Special notice: For important updates about COVID-19 and its impact on CNSI facilities, please visit our COVID-19 guidance page.
Technology Center COVID-19 Update:
On March 19, 2020 Los Angeles County (PDF) and the City of Los Angeles (PDF), among other nearby jurisdictions, ordered all residents to observe “Safer at Home” orders which are actions similar to those of other large metropolitan areas attempting to limit the spread of COVID-19. Educational institutions, like UCLA, are subject to these orders but are considered essential businesses. The California NanoSystems Institute and it Technology Centers will modify operations accordingly, with the exception of those that are essential and cannot be conducted remotely. Modifications to Technology Center operations include:
- Research activities in the CNSI Technology Centers MUST be completed no later than 5 pm PST on Monday March 23rd, 2020.
- ONLY essential experiments formally approved by the UCLA Vice Chancellor for Research are allowable after March 23rd.
- ALL access to and utilization of the Technology Centers after March 23rd MUST be approved by the facility Director in writing.
For questions related to the CNSI Technology Centers, contact techcenters@cnsi.ucla.edu.
For important updates about COVID-19 and its impact on CNSI facilities, please visit our Coronavirus guidance page.
The CNSI Technology Centers provide unrestricted access to fully integrated R&D infrastructure, professional support and collaborative research opportunities in the fabrication, characterization and screening of nanomaterials, systems, and devices. Directed by a group of leading scientists, the Centers develop technologies that promote discovery through direct grant support, user proposals and industrial partnerships. Access to these facilities is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for students, postdocs, staff, faculty and industrial scientists, and is managed through the CNSI Laboratory Management System (CLMS).
The Technology Centers also offer educational opportunities for the general public as well as non-expert academic and industrial communities in the form of tutorials, symposia and hands-on workshops.
Technology Center News and Events
December 7, 2020 | New electron-detecting camera speeds up bio-imaging
A recent addition to instrumentation at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA offers researchers an enhanced atomic-level view of frozen biological samples, with improvements in both detail and speed compared to the previous generation of technology. ...
November 30, 2020 | See deep inside living organisms with advanced microscope at ALMS
Researchers at UCLA and beyond can conduct 4 of physiological processes within living organisms using a microscope available from the Advanced Light Microscopy and Spectroscopy Laboratory of the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA. See deep inside...
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...
August 24, 2020 | Upgraded cleanroom facilities will give UCLA advanced nanofabrication capabilities
UCLA’s high-tech capabilities for creating atomically tiny devices and materials are undergoing a multimillion-dollar upgrade.August 24, 2020 | Upgraded cleanroom facilities will give UCLA advanced nanofabrication capabilities Engineering school and California...
August 12, 2020 | Study provides insights into how Zika virus suppresses the host immune system
A research team led by scientists at the University of California, Riverside and UCLA senior author Hong Zhou, has outlined how the Zika virus, which constituted an epidemic threat in 2016, suppresses the immune system of its host.Study provides insights into how Zika...
August 1, 2020 | Neuromorphic Chips Take Shape
The concept of a brain-like computing architecture, conceived in the late 1980s by California Institute of Technology professor Carver Mead, is suddenly taking shape. August 1, 2020 |Neuromorphic Chips Take Shape By Samuel Greengard Intel combines 64 of its Loihi...
July 26, 2020 | A team of UCLA researchers receives state grant for potential COVID-19 drug treatment
A team of UCLA researchers received a state grant to test a new drug as a potential treatment for COVID-19.A team of UCLA researchers receives state grant for potential COVID-19 drug treatment By Priscilla GuerreroThis article was originally published by the Daily...
April 15, 2020 | Researchers reveal the mechanisms behind a natural bacteria killer
Scientists are one step closer to adapting the bacteria-killing power of a naturally occurring nanomachine, a tiny particle that performs a mechanical action.April 15, 2020 | Researchers reveal the mechanisms behind a natural bacteria killer Findings by UCLA-led team...
2019 UCLA microscopy image and video contest winners selected
March 4, 2020 | UCLA microscopy image and video contest winners selected by Tiare DunlapThis article was originally published by the UCLA Newsroom he Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA recently...
December 19, 2019 | Introducing new capabilities for biomechanics of cells and tissues in the NPC Technology Center
Now combined with both a confocal (Zeiss LSM5) and stereomicroscope (Leica M205 FCA), this state-of-the-art, multimodal system combines the power of two established techniques to interrogate the role of biomechanics in natural systems and as a platform for the...
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