UCLA scientists receive $6.9 million in CIRM grants to develop novel stem-cell based therapies
Researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have received more than $6.9 million in grants from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the state’s stem cell agency, to help develop new stem...
UCLA Engineering Professor Receives Mark Foundation for Cancer Research Award
Jan 19, 2023 UCLA Samueli Newsroom Aaron Meyer, an assistant professor of bioengineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received a 2023 Emerging Leader Award from The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research. The award, which includes a three-year, $750,000...
Tiny Implantable Device Designed by UCLA Scientists Helps Kill Cancer
Jan 10, 2023 Originally posted on UCLA Newsroom Many solid tumors resist treatment in part by turning human biology against itself. Tumors surround themselves with extra white blood cells known as regulatory T cells, which call off the body’s natural defenses against...
Professor Mireille Kamariza named one of 11 early-career researchers to watch by Nature Medicine.
Assistant Professor Mireille Kamariza was featured on Nature Medicine research journal as one of eleven up-and-coming researchers who are blazing a trail in their respective fields share what they are most excited about and where their research going in the next 5...
Prof. Jun Chen Received the 2022 iCANX Young Scientist Award
As one of the most popular online scientific platforms, iCANX is a Global Innovation & Ecological Centre intending to disseminating global cutting-edge technological innovation, and tapping and training top innovative talents. It gathers the world's top scientists...
UCLA Bioengineering Professor Receives NIH Grant to Improve Drug Efficacy
Dec 1, 2022 UCLA Samueli Jennifer Wilson, an assistant professor of bioengineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received a Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) from the National Institutes of Health, which is designed to provide support...
Iron induces chronic heart failure in half of heart attack survivors, according to landmark study
Professor Louis Bouchard is part of a team of researchers who have identified that iron drives the formation of fatty tissue in the heart and leads to chronic heart failure in about fifty percent of heart attack survivors. The sudden blockage of arteries that supply...
UCLA Engineer Awarded NIH New Innovator Award to Develop Restorative Joint Implants
Oct 4, 2022 UCLA Samueli Newsroom Tyler Clites, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received a 2022 Director’s New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health. The five-year, $2.4...
UCLA Bioengineering hosts the annual meeting for the UCLA/Caltech T32 Training Grant Program
UCLA Bioengineering hosted the annual meeting for the UCLA/Caltech Integrated Cardiometabolic Medicine for Bioengineers (iCMB) training program on Monday September 12th in Mong Auditorium. The meeting featured invited speakers from engineering, medicine, and computer...