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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
November 27, 2020 | Researchers find new hydrogel technology has potential to enhance healing process
Millions of chronic wounds do not heal properly each year, costing the health care system billions of dollars annually, he said. Scumpia and a group of researchers developed a new material that could help heal wounds properly to prevent chronic wounds.Researchers find...
November 20, 2020 | UCLA researchers study link between genetics and reaction to COVID-19
UCLA researchers are comparing the genes of COVID-19 patients to see if there is a pattern between a person’s genetics and their susceptibility to COVID-19. In particular, they are looking at common differences in gene sequences that are shared between people with...
November 18, 2020 | UCLA researchers develop imaging technology to aid in surgical procedures
A new imaging process, published in Nature Chemistry in October, could allow for better real-time image-guided surgery. It could let surgeons highlight tumors and the surrounding tissue on a digital monitor to help the surgeon remove the tumor without damaging...
November 12, 2020 | Programmable electronics based on the reversible doping of 2-D semiconductors
Two-dimensional (2-D) semiconductors, such as graphene or tungsten diselenide (WSe2), are particularly promising for the development of electronics. Unfortunately, however, controlling the electronic properties of these materials can be very challenging, due to the...
November 12, 2020 | UCLA researchers create armored emulsions as tiny test tubes for parallel reactions
What if you could create a stable emulsion in which all of the tiny droplets stay at a uniform size for a long time? UCLA bioengineers and mathematicians have done just that, inventing the first-ever "armored" emulsions.UCLA researchers create armored emulsions as...
November 9, 2020 | UCLA-led research shows efficient and inexpensive fuel-cells in sight
UCLA-led research shows efficient and inexpensive fuel-cells in sight Advance provides pathways for renewable energy and hydrogen-powered automobiles by UCLA Samueli Newsroom Graphic shows a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) and the microenvironment details...
November 8, 2020 | Scientists snap molecular building blocks of brain computing
Synapses are specialized devices where learning and memory occur. The efficient transmission of synaptic signals relies on the delicate structure and complex molecular composition of the synapses. However, the small size (several hundred nanometers in diameter) and...
November 1, 2020 | Black phosphorus composite makes a better battery
A new electrode material could make it possible to construct lithium-ion batteries with a high charging rate and storage capacity. If scaled up, the anode material developed by researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and colleagues in...
October 26, 2020 | UCLA researchers study genetics’ role in COVID-19 susceptibility, severity
UCLA researchers study genetics’ role in COVID-19 susceptibility, severity The scientists are optimistic that their data could help communities hit hardest by the pandemic by Tiare Dunlap Bogdan Pasaniuc says studying the genomes of a diverse set of people will help...
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