Inventathon participants convened in the California NanoSystems Institute this weekend to propose solutions for medical needs. Teams of students attended the two-day hackathon hosted by the UCLA Business of Science Center to pitch and create concepts and products to solve unmet clinical needs. They worked with mentors ranging from chief executive officers of biotechnology startups […]
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Moon observation event at UCLA sheds light on lunar research
UCLA researchers and space enthusiasts observed the moon’s craters through a telescope on the roof of the Mathematical Sciences Building in Saturday’s evening. The UCLA Institute for Planets and Exoplanets hosted a moon observation event – one of hundreds held annually worldwide – to celebrate the scientific study and exploration of the moon, said Dave […]
MEDLIFE at UCLA helps the homeless cope with stress with yoga, meditation
Monica Ho knelt to the floor, arms outstretched, nearly touching her nose to the ground in a position called the child’s pose. Her students – a group of homeless individuals – breathed deeply in the sky blue room as she instructed them to stretch and relax the muscles in their backs. “Inhale, exhale,” said Ho, […]
UC partners with insurance company to increase access to medical data
University of California physicians and researchers will have access to one of the largest medical databases of patient records in the country, under an agreement signed last Thursday with insurance company UnitedHealth Group, Inc. The patient records will be used to better UC physicians and researchers’ understanding of medical data. According to the agreement, both […]
UCLA professor emeritus wins Nobel Prize in chemistry
James Stoddart, professor emeritus of chemistry and biochemistry, received the 2016 Nobel Prize in chemistry, the Nobel Prize Committee announced Wednesday Stoddart, who is currently a chemistry professor at Northwestern University received the prize in conjunction with Jean-Pierre Sauvage, a professor at the University of Strasbourg, France and Bernard L. Fearing at the University of […]
UCLA to participate in new science and technology imaging center
UCLA researchers will participate in a new science and technology center funded by the National Science Foundation. John Miao, professor of physics and astronomy, and his team of researchers, will work in the new Science and Technology Center on Real-Time Functional Imaging, or STC. The National Science Foundation will fund the center with $24 million […]
Breast cancer drug found at UCLA leads shift toward personalized care
October is the only month devoted to breast cancer awareness, but researchers at UCLA have breast cancer on their mind year-round. Increasingly, researchers and clinicians at UCLA are shifting towards personalized medicine to improve patient prognoses. Sara Hurvitz, an oncologist at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, said the drug palbociclib, which was clinically tested […]