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...
Self-supervised AI Learns Physics to Reconstruct Microscopic Images from Holograms
Aug 7, 2023 UCLA Samueli Newsroom Researchers from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have unveiled an artificial intelligence-based model for computational imaging and microscopy without training with experimental objects or real data. In a recent paper published...
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...
UCLA Bioengineering Receives $1M NSF Grant to Transform Undergraduate Education
UCLA Samueli Newsroom The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1-million grant to the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering’s Bioengineering Department to integrate evidence-based organizational change strategies into the undergraduate curriculum. The proposed...
Bioengineering Undergraduate Wins Scholarship, Starts Organization for Rare Disease
Shilp Shah receives a Donald A. Strauss Public Service Scholarship and has started an organization with his brother Sahil for pediatric neurofibromatosis. Third-year UCLA bioengineering major Shilp Shah and his brother Sahil have formed a support organization to help...
Bioengineers Develop Spider Web-Inspired Method to Fabricate Conductive Fibers
May 31, 2023 UCLA Samueli Newsroom Using a new process that mimics how spiders spin silk, a UCLA-led team of multi-institutional bioengineers has developed a simple process to make soft, electrically conductive fibers at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. In a...
Bruin Engineer Builds Startup to Tackle Sepsis One Cell at a Time
May 17, 2023 UCLA Samueli Newsroom More than a decade after he co-founded medical diagnostics company Cytovale in 2013, UCLA bioengineering alumnus Henry Tse, Ph.D. ’12 is well on his way to deploy a tool his company designed for early detection of sepsis — the number...
Inaugural California Neurotechnology Conference connects professionals, students
By Basile Maïza Daily Bruin May 8, 2023 6:58 p.m. This post was updated May 9 at 11:55 p.m. CruX UCLA hosted the inaugural California Neurotechnology Conference on April 29, featuring professionals and student clubs across the UC system. Dozens of researchers,...
UCLA Engineers Develop AI-Trained Unidirectional Imagers
Apr 28, 2023 UCLA Samueli Newsroom Traditional optical imaging and communication systems, typically composed of lenses, perform imaging operations in both forward and backward directions. Similar to a pipe that enables liquid to flow through from one end to the other...