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April 8, 2021 | CNSI experts examine COVID-19 vaccine efforts
As COVID-19 inoculation efforts continue to ramp up in the U.S. and around the world, two leaders at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA recently took stock of the unprecedented success of vaccine design efforts, as well as the challenges ahead. [xyz-ips...
March 31, 2021 | Century-old problem solved with first-ever 3D atomic imaging of an amorphous solid
A UCLA-led study in the journal Nature reports on the first-ever determination of the 3D atomic structure of an amorphous solid — in this case, a material called metallic glass. Century-old problem solved with first-ever 3D atomic...
March 30, 2021 | UC group launches clinical trial using CRISPR to correct sickle cell disease gene defect
Scientists at UCLA, UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley have received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to jointly launch an early phase, first-in-human clinical trial of a CRISPR gene correction therapy in patients with sickle cell disease using the patients’...
March 30, 2021 | Merck KGaA’s ATR Inhibitor Shows Promise in Both Cancer and COVID-19
A research collaboration among UCLA investigators and Merck KGaA, has pointed to the drug as showing promise for COVID-19. It is also being touted for its unusually broad effect in treating a range of cancers. Merck KGaA's ATR Inhibitor...
March 26, 2021 | ONO Joins the University of California Drug Discovery Consortium
Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Osaka, Japan; President, Representative Director, Gyo Sagara; “ONO”) announced that it has joined the University of California Drug Discovery Consortium (Irvine, CA, U.S.; “UC DDC”). ONO Joins the University...
March 26, 2021 | Object classification through a single-pixel detector
UCLA researchers have reported a new, single-pixel machine vision framework that provides a solution to mitigate the shortcomings and inefficiencies of traditional machine vision systems. Object classification through a single-pixel...
March 24, 2021 | 3D fluorescence microscopy gets a boost using recurrent neural networks
By devising a new recurrent neural network, UCLA researchers have demonstrated a deep learning-enabled volumetric microscopy framework for 3D imaging of fluorescent samples. 3D fluorescence microscopy gets a boost using recurrent neural...
March 24, 2021 | Potential COVID-19 treatment identified in UCLA-led lab study
A collaboration among scientists from UCLA and other universities in California, Delaware and Germany, as well as a German pharmaceutical company, has singled out a compound that shows promise for treating SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. In a series of...
March 24, 2021 | UCLA Researchers Develop New, Noninvasive AI Method to Inspect Live Cells and Gain Critical Data
UCLA researchers have developed a new, AI-based algorithm that determines the properties of live biological cells, keeping them intact in the process. UCLA Researchers Develop New, Noninvasive AI Method to Inspect Live Cells and Gain...
March 23, 2021 | Deactivating cancer cell gene boosts immunotherapy for head and neck cancers
By targeting an enzyme that plays a key role in head and neck cancer cells, researchers from the UCLA School of Dentistry were able to significantly slow the growth and spread of tumors in mice and enhance the effectiveness of an immunotherapy to which these types of...
March 15, 2021 | California NanoSystems Institute Noble Family Innovation Fund Seed Funding Program – Letter of Intent Solicitation
The California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA (CNSI) has recently received a philanthropic commitment of $10 million over three years to establish the Noble Family Innovation Fund. The Noble Fund will focus on identifying, supporting and accelerating high‐risk,...
March 9, 2021 | UCLA Engineering Professor Receives NSF CAREER Award to Develop Rapid 3D Printing Processes for Electronic Components
Xiaoyu “Rayne” Zheng, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, and of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER award, the agency’s highest honor for faculty...