WELCOME TO THE SALIVARY BIOSCIENCE COMMUNITY
We now offer the SARS-CoV-2, N-Protein Salivary IgG assay for COVID-19 Antibody surveillance testing. Click here for more information.
Please see information about Collecting Saliva During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The IISBR Laboratory is OPEN. For additional information please contact: iisbr@uci.edu
Our Mission
The mission of IISBR is to:
- Advance knowledge of biobehavioral processes for health and recovery from illness with a focus on the empirical, clinical, and applied potential of non-invasive biomarkers measured with high ecological validity.
- Build and maintain collaborative scientific programs to evaluate and translate the value of biomarkers to improve individual and community health.
- Provide specialized training, education, and consultation in the use and translation of Salivary Bioscience.
- Enable access to laboratory services to the University of California and broader scientific community for the assessment of salivary and other complementary biomarkers.
New Events
Latest News
Interested in working with the largest publicly available data set of salivary hormone levels and multi-modal MRI data on adolescents? Join IISBR’s very own Kristina Uban at a Virtual Fireside Chat & Networking Event – April 2nd, 4pm PST
ISBR is now on Twitter! Follow us and tweet at us @uci_iisbr
The case for the repeatability intra-class correlation as a metric of precision for salivary bioscience data: Justification, assessment, application, and implications Read Full Text
Correspondence Between Perceived Pubertal Development and Hormone Levels in 9-10 Year-Olds From the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study Read More
Essential Reading: “Salivary Bioscience: Foundations of interdisciplinary saliva research and applications". Learn More
Latest Research
- Kimonis, E. R., et al. (2018). Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and its ratio to cortisol moderate associations between maltreatment and psychopathology in male juvenile offenders. Psychoneuroendocrinology.
- Gatzke-Kopp, L. M., et al. (2018). Magnitude and Chronicity of Environmental Smoke Exposure Across Infancy and Early Childhood in a Sample of Low-Income Children. Nicotine Tob Res.
- Pisanic, N., et al. (2018). Minimally Invasive Saliva Testing to Monitor Norovirus Infection in Community Settings. J Infect Dis.
- Affifi, T. D., et al. (2018). Testing the theory of resilience and relational load (TRRL) in families with type I diabetes. Health Commun.
- Wheelock, M.D., et al. (2018). Psychosocial stress reactivity is associated with decreased whole brain network efficiency and increased amygdala centrality. Behav Neurosci.
Research Highlights
We’ve highlighted some of the more than 85 different projects ongoing at the Institute.
The minimally-invasive nature of saliva sample collection, and the broad range of potential measurements, enables oral fluids to be employed in a wide range of fields and disciplines. These features open a window of opportunity for researchers from traditionally non-biologically oriented fields such as economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, gerontology, nursing, social work, preventive medicine, dentistry, medicine, occupational science, sports medicine, psychiatry, neuroscience, and more.
