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Assay Development Scientist
Partillion Bioscience is an early stage life science company aiming to democratize advanced single-cell assays with its award-winning nanovial platform. Our novel platform allows the rapid compartmentalization and analysis of millions of single cells to probe...
January 14, 2021 | In lab study, nanoparticle shows promising results for treating severe allergies
For about 1 in 13 children in the U.S., usually harmless foodstuffs such as milk, eggs and peanuts can send the body’s natural defenses into overdrive. Symptoms of food allergies can vary widely, but at worst, a systemwide allergic response can lead to anaphylaxis, a...
January 12, 2021 | Could the ocean hold the key to reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
A UCLA research team has proposed a pathway that could help extract billions of metric tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year. Instead of directly capturing atmospheric carbon dioxide, the technology would extract it from seawater, enabling the seawater...
January 7, 2020 | Study reveals new details about how bacterial toxins cause life-threatening colitis
Research led by scientists from UCLA and Harvard University has uncovered details about how the bacterium Clostridioides difficile causes excessive inflammation in the gut that can lead to potentially deadly colitis. Studying C. difficile toxin A, one of two toxins...
January 7, 2021 | Optical network shapes pulses of light
A team of UCLA engineers and researchers has developed a new method to shape light pulses by creating physical networks that are composed specially engineered layers.Optical network shapes pulses of light by UCLA Engineering Institute for Technology Advancement...
Postdoctoral Researcher Position
The UCLA Division of NanoMedicine and California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at the University of California, Los Angeles are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to join a team of highly integrated scientists exploring the use of engineered nanomaterials for cancer...
December 9, 2020 | Four UCLA faculty named to National Academy of Inventors
Four professors from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have been chosen as 2020 fellows by the National Academy of Inventors. Election to an academy fellowship is the highest professional distinction exclusive for inventors and innovators from academic...
December 7, 2020 | New electron-detecting camera speeds up bio-imaging
A recent addition to instrumentation at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA offers researchers an enhanced atomic-level view of frozen biological samples, with improvements in both detail and speed compared to the previous generation of technology. ...
December 7, 2020 | California’s Institutes for Science and Innovation celebrate 20 years of research and discovery
In December 2000, Gov. Gray Davis created four UC-based California Institutes of Science and Innovation to support interdisciplinary research in fields that were critical to the state’s economic future: Biomedicine, bioengineering, nanosystems, telecommunications and...