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January 18, 2022 | Building robust collaborations to “ATTACK” future pandemics
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the development of antiviral drug treatments has become a critical weapon in our arsenal against the virus. Harnessing the research and scientific brainpower needed to treat and prevent the next pandemic is the University of...
January 5, 2021 | Octant continues pursuit of drug discovery
Octant, known for the company’s contribution of SwabSeq sequencing technology to the campus’s covid testing vending machines, graduated from the CNSI’s Magnify incubator. Co-founded by Sri Kosuri, an associate professor in the chemistry and biochemistry department,...
December 14, 2021 | UCLA Electrical Engineering Professor Mona Jarrahi First in Public University to Win IET A F Harvey Engineering Research Prize
Mona Jarrahi, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has been awarded the 2021 A F Harvey Engineering Research Prize from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), making her the first faculty from a...
December 10, 2021 | A longer-lasting COVID vaccine? UCLA study points the way
Researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have identified rare, naturally occurring T cells that are capable of targeting a protein found in SARS-CoV-2 and a range of other coronaviruses. [xyz-ips...
November 29, 2021 | Anti-cancer drug identified by UCLA researchers shows promise treating high-risk COVID-19 patients
Researchers from UCLA are part of a collaboration of scientists from several universities studying the potential that the anti-cancer drug berzosertib could be effective in treating or preventing SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. [xyz-ips...
November 18, 2021 | New Imaging Technology Developed by UCLA Research Team May Reduce Need for Skin Biopsies
A UCLA team led by CNSI associate director Aydogan Ozcan achieves biopsy-free virtual histology of skin using deep learning and RCM. New Imaging Technology Developed by UCLA Research Team May Reduce Need for Skin Biopsies UCLA team...
November 16, 2021 | 13 CNSI members among most highly cited researchers for 2021
Thirteen CNSI Members are among forty-three UCLA scholars that have been named as the world’s most influential scientific researchers. 13 CNSI members among most highly cited researchers for 2021 Thirteen CNSI Members are among...
November 4, 2021 | Advanced 3D cell imager added to CNSI’s light microscopy resources
The Leica THUNDER Imager. The instrument removes out-of-focus light in real time, offering the best quality widefield images possible for studying live cells, cell cultures, tissue samples, stem cells, spheroids, organoids and more. The THUNDER Imager is available for use at the Advanced Light Microscopy and Spectroscopy Lab, an open-access Technology Center in the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA.
October 18, 2021 | 3D imaging study reveals how atoms are packed in amorphous materials
A UCLA-led research team is using a method they developed to map atomic structure in three dimensions, the scientists have directly observed how atoms are packed in samples of amorphous materials. The findings, published today in Nature Materials, may force a rewrite...