The American Epilepsy Society, or AES, has awarded Francisco Javier Guevara-Pantoja, a postdoctoral researcher at UC Riverside, a $50,000 fellowship to investigate in mice the activity of inhibitory neurons in the dentate gyrus during the initiation and termination of seizures.

Viji Santhakumar received an AES BRIDGE Summer Research Internship Grant

UC Riverside-led team identifies essential gene regulators in deadly malaria parasite

UC Riverside researchers find harmful metals in u-cigarettes’ liquids and aerosols

UCR study used human embryonic stem cells to examine how menthol affects cellular processes

Two NIH grants to UC Riverside support a machine learning approach to identify insect repellents

UC Riverside honored faculty members for their achievements at the 2025 Faculty Awards Dinner on Thursday, Feb. 6.

Summary: The gene neuropilin2 regulates inhibitory neuron migration and excitatory neuron connections, essential for balanced brain activity. A study revealed that deleting neuropilin2 disrupts inhibitory circuits, leading to autism-like behaviors and a higher seizure risk.