Research priorities of the CNSI at UCLA build upon the work of our Members, over 150 leading faculty representing nearly 35 Departments. CNSI provides a unique collaborative atmosphere that leverages pooled talent and resources to address the most serious and perplexing questions of our time. The Institute facilitates powerful collaborations among world-class scientists in fields ranging from applied mathematics and engineering to the natural and biomedical sciences. By leveraging the Institute’s central location in the heart of UCLA’s Court of Sciences and proximity to UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, CNSI supports problem-based, team science initiatives in targeted areas.
Research priorities of the CNSI at UCLA build upon the work of our Members, over 150 leading faculty representing nearly 35 Departments. CNSI provides a unique collaborative atmosphere that leverages pooled talent and resources to address the most serious and perplexing questions of our time. The Institute facilitates powerful collaborations among world-class scientists in fields ranging from applied mathematics and engineering to the natural and biomedical sciences. By leveraging the Institute’s central location in the heart of UCLA’s Court of Sciences and proximity to UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, CNSI supports problem-based, team science initiatives in targeted areas:
Research Facilitation
The CNSI Grants Facilitation Team works to catalyze interactions between new and existing teams of researchers to develop collaborative proposals that cross disciplines and support the key research mission of the Institute. Our team offers organizational assistance including meeting scheduling, budget construction, editing, and writing assistance to meet submission deadlines with polished proposals in compliance with government, university, and sponsor regulations and requirements.
Research News
May 13, 2026 | From Bottleneck to Breakthrough: Student Engineers Unlock Fully Autonomous Electroporation at UCLA
Inside the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA, where some of the most advanced and technical automated infrastructure on campus resides, two students saw an opportunity hiding in plain sight. The Living Biofoundry, a core resource of the BioPACIFIC…
April 17, 2026 | Skin-deep microneedle sensor tracks drug clearance and reveals early kidney and liver dysfunction
Wearable sensors that use microneedles to painlessly take samples at skin level could help personalize health care and enable precision drug dosing in real time, but many have been limited by weak signals and damage caused by friction in tissue.
February 17, 2026 | Nanoparticle-based gene editing could expand treatment options for cystic fibrosis
Nanoparticle-based gene editing could expand treatment options for cystic fibrosis By Tiare DunlapKey takeaways UCLA researchers have demonstrated that lipid nanoparticles can package and deliver an entire therapeutic gene along with...
February 10, 2026 | How UCLA scientists helped reimagine a forgotten battery design from Thomas Edison
How UCLA scientists helped reimagine a forgotten battery design from Thomas Edison By Wayne LewisKey takeaways An international research collaboration co-led by UCLA has developed a nickel-iron battery, reviving a chemistry favored by...
January 28, 2026 | UCLA study sets new benchmarks for 3D, atom-by-atom maps of disordered materials
3D, atom-by-atom maps of disordered materials UCLA RESEARCH BRIEF By Wayne Lewis Researchers at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA published a step-by-step framework for determining the three-dimensional positions and...
January 27, 2026 | COVID-19 viral fragments shown to target and kill specific immune cells in UCLA-led study
COVID-19 viral fragments shown to target and kill specific immune cells in UCLA-led study Clues about extreme cases and omicron’s effects come from a cross-disciplinary international research team By Wayne Lewis Key takeaways: A...
January 2, 2025 | UCLA study links scar healing to dangerous placenta condition
Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) used to be a rare pregnancy condition, but it now affects roughly 14,000 pregnancies annually, posing a major cause of maternal death. Yet why it happens is still not well understood. Placenta accreta occurs when the placenta grows too…
November 26, 2025 | Aydogan Ozcan elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Electrical and computer engineering professor Aydogan Ozcan from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. Ozcan, who holds the Volgenau Chair for Engineering Innovation, also has a faculty appointment at...
November 10, 2025 | State-of-the-art AI and robotics device arrives at UCLA, creating major opportunities for biomedical researchers
State-of-the-art AI and robotics device arrives at UCLA, creating major opportunities for biomedical researchers The CellXpress.AI is here and it’s ready to improve speed, flexibility, efficiency and reproducibility in studies By Wayne...
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