UCLA spinout Entropic Biosciences awarded $200K for high-throughput 3D skin model project
12 months ago
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Entropic Biosciences, Inc., a start-up biotech company founded at UCLA in Professor Paul Weiss’ group based on the thesis of alumnus Dr. Amir Nasajpour (Ph.D. ’23), is one of only […]
BioPACIFIC MIP earns renewed NSF support to accelerate AI-driven biobased materials innovation
12 months ago
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has given $19.8 million in renewal funding for the BioPACIFIC MIP, a UCLA–UC Santa Barbara collaboration advancing biobased materials through synthetic biology, chemistry, automation, and […]
Faculty in the News – Michael Jung
1 year ago
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Distinguished Professor Michael Jung and his UCLA collaborators are featured in a recent New York Magazine article about their groundbreaking research on a potential cure for baldness. The New York Magazine article […]
Semiconductors get magnetic boost with new method from UCLA researchers
1 year ago
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Professor Xiangfeng Duan is co-leader of a group of UCLA researchers who have developed a new method for combining magnetic elements with semiconductors — which are vital materials for computers […]
UCLA scientists break imaging barrier to unlock secrets of deadly “chaotic” viruses
1 year ago
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A team of researchers at UCLA, led by Professor Jose Rodriguez and BMSB Ph.D. candidate Lily Taylor, in collaboration with Professors Gustavo Helguera (YBIME, Buenos Aires, Argentina), Brian Gowen (USU […]
Breakthrough method helps design better light-based technologies
1 year ago
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Research by the Neuhauser and Caram groups introduces a fast and efficient method, TDHF@vW, for accurately predicting how molecules absorb light, dramatically reducing computational costs and enabling faster discovery of […]
Chemistry and Mathematics Join Forces for Human Health
1 year ago
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UCLA Professors Anne Andrews (Chemistry & Biochemistry) and Andrea Bertozzi (Mathematics) have developed a breakthrough method to identify DNA-based aptamers for detecting stress hormones. By combining machine learning with chemical […]
UCLA researchers achieve antibiotic breakthrough with support from NSF-Funded BioPACIFIC MIP
1 year ago
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Professors Heather Maynard, Irene Chen, Abigail Doyle, José Rodriguez, and Yi Tang, along with members of their research groups, are part of a team that has successfully synthesized analogs of […]