COVID-19 Viral Fragments Shown to Target and Kill Specific Immune Cells in UCLA-Led Study

Jan 25, 2026 Originally posted on UCLA Newsroom Key takeaways A UCLA-led research team demonstrated that when human immune enzymes break up the spike protein of the virus behind COVID-19, some...
Bioengineering Students Named to the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers List

Bioengineering Students Named to the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers List

On Nov. 12 2025, in the 2025 edition of Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list—which recognised 6,868 researchers worldwide across more than 1,300 institutions in 60 countries with 7,131 awards—UCLA Bioengineering post-doctoral researcher Yihao Zhou and PhD student...

Dynamic and Soft Cell Surroundings Shape Cell Identity

Dynamic and Soft Cell Surroundings Shape Cell Identity

Oct 24, 2025 UCLA Samueli Newsroom AUCLA-led research team has discovered that the viscoelasticity of a cell’s surroundings — the property that allows them to harden and soften as they deform and relax under stress over time — can influence how the cell’s genetic...

UCLA Samueli Students Earn 2025 Goldwater Scholarship

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...

Scientists create first mini-lungs with built-in blood vessels

Scientists create first mini-lungs with built-in blood vessels

June 30, 2025 By Linda Wang UCLA researchers have successfully grown miniature lungs from stem cells — complete with their own functioning blood vessel networks. The groundbreaking work, published in Cell, marks the first time scientists have created lung organoids...