UCLA Samueli Students Earn 2025 Goldwater Scholarship
Jul 7, 2025 UCLA Samueli Newsroom Third-year bioengineering student Amelia Rodolf and second-year computer science student Edward Sun from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have earned the Goldwater Scholarship, a nationally competitive award that honors...
3D-Printed Magnetoelastic Smart Pen May Help Diagnose Parkinson’s
Jun 27, 2025 UCLA Samueli Newsroom Every year, tens of thousands of people with signs of Parkinson’s disease go unnoticed until the incurable neurodegenerative condition has already progressed. Motor symptoms, such as tremors or rigidity, often emerge only after...
2 Bioengineering Undergraduates Awarded The Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Research at 2025 URW
The Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Research Award for life science, physical science, and engineering students is awarded for outstanding livestreamed presentations of faculty-mentored research at the Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase that took place...
Cell-Cell Symposium sparks scientific collaboration with over 200 attendees
By Prannay Veerabahu May 8, 2025 11:16 p.m. Over 200 researchers and students attended a two-day symposium to discuss new advancements in single-cell analysis and spatial biology at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA on April 16 and 17. The first day of the...
Does cell nucleus size matter in gene activity? Researchers say yes
A group of UCLA researchers has discovered that the size of a cell, especially its nucleus that holds the DNA can determine which genes are turned on or off. This breakthrough helps explain how cells develop and function, with potential implications for understanding...
Professor Wentai Liu’s ExaStim Device Receives CE Mark Approval for Spinal Cord Injury Treatment
We are proud to share that groundbreaking research by Professor Wentai Liu has led to the CE Mark approval of the ExaStim device, a neuromodulation system developed to aid in spinal cord injury treatment. The approval, granted in April 2025, clears the way for the...
From brain to gut, Wentai Liu engineers hope through bioelectronic medicine
Christine Wei-li Lee March 25, 2025 For more than 40 years, UCLA bioengineering distinguished professor Wentai Liu has pioneered technologies that combine electronic and biological properties to help patients regain their physical abilities and improve quality of...
Prof. Jun Chen received the 2025 Hisako Terasaki Young Innovator Award
The Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Engineering (TIBI) is pleased to announce their selection of Dr. Jun Chen, Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), as the recipient of the 2025 Hisako Terasaki Young...
UCLA Engineers Discover Permanent Fluidic Magnets for Liquid Bioelectronics
Jan 29, 2025 UCLA Samueli Newsroom Fluidic magnets open the door to a variety of new technologies, including bioelectronics that can change the way we look at health and medicine. Now a team of UCLA engineers has developed a permanent fluidic magnet that can be used...