Author Archives: Christopher Golis

UCLA chemistry and biochemistry professor James Heath, co-founder of the California Nanosystems Institute and recently named to the Scientific American top 50 visionaries in science, sat down last week for an interview with the Daily Bruin: DB: Working in new science like nanotechnology, do you often find yourself having to describe to people what you […]

As it has for each flu season during the past seven years, the UCLA Ashe Student Health Center is offering free flu shots at events around campus. Tuesday’s flu fair, the last of a series of four, was held in Westwood Plaza, next to the Bruin Bear. Organizers expected to vaccinate around 300 students, and […]

Researchers at UCLA, in collaboration with scientists at Duke University and Sandia National Laboratories, have made an advance in modifying biochemical systems. In an article published in the November issue of Nature Materials, researchers reported that they could modify a naturally occurring protein by adding an on/off switch, which allows it to be deactivated by […]

UCLA scientists have identified a neurochemical mechanism in mice that is involved in helping them overcome fear. The researchers conducted a study on mice, by conditioning them to fear an audio tone. Each time the mice heard the tone, it was accompanied by a shock. However, when the researchers played the tone without the shock, […]

Dr. Daniel Furst of the UCLA Division of Rheumatology and Arthritis received the Jane Wyman Humanitarian Award for his leadership and involvement in the fight against arthritis. The award was presented to Furst by the Arthritis Foundation at the “Commitment to a Cure” fundraising gala at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Wednesday evening. The award is […]

It is widely known that advances in biotechnology, like stem cell therapy, have the potential to cure Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, diabetes and other diseases. However, there are several aspects of this research that are cause for concern and fodder for controversy. Critics worry about the destruction of embryos, meddling with natural processes and a slippery slope […]