LATEST NEWS
September 13 | Device provides scientists with clearest view of sperm’s motion in 3-D
Device provides scientists with clearest view of sperm’s motion in 3-D Holographic microscope developed at UCLA presents new details of sperm’s spinning head Meghan Steele Horan | September 13, 2017 Data produced by the new system could not only validate current...
read more
September 12 | Consortium links experts in engineering, medicine to improve health in underserved communities
Consortium links experts in engineering, medicine to improve health in underserved communities Consortium links experts in engineering, medicine to improve health in underserved communities UCLA joins Texas A&M, Rice, Florida International to focus on care for...
read more
September 6, 2017 | Hyundai Hope on Wheels Awards $150,000 Research Grant to Dr. Steven J. Jonas and the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital in Honor of National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Hyundai Hope On Wheels® presented UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital with a $150,000 Hyundai Young Investigator Grant. The grant funds will support the research of principal investigator Dr. Steven J. Jonas with the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital. Hyundai Hope on Wheels...
read more
August 31, 2017 | UCLA Design Media Arts Professor and Art|Sci Center Founder Victoria Vesna co-curates annual campus exhibition for 2017 Ars Electronica Festival with Xin Xin ’16 (M.F.A., Design Media Arts)
Each year in conjunction with the Ars Electronica Festival, Ars Electronica and Linz’s University of Art host an exhibition by artists associated with an international institution of higher learning with a curriculum that takes an innovative approach to teaching media...
read more
August 28, 2017 | Gilead Sciences to Acquire Kite Pharma for $11.9 Billion
CAR T has the potential to become one of the most powerful anti-cancer agents for hematologic cancers. With Gilead’s expertise and support, we hope to fulfill that potential by rapidly accelerating our robust pipeline and next-generation research and manufacturing...
read more
August 22, 2017 | CNSI Associate Director Heather Maynard will Receive 2018 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award
Dr. Heather Maynard, Associate Director of Technology & Development, CNSI, and Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA, is one of 10 organic chemist nominees for the 2018 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award by the American Chemical Society (ACS)....
read more
August 11, 2017 | System creates 3-D images of tissue samples without conventional lenses
A new system developed by UCLA researchers could make it easier and less expensive to diagnose chronic diseases, particularly in remote areas without expensive lab equipment. System creates 3-D images of tissue samples without conventional lenses Hologram technology...
read more
August 1, 2017 | The Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) for Childhood Cancer Research awards Young Investigator Grants to 18 cancer researchers
The Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) for Childhood Cancer Research recently awarded Young Investigator Grants to 18 early-career childhood cancer researchers with outstanding track records and promising ideas in the field of pediatric oncology. The Alex’s...
read more
July 25, 2017 | Their goal: Taking the fear out of prenatal testing
For pregnant women, the prospect of prenatal testing creates both hope and fear. The hope: That they’ll learn the gender of their unborn child and that it will be shown to be developing normally. The risk: That the test itself will create a health risk for them or...
read more