad Maggirwar who was just awarded a 3-year NIH F31 fellowship!
Congratulations to Liz Ortiz and Travis Wiles!
Scientists at the Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences at UC Irvine report that they have developed a powerful new tool, called Phollow, that lets scientists watch viral activity in the gut microbiome of living animals with unprecedented precision—down to a single viral particle. Led by Travis Wiles, PhD, assistant professor, the study … offers…
Congratulations to Rémi Buisson and Lavanya Manjunath!
A study by researchers in the UC Irvine School of Medicine examines how our bodies activate defense mechanisms only in the presence of a virus, ensuring that uninfected, healthy cells are not harmed. Professor Rémi Buisson and graduate student Lavanya Manjunath talk about the findings here. The goal is to identify new mechanisms that cells can use to block or…
New Molecule Used in Cancer Treatment Shows Promise for Treating HIV
“If you ever stop taking therapy, the virus can come roaring back,” says Matthew Marsden, a virologist at the University of California, Irvine. [Paul] Wender, Marsden, and others began to look at compounds that might be more effective. They turned to EBC-46, a compound found in its natural form in the seeds of blushwood trees…
Congratulations to Rémi Buisson, Elodie Bournique and Ambrocio Sanchez! Newly discovered mechanism triggers immune response in cells with damaged DNA
A research team from the University of California, Irvine has revealed a previously unknown mechanism that triggers an inflammatory immune response in cells when their DNA is damaged. This discovery deepens the understanding of a new type of cell signaling that may lead to more effective treatments for cancer. Read more.