Special notice: For important updates about COVID-19 and its impact on CNSI facilities, please visit our Coronavirus guidance page.
Centrally located at UCLA’s Court of Sciences, Magnify strives to enhance the vibrant culture of entrepreneurship at UCLA and the broader Los Angeles region. Featuring flexible co-working laboratory and office spaces, Magnify was built with one goal in mind: to help startups succeed by vastly accelerating their access to facilities while increasing their capital efficiency and market opportunities.
Featured News
April 27, 2022 | CNSI launches three-part program to prepare students for entry into the California workforce
The California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA, also known as CNSI, is launching a three-part program, with support from the state of California, to enhance student engagement with industry partners and address the need for training that aligns with the needs of...
April 20, 2022 | UCLA-developed technology enables single-cell sorting by function
For nearly 40 years, drugmakers have used genetically engineered cells as tiny drug factories. Such cells can be programmed to secrete compounds that yield drugs used to treat cancer and autoimmune conditions such as arthritis. ...
April 6, 2022 | UCLA Engineers Develop Emission-Free Process Turning Methane Gas to Hydrogen and Graphitic Carbon
Researchers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have delivered a one-two punch to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while generating valuable products in high demand. Using direct solar power, the team converts methane into hydrogen gas for clean fuels and...
Light Microscopy Project Scientist – CNSI Technology Centers
The Advanced Light Microscopy/Spectroscopy (ALMS) Laboratories located at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) is looking for a highly motivated Project Scientist with expertise in Light Microscopy and Optics...
March 29, 2022 | Q&A with Dr. Gay Crooks: “5 Questions With”
In celebration of Women’s History Month and in preparation for the upcoming LA Best Bioscience Ecosystem Summit this spring, we spoke with Dr. Gay Crooks about her research at UCLA, her quest to change the way cancer is treated and her love of Los Angeles as a great...
March 24, 2022 | To fight diseases of aging, scientist makes aging itself the target
When Dr. Ming Guo says that she wants to reverse the aging process, she’s not outlining a fantastical quest for the Fountain of Youth. She’s looking for ways to defeat incurable diseases. To fight diseases of aging, scientist makes...
March 23, 2022 | Biophysicist Amy Rowat honored by the National Science Foundation
Biophysicist Amy Rowat, an associate professor and vice chair of integrative biology and physiology in the UCLA College, has received a National Science Foundation BRITE Fellow award that will provide $995,000 of research funding over five years. [xyz-ips...
March 21, 2022 | UCLA receives $5 million to help translate promising research from lab to clinic
A $5 million gift from the Alfred E. Mann Family Foundation will help ensure that promising UCLA research on new treatments for diseases and innovative biomedical devices can advance from the lab to clinical settings. UCLA receives $5...
March 15, 2022 | UCLA Materials Scientists Lead Global Team in Finding Solutions to Biggest Hurdle for Solar Cell Technology
Materials scientists at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and colleagues from five other universities around the world have discovered the major reason why perovskite solar cells — which show great promise for improved energy-conversion efficiency — degrade in...
March 11, 2022 | Research on Catalyst Reveals Critical Atomic Structural Change in Reaction
A team of chemists and engineers from universities in the U.S. and Japan have discovered how an important industrial chemical catalyst — rhodium — undergoes structural changes during chemical reactions for production of chemicals and fuels. [xyz-ips...
Featured Events
Give to Support a Brighter Future through Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Your generous support of the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA will drive innovations that address society’s most urgent challenges and give life to promising ideas for a prosperous future together.