Experimental brain-like computing system more accurate with custom algorithm

3 years ago

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A team of researchers, led by Professor James Gimzewski and alumnus Dr. Adam Stieg (Ph.D. ’07 Gimzewski), has created an experimental computing system physically modeled after the biological brain, which […]

Experimental brain-like computing system more accurate with custom algorithm
November 14

UCLA researchers develop solid-state thermal transistor for better heat management

3 years ago

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Professor Paul S. Weiss and current and former members of his group are part of a UCLA research team that has developed a first-of-its-kind thermal transistor capable of rapidly and […]

UCLA researchers develop solid-state thermal transistor for better heat management
November 2

$250,000 grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

3 years ago

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Professor Danielle Schmitt and collaborator Professor Tara TeSlaa (UCLA Molecular and Medical Pharmacology) have been awarded $250,000 from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to investigate why diets deficient in choline and […]

$250,000 grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
October 30

Advancing non-addictive cannabis-based pain relief for oral cancer patients

3 years ago

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Professor Alexander Spokoyny and Dr. James Tilden are part of a UCLA Dentistry–led team to receive a $5 million NIH HEAL initiative federal grant to develop an effective, non-addictive synthetic […]

Advancing non-addictive cannabis-based pain relief for oral cancer patients
October 25

Faculty in the News

3 years ago

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Adjunct professor of chemistry, longtime fire fighter, and UCLA alumnus Derek Urwin (B.S. ’03 Math, M.S. ’17, Ph.D. ’22 Chemistry, Alexandrova group) is featured in UC Newsroom article about UC-backed […]

Faculty in the News
October 24

$1.5M National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award

3 years ago

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Professor Danielle Schmitt receives prestigious $1.5 million New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) High-Risk, High-Reward Research program.  The NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, disbursed over a […]

$1.5M National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award
October 3

UCLA-led team develops key improvement to Nobel Prize-winning technology

3 years ago

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Professor Todd Yeates and postdoctoral researcher Dr. Roger Castells-Graells led a team of biochemists in devising a solution that allows for the immobilization of small protein molecules during imaging, thereby […]

UCLA-led team develops key improvement to Nobel Prize-winning technology
September 27

Quantum tunnelling leads to human disease: genetic blindness in young adults

3 years ago

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Professor Anastassia Alexandrova and former and current members of her group are part of a UCLA team of researchers using advanced computer tools to examine how molecules interact in the […]

Quantum tunnelling leads to human disease: genetic blindness in young adults
September 21