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November 16, 2022 | Ribbon cutting celebrates $5 million gift to translate promising research from lab to clinic
This past spring, a $5 million gift from the Alfred E Mann Family Foundation established the Alfred E Mann Family Foundation Research Acceleration Fund at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA and the Alfred E Mann...
November 15, 2022 | 11 CNSI members among most highly cited researchers for 2022
Eleven CNSI Members are among nearly forty UCLA faculty scholars that have been named as the world’s most influential scientific researchers. In its latest annual list, Clarivate Analytics names the most highly cited researchers — the scholars whose work was most...
November 10, 2022 | Handheld Diagnostic Lab Offers Point-of-Care Solution for Future Pandemics
UCLA Samueli School of Engineering professor Dino Di Carlo of bioengineering and associate professor Sam Emaminejad of electrical and computer engineering co-authored a study, which was published this week in Nature. The paper outlined how the lab kit works and...
November 8, 2022 | Scientists say eye-disease drug may also help fight COVID
An interdisciplinary research team led by UCLA found that a drug already approved by the Food and Drug Administration for eye disease, verteporfin, stopped the replication of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Their laboratory study identified the Hippo...
November 2, 2022 | UCLA Engineering Professor Named American Physical Society Fellow
Mona Jarrahi, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has been named a fellow of the American Physical Society. The fellowship program recognizes researchers who have made significant contributions in the...
November 1, 2022 | Deep learning-based virtual staining of tissue facilitates rapid assessment of breast cancer biomarker
In a recent work published in BME Frontiers, a UCLA research team developed a computational staining approach powered by deep learning, which performs the HER2 staining without requiring any chemicals. The research team captured the autofluorescence information of the...
October 31, 2022 | Electrons, Cameras, Action!
The California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA has changed or added five cameras connected to its suite of six transmission electron microscopes. Taken together, the upgrades will dramatically reduce noise in imaging while increasing efficiency and offering options to meet the distinct needs of different types of investigations. These instruments are available to users from UCLA and beyond at the EICN.
October 12, 2022 | Upgraded cellular and volumetric imaging available to users at UCLA facility
To expand the understanding of fundamental processes in living things, researchers often need to capture images of biological dynamics spooling out over fractions of a second or volumetric data over periods of days. Investigators looking to create knowledge about such...
October 12, 2022 | South African Delegation, Led by Minister Pandor, Visits UCLA to broaden the scope of academic research and innovation
A delegation from South Africa recently visited UCLA, meeting with leadership including Chancellor Gene Block, to foster increased collaboration and discover technological and academic resources to broaden exchanges between South African institutions. [xyz-ips...
October 7, 2022 | How Nanoscience Innovation is Helping to Tackle Pancreatic Cancer
In this interview, AZoNano speaks with Professor Andre Nel about his involvement in innovative research describing the development of a 'glass bubble' nanocarrier that could help drug formulations access pancreatic cancer cells. Targeting cells within the pancreas is...
October 4, 2022 | How the secrets of the ‘water bear’ could improve lifesaving drugs like insulin
Heather Maynard, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry who holds UCLA’s Dr. Myung Ki Hong Chair in Polymer Science, invented a polymer based on the sugar. Her polymer, called poly(trehalose methacrylate), or pTrMA, actually seems to improve upon nature in its...
September 29, 2022 | A new Zika vaccine shows promise in animal models: Why you should care
The Zika outbreak in 2015 and 2016 that began in Brazil and spread into the Americas garnered worldwide attention. Images of babies born with microcephaly—a neurological condition characterized by unusually small head size—dominated our screens and served as a...