Invention of DNA “Page Numbers” Opens Up Vast Possibilities for the Bioeconomy
The power of artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced computing has made it possible to design genetic sequences encoding for diverse biological applications, such as proteins that form the building blocks of materials stronger than steel, or personalized cancer...
Bioengineering Doctoral Student Co-Authors AI Heart Model Paper Published in Nature
Bioengineering Doctoral Student Co-Authors AI Heart Model Paper Published in Nature A team including a UCLA bioengineering doctoral student has developed the largest-ever artificial intelligence model for interpreting echocardiograms, ultrasound images of the heart....
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...
UCLA Bioengineers Develop Microscope For Ultra-fast 3D Video Inside Living Tissue
A team of UCLA bioengineers, scientists and colleagues have built a new type of microscope that can make ultra-fast 3D videos inside living tissue. At 1,000 frames per second, the camera can track individual blood cells as they flow through tiny blood vessels. It can...
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, UC Santa Barbara’s BioPACIFIC MIP earns renewed NSF support to accelerate AI-driven biobased materials innovation
LOS ANGELES and SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (August 19, 2025) — The U.S. National Science Foundation has renewed funding for BioPACIFIC MIP — Biomaterials, Polymers and Advanced Constructs from Integrated Chemistry Materials Innovation Platform — a collaboration between UC...
UCLA Researchers Unveil “BlurryScope”: A Compact, AI-Powered Microscope for Rapid Cancer Scoring
August 17, 2025 Los Angeles, CA – A research team at UCLA, led by Professor Aydogan Ozcan, has introduced BlurryScope, a compact, cost-effective scanning microscope that combines simple optical hardware with advanced deep learning algorithms to assess HER2 status in...
Deep Learning Advances Imaging Mass Spectrometry with Virtual Histological Detail
August 1, 2025 An international team of researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Vanderbilt University, and Delft University of Technology has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) method that virtually stains images generated through...
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...