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UC Regents board unanimously voted today to enter partnership with L.A. County to reopen Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital
November 19, 2009 - Calling it "the right thing to do," the University of California Board of Regents unanimously voted today (Nov. 19) to approve entering into a partnership agreement with Los Angeles County to create a private, nonprofit corporation that will reopen and run Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital. The hospital is expected to open in phases, beginning in late 2012.
The MLK partnership is being underwritten through a $100 Million guaranty fr...more |
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UCLA researchers create 'fly paper' to capture circulating cancer cells
November 18, 2009 - A new technology developed by UCLA researchers may help improve diagnosis, prognosis and treatment monitoring for cancer patients. The UCLA team designed a silicon chip to capture circulating tumor cells (cells associated with metastatic cancer) in fluid samples. By covering a 1-by-2 centimeter silicon chip with densely packed nanopillars the chip acts as 'fly paper' capturing cancer cells it comes into contact with. This form of liquid biop...more |
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NanoSystems Institute at UCLA to host global symposium on nanobiotechnology
November 19-20, 2009
WHAT:
Nanotechnology has shown great promise for applications in the areas of energy, information technology and the environment. In the health and medicine fields, however, its promise has progressed beyond possibility to become reality. Nanoscale research has led to techniques and devices with the potential to revolutionize health care, including imaging tools that detect cancers at the atomic...more |
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Introduction to Confocal Raman and Scanning Probe Microscopy
Friday, November 13th, 2009
Workshop is free, but space is limited! Registration is Open!
10:00am - Introduction to Confocal Raman and Scanning Probe Microscopy Workshop
This workshop, provided in collaboration with WITec GmbH, is the third in this series which is aimed at assessing the level of interest within the CNSI, UC, and industrial scientific communities toward a variety of nanoscale characteri...more |
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New York Times business section features UCLA nanotech startup
November 08, 2009 - The Sunday, November 7th edition of the New York Times Business section features a write-up on Aydogan Ozcan, a Professor of Electrical Engineering at UCLA and a Member of the California NanoSystems Institute. The article discusses lens-free microscopy technology he has integrated into cell phones to transform the phones into medical diagnostic tools. Ozcan is...more |
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NSF-IGERT Clean Energy for Green Industry Open House
Clean Green Open House
At the California NanoSystems Institute
Thursday, November 5, 2009
5:00 - 7:00 pm
RSVP to mariko@cnsi.ucla.edu
Thinking about applying to graduate school?
Learn about programs available for interdisciplinary graduate education spanning science, technology, engineering, mathematics and s...more |
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Congratulations to CNSI members on new research funding from U.S. Government
November 04, 2009 - The U.S. Army has funded a joint research project between CNSI members Bahram Jalali from the electrical engineering dept and Dino Di Carlo from Biomedical engineering. Their project focuses on rare cell detection using time-encoded amplified microscopy and inertial ordered cell...more |
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Astellas and Medivation enter into worldwide agreement to co-develop, commercialize MDV3100 for treatment of prostate cancer
November 04, 2009 - The companies will use a compound developed in UCLA laboratories
Astellas Pharma Inc. of Japan and California's Medivation Inc. have announced a global agreement to develop and commercialize MDV3100, a chemical compound developed in UCLA science laboratories that is now Medivation's investigational drug for the treatment of prostate cancer.
MDV3100 is currently being evaluated in the Phase 3 AFFIRM clinical tria...more |
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UCLA researchers reconstitute enzyme that synthesizes cholesterol drug lovastatin
November 03, 2009 - With the successful enzyme recreation, UCLA researchers have brought the goal of made-to-order medications a step closer. The research team, led by Yi Tang, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and CNSI Member, has artificially recreated an enzyme responsible for producing the blockbuster cholesterol-lowering drug lovastatin. The resear...more |
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Congratulations to Chemistry and Biochemistry Departmental Awards Winners
November 02, 2009 - The UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry held its annual Departmental Awards Ceremony on November 2nd. Congratulations to all the award winners, but we'd like to highlight several awardees with connections to CNSI.
Graduate Awards
Excellence in First Year Academics and Research
Courtney Thomas, a member of the Jeff Zink group
Excellence in Teaching
Terry Kennair...more |
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