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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
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...
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...
October 15, 2021 | A decade after gene therapy, children born with deadly immune disorder remain healthy
Over a decade ago, UCLA physician-scientists began using a pioneering gene therapy they developed to treat children born with a rare and deadly immune system disorder. They now report that the effects of the therapy appear to be long-lasting, with 90% of patients who...
September 21, 2021 | CNSI Launches Quantum Biology Center at UCLA
First U.S. hub for research into small-scale basis of biological processes will focus on community-building. At the smallest of scales, the laws of physics as proposed by Sir Isaac Newton famously break down. Pairs of particles are intrinsically linked across...
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