Report summary

The 2015-2026 picture for University of California, Irvine Department of Physiology and Biophysics is a 40-PI network with 63 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (33% of slots across 26 PIs; 26 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (16% of slots across 17 PIs; 17 labels), and Ion channel regulation and function as the leading topic (4% of slots across 5 PIs; 5 labels). That is a nice sign for applicants and collaborators, because the network has both density and separable local groups. The top weighted PIs are Geoffrey W. Abbott (49.2 weighted works; Ion channel regulation and function, Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias); Hamid M. Said (41 weighted works; Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency, Diet and metabolism studies). The strongest pairings are Philip L. Felgner and D. Huw Davies (40 shared works, weight 11.7). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 16 internal connections, weight 49.7, around Immunology, Parasitology, Epidemiology, led by Philip L. Felgner, D. Huw Davies, Albert Zlotnik; group 2 with 8 PIs, 8 internal connections, weight 20.9, around Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cell Biology, led by Eric Pearlman, Medha M. Pathak, Ian Parker.