Speaking without vocal cords, thanks to a new AI-assisted wearable device

UCLA Newsroom Christine Wei-li Lee March 14, 2024 Key takeaways Bioengineers at UCLA have invented a thin, flexible device that adheres to the neck and translates the muscle movements of the larynx...
From Sea Monkeys to Shelf-Stable Insulin

From Sea Monkeys to Shelf-Stable Insulin

It’s not every day that a gag gift at a holiday party sparks a new line of research, but that turned out to be the case for Heather Maynard, a polymer scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). As she watched little shrimp-like sea monkeys emerge...

Professor Jaimie Stewart receives Sloan Matter-to-Life Seed Grant

Professor Jaimie Stewart receives Sloan Matter-to-Life Seed Grant

Jaimie Marie Stewart, an assistant professor of bioengineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received a Sloan Matter-to-Life Seed Grant in the research area of Building Life from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Her project proposes to build synthetic...

UCLA Bioengineering Alumnus Aims to Democratize Cancer Treatments

UCLA Bioengineering Alumnus Aims to Democratize Cancer Treatments

Oct 16, 2023 UCLA Samueli Newsroom The American Cancer Society estimates 59,610 Americans will receive a leukemia diagnosis and 23,710 will die from the blood cancer in the U.S. by the end of this year. Cell therapy, a treatment for leukemia and similar cancers, can...

First-Gen Latino Doctoral Student Aims to Make an Impact in STEM

First-Gen Latino Doctoral Student Aims to Make an Impact in STEM

Sep 19, 2023 UCLA Samueli Newsroom Growing up in San Bernardino, California, in a working-class immigrant family, Andrew Ramirez didn’t know what engineers were until a science teacher in his high school encouraged him to look into the profession. Now on his way to...

New Study Identifies Genes Linked to High Production of Key Antibody

New Study Identifies Genes Linked to High Production of Key Antibody

Aug 14, 2023 Originally posted on UCLA Newsroom Acollaboration led by UCLA and the Seattle Children’s Research Institute has yielded new knowledge about the genes responsible for the production and release of immunoglobulin G, the most common type of antibody in the...

Nicholas S. Cho Selected as Editorial Fellow

Nicholas S. Cho Selected as Editorial Fellow

The American Journal of Neuroradiology is pleased to announce Nicholas S. Cho has been selected as this year’s Editorial Fellow. Mr. Cho is an MD/PhD candidate at the UCLA-Caltech Medical Scientist Training Program in Los Angeles. He is currently pursuing his graduate...