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Apr 03, 2022 | American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Krzysztof Palczewski, PhD chosen by APSET to receive the prestigious 2022 Goodman and Gilman Award in Receptor Pharmacology
Dr. Palczewski is receiving this award in recognition of his innovative and pathfinding studies on mechanisms of activation of G protein-coupled receptors that have advanced understanding of receptor structure, signaling mechanism, defects that lead to disease, and treatments that preserve vision.
Dec 27, 2021 | Spectrum News 1
Dr. BenMohamed and his team's preemptive COVID vaccine has promising results
UC Irvine professor of immunology Lbachir BenMohamed — who also is the director of the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology at the university's Gavin Herbert Eye Institute — and his colleagues have been developing a preemptive vaccine for all coronaviruses with a multimillion-dollar grant from the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Dec 20, 2021 | Ocular Surgery News
Dr. Marjan Farid featured in Ocular Surgery News on topic of new IOLs expanding patient options
New IOLs expand patient options, but selection remains crucial
Apr 15, 2021 | Bright Focus Foundation
Andrew Browne, MD, PhD receives BrightFocus Foundation award for age-related macular degeneration research.
Two-photon functional imaging of the retina, while used extensively by our group in animals and in vitro, has never been achieved in human retinal imaging. We will produce a first-of-its-class research device to study human retinal disease.
Mar 31, 2021 | MSN
Lbachir BenMohamed, Professor of Immunology at UCI, and his team are working on a vaccine that attack all strains of the coronavirus.
Lbachir BenMohamed, Professor of Immunology, the founder and the head of the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology at the University of California, Irvine and his team are working on a vaccine that attack all strains of the coronavirus.
Mar 31, 2021 | The Ophthalmologist
Marjan Farid, MD named to the Top 100 Women in Ophthalmology Power List - One hundred reasons to celebrate women in ophthalmology.
Our own Marjan Farid, MD was named to the Ophthalmologist Power List for 2021. The list presents the most influential female figures in ophthalmology, as nominated by their readers and then narrowed down by their international panel of judges to the final 100.
Feb 04, 2021 | The Orange County Register
UCI Gavin Herbert Eye Institute researcher working to create a 'universal' vaccine for many coronaviruses
Lbachir BenMohamed, Professor of Immunology, is working to create a 'universal' vaccine for many coronaviruses.
Jan 22, 2021 | Fox 11 Los Angeles
UCI looking into developing COVID-19 patch as alternative to needle form of vaccine
Dr. Lbashir BenMohammed and others at UCI School of Medicine are looking at using a patch, like a nicotine patch, instead of a syringe and needle as a way to vaccinate and protect people from COVID-19.
Jan 22, 2021 | CBS 8
UC Irvine scientists working on universal vaccine to attack all strains of coronavirus
UC Irvine scientists are working on developing a vaccine that would attack all strains of COVID-19.
Jan 21, 2021 | NBC Los Angeles
UCI Scientists developing a more effective COVID vaccine
UCI scientists continue to work on a new vaccine and are hopeful it provides better protection against new strains of the virus.