UCLA Bioengineering top 10 in National Research Council Rankings

UCLA Bioengineering ranked top 10 of all bioengineering doctorate programs across the country based on a recent evaluation by the independent National Research Council (NRC). Both survey-based and regression-based rankings placed UCLA BE in top 10. More details on the rankings can be found at http://www.nap.edu/rdp/

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Researchers Lead by Professor Cun-Yu Wang Discover Possible Trigger for Spread of Head and Neck Cancer Cells

Led by Dr. Cun-Yu Wang, a UCLA School of Dentistry professor and leading cancer scientist, the group identified the key epigenetic factor KDM4A, which modifies the molecular activation process of protein AP-1. AP-1 is known to regulate gene expression and promote metastasis of squamous cell carcinoma. Their findings show that squamous cell carcinoma's invasive growth could potentially be repressed by targeting KDM4A.

UCLA Bioengineers Simplify Fluid Flows by Removing Complex Math

A research team led by UCLA bioengineers has developed a way to program and control the shape of fluids flowing through pipes or conduits without the need to solve complex and time-consuming fluid-motion equations. This strategy, which the researchers liken to the major change that occurred when computer programmers no longer needed to understand the detailed physics behind computer circuits, could allow biologists, chemists, manufacturing engineers and others to tap the vast, unrealized potential of fluid-flow applications.

Professor Aydogan Ozcan Speaks at Milken Institute Global Conference 2013

On the last day of the 2013 Conference, a panel of scientists including Dr. David Baltimore (a Nobel Laureate in Medicine and former President of the California Institute of Technology), Dr. Francis Collins (the Director of the National Institute of Health), and Dr. Aydogan Ozcan (Associate Professor in Bioengineering and Electrical Engineering at UCLA) spoke about their inspiration to become involved in science and some of the great achievements that they played a role in enacting.

Bioengineering Junior, Shannon Wongvibulsin, receives the 2013 Barry Goldwater Scholar Award

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With thousands of applicants that must be nominated by university faculty from numerous colleges each year, it is incredible that UCLA Bioengineering has so far produced two Goldwater Scholars – in as many years: Shannon Wongvibulsin in 2013 and Jaideep Dudani in 2012.