Inside UCR

Graduate student awarded 2026 American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship

Iqbal Pittalwala — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0800

Ting-An Lin will investigate molecular links between microplastics exposure and atherosclerosis

RNA research takes center stage at UCR

Iqbal Pittalwala — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0800

Third annual symposium brought together top scientists in the RNA field, strengthening UCR’s role as an RNA research hub

Using comic books to communicate health issues

Iqbal Pittalwala — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0700

UC Riverside’s David Lo has launched a series of graphic narratives to make public health information more accessible

Researchers contribute chapter to pediatric psychology handbook

Iqbal Pittalwala — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0700

Addressing DEI meaningfully will help reduce disparities and improve well-being, authors argue

UCR scientists join elite class of 2024 AAAS fellows

Jules Bernstein — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0700

A big honor for chemistry and biomedical sciences faculty 

Biomedical scientist receives his 14th challenge coin

Iqbal Pittalwala — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0700

Scott Pegan is a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army

Biomedical scientist to investigate endocannabinoids as potential treatment for cocaine addiction relapse

Iqbal Pittalwala — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0800

Natalie Zlebnik has received a NARSAD Young Investigator Award from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation

Division of Biomedical Sciences begins its 50th anniversary celebration

Iqbal Pittalwala — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700

The division originated the idea of establishing a medical school on campus

Research breakthrough on birth defect affecting brain size

Iqbal Pittalwala — Wed, 01 May 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Nonsense-mediated RNA decay, or NMD, is an evolutionarily conserved molecular mechanism in which potentially defective messenger RNAs, or mRNAs (genetic material that instructs the body on how to make proteins), are degraded. Disruption of the NMD pathway can lead to neurological disorders, immune diseases, cancers, and other pathologies. Mutations in human NMD regulators are seen in neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism and intellectual disability.

Second annual RNA symposium advances research and fosters collaborations

Iqbal Pittalwala — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0800

Attendees included National Academy of Sciences members and prominent scientists from UC Riverside, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, UC Irvine, Stanford University, University of Toronto SickKids Research Institute, and City of Hope

What role does alternative splicing play in neurodegenerative disease?

Iqbal Pittalwala — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700

UC Riverside scientists David Nikom and Sika Zheng explain in a timely review

UCR study on health impact of chemicals in plastics makes the top 4

Iqbal Pittalwala — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0700

Research paper selected by NIEHS as a Paper of the Month

Biomedical sciences postdoc awarded UC fellowship

Iqbal Pittalwala — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0800

Meli’sa Crawford will examine the effects of agricultural dust exposure on intestinal barrier function

Biomedical scientist named fellow of American Gastroenterological Association

Iqbal Pittalwala — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0800

Fellowship honors Declan McCole’s professional achievements in the gastrointestinal field

Biomedical scientist promoted to lieutenant colonel

Iqbal Pittalwala — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0800

Scott Pegan is an international expert on Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever

Research at new center to focus on health impact of cannabis use

Iqbal Pittalwala — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0700

School of Medicine’s Nicholas DiPatrizio will lead the Center for Cannabinoid Research

Biomedical scientist to study novel mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease

Iqbal Pittalwala — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0700

Sika Zheng in the School of Medicine has received a grant of $250,000 from the National Institutes of Health

Graduate student receives predoctoral fellowship for epilepsy research

Iqbal Pittalwala — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0700

Andrew Huang, a biomedical sciences graduate student at UC Riverside, has been awarded a one-year American Epilepsy Society Predoctoral Research Fellowship.  The $30,000 award includes $1,000 for Huang to use as travel funds to attend the annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society in December 2022. He will also receive a complimentary membership to the society for a year, giving him access to online education content as well as professional development resources.

How does cannabis affect gut health?

Iqbal Pittalwala — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0700

A UC Riverside biomedical scientist has received a grant to investigate

Grant to biomedical scientist will support cerebral malaria research

Iqbal Pittalwala — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0800

Byron Ford, a professor of biomedical sciences in the UC Riverside School of Medicine, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, to develop a new intervention against cerebral malaria.

NIH grant will help biomedical scientist study mechanism involved in neurogenesis

Iqbal Pittalwala — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0800

Sika Zheng, an associate professor of biomedical sciences in the School of Medicine, recently received a five-year National Institutes of Health grant of nearly $2.5 million to study the functional role of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, or NMD, in the complicated and dynamic process of neurogenesis, a term used to describe the generation of neurons in the brain during embryonic development. 

Finding a cure for multiple sclerosis

Iqbal Pittalwala — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0700

Seema Tiwari-Woodruff, a professor of biomedical sciences in the UCR School of Medicine, and her colleagues have received a grant of $373,000 from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for a project in which her lab will select the five best candidate compounds to speed up nerve impulses, a promising new avenue to treat m

School of Medicine postdoc receives NIH Pathway to Independence grant

Iqbal Pittalwala — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0700

Rebekah Charney, a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Medicine, has received a five-year “Pathway to Independence” grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research of the National Institutes of Health, or NIH.