Michael Lawson receives $1.9M NIH/NIGMS Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award

2 months ago

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Professor Michael Lawson has been awarded a highly prestigious Early Stage Investigator Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (ESI MIRA) R35 grant from the National Institutes of Health / National Institute of […]

Michael Lawson receives $1.9M NIH/NIGMS Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award
February 11

How UCLA scientists helped reimagine a forgotten battery design from Thomas Edison

2 months ago

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Research by a team led by Professor Richard Kaner and Dr. Maher El-Kady shows how 21st-century nanotechnology has finally enabled a clean-energy vision that Thomas Edison first proposed more than […]

How UCLA scientists helped reimagine a forgotten battery design from Thomas Edison
February 10

Anastassia Alexandrova selected for a Distinguished Alumni Award from the College of Arts & Sciences at Utah State University

2 months ago

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The College of Arts & Sciences at Utah State University has selected Professor Anastassia Alexandrova for a 2026 Distinguished Alumni Award in recognition of her “extraordinary academic and scientific accomplishments […]

Anastassia Alexandrova selected for a Distinguished Alumni Award from the College of Arts & Sciences at Utah State University
February 6

Innovative proximity labeling platform illuminates how cholesterol interacts inside cells

2 months ago

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Cholesterol plays a central role in cell health, influencing membrane fluidity, curvature, and signaling. To maintain proper cholesterol levels, cells rely on tightly regulated transport systems that move cholesterol between […]

Innovative proximity labeling platform illuminates how cholesterol interacts inside cells
February 6

UCLA researchers develop mineral sunscreen that reduces white cast

2 months ago

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A research team led by Professor Paul Weiss and chemical biology Ph.D. candidate AJ Addae (P. Weiss/Caram groups) has developed a mineral sunscreen formulation that significantly reduces the white, chalky […]

UCLA researchers develop mineral sunscreen that reduces white cast
February 3

New “Chemistry and Biochemistry 1: Connections in Chemistry and Biochemistry” course helps first-year students succeed at UCLA and in the future

2 months ago

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Open to all first-year chemistry and biochemistry majors in the fall quarter, the course is designed to help students build academic skills, navigate challenges, and thrive in their chemistry and […]

New “Chemistry and Biochemistry 1: Connections in Chemistry and Biochemistry” course helps first-year students succeed at UCLA and in the future
January 30

Researchers discover a previously unknown bacterial component in kidney stone formation

2 months ago

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Professor Gerard Wong and bioengineering Ph.D. students William Schmidt and Rena Yang are part of a UCLA-led research team that has discovered that bacteria are present inside the most common […]

Researchers discover a previously unknown bacterial component in kidney stone formation
January 29

Organic chemists take-on more rule-breaking molecules

3 months ago

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In 2024, Professor Neil Garg’s lab, teaming up with Professor Ken Houk, violated Bredt’s rule, a 100-year-old rule stating that molecules cannot have a carbon-carbon double bond at the “bridgehead” position (the […]

Organic chemists take-on more rule-breaking molecules
January 22