New Statistical Method Could Improve Search for Genes Involved in Common Diseases
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout FINDINGS: Recent breakthroughs in the analysis of genetic variation in large populations have led to the discovery of hundreds of genes involved in dozens of common diseases. Many of these...
UCLA Engineering Alumnus Vinton Cerf MS ’70, PhD ’72 Honored as UCLA Edward A. Dickson Alumnus of the Year
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA will honor Vinton Cerf, vice president and chief Internet evangelist for Google Inc., at ceremonies on campus on Friday, May 20. The awards tradition, which began in 1946, pays tribute to alumni who manifest...
New Technology Fuses MRI, Ultrasound to Achieve Targeted Biopsy of Prostate Cancer
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Rachel Champeau A new prostate-imaging technology that fuses MRI with real-time, three-dimensional ultrasound may offer a more exacting method to obtain biopsy specimens from suspicious areas within the organ. Four UCLA...
2011 Engineering Open House with Keynote K. Megan McArthur ’93, NASA Astronaut and UCLA Engineering Alumna
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]This year’s Engineering Open House, an annual recruitment event for potential first year students, featured keynote speaker K. Megan McArthur ’93. McArthur, who served aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis during the last...
Visionary Healthcare Entrepreneur and Philanthropist, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, to Speak at UCLA Engineering Commencement
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science will hold its 2011 commencement ceremony at 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 11 at Drake Stadium on the UCLA campus. Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, Chairman of the Chan...
Optical Microscope Without Lenses Produces High-Resolution 3-D Images on a Chip
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Mike Rodewald UCLA researchers have redefined the concept of a microscope by removing the lens to create a system that is small enough to fit in the palm of a hand but powerful enough to create three-dimensional...
UCLA Researchers Now One Step Closer to Controlled Engineering of Nanocatalysts
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout Currently, some 20 percent of the world's industrial production is based on catalysts — molecules that can quicken the pace of chemical reactions by factors of billions. Oil, pharmaceuticals,...
All Systems Go: Space Technology Course Launches UCLA Engineering Students into Space Careers
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin With leading aerospace companies, research labs and testing grounds run by NASA and the Air Force, a workhorse space launch facility, and much more, Southern California’s aerospace community is unmatched in...
UCLA Researchers Discover General Recipe for Making Antimicrobial Agents that Kill Bacteria
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Wileen Wong Kromhout FINDINGS: Many antimicrobial peptides in our immune system kill bacteria by punching holes in their membranes. Scientists have been researching antimicrobial peptides for more than 30 years, and...