Bruin Engineering Ambassador Aspires to Make Medicine More Affordable and Accessible
Dec 17, 2024 UCLA Samueli Newsroom When Julien Clairis-Gauthier opened his UCLA acceptance letter, he burst into tears. His dream school, the one that would help him pursue innovations in both health care and engineering, was finally within reach.“It was...
5 UCLA Engineers Named to 2024 List of World’s Most Influential Researchers
Nov 20, 2024 UCLA Samueli Newsroom Clarivate released Nov. 19 its list of 2024 Highly Cited Researchers, including nine faculty members affiliated with the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. Since 2002, the international data and analytics company has released an...
Researchers Develop Antigen-Mimicking Synthetic Cells to Improve T-Cell Activation
Nov 25, 2024 UCLA Samueli Newsroom UCLA researchers have created a synthetic, cell-like material with viscous and elastic properties that better mimics immune system’s natural mechanism for activating T-cells. The discovery can help mobilize the type of white blood...
UCLA Bioengineer Tackles Nicotine Addiction with Adaptive Vaporizer Device Using ML and Real-Time Biometrics
Nov 18, 2024 UCLA Samueli Newsroom When Farid Manshaii ’24 began his college career at UCLA during the COVID-19 pandemic, he didn’t expect that the isolation of online classes would become the catalyst for his future entrepreneurial success. But as he adjusted to...
13 scientists and researchers, including UCLA Bioengineering Faculty, receive awards from Technology Development Group
Thirteen scientists and researchers receive awards from Technology Development Group Thirteen researchers at UCLA have been named recipients of awards from the 2023 UCLA Innovation Fund. These awards, up to $150,000 per project, support early-stage research that lead...
UCLA Bioengineering Postdoc Recognized as ‘Wunderkind’ by National Publication
Nov 7, 2024 UCLA Samueli Newsroom Haleh Alimohamadi, a bioengineering postdoctoral researcher at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has been selected as a 2024 “Wunderkind by STAT News, a national publication focused on medicine and health issues. Alimohamadi is...
New Medical 3D Imaging Technique Shows Microscopic Cell Detail in Real Time
Oct 28, 2024 UCLA Samueli Newsroom Early detection of life-threatening diseases often relies on high-quality and timely biomedical imaging for doctors to make an accurate diagnosis. To expedite and improve the process, UCLA bioengineering associate professor Liang Gao...
Study Seeks Rapid, Paper-Based Test to Detect Cancer Cells in Cerebrospinal Fluid
Oct 18, 2024 Originally posted on UCLA Health With time being of the essence for patients facing one of cancer’s most dire complications, UCLA researchers are working to create a new test to detect cancer’s spread to the central nervous system on the same day as the...
Cytovale gains momentum with $100M for its sepsis screening test
Cytovale has raised $100 million in venture capital funding to support its rapid test for determining a patient’s sepsis risk in the emergency room. The company’s nine-figure series D follows up on the $84 million financing round it collected less than one year...