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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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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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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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Patrick Soon-Shiong receives 2009 Leadership in Innovation Award
November 02, 2009 - At the 11th annual Adaptive Business Leaders (ABL) Innovations in Healthcare SM Awards Event Patrick Soon-Shiong was presented with the "Leadership in Innovation" award and delivered the keynote address. Soon-Shiong is currently leading Abraxis Health, a spin-off of CNSI Founding Industry Partner Abraxis Bioscience Inc., and is working towards the providing "personalized" medicine, tailored to the specific molecular profile of patients. Soon...more |
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Patrick Soon-Shiong offers $100-million guaranty to reopen King hospital
October 29, 2009 - A story in the Los Angeles Times details a $100 million offer by Patrick Soon-Shiong to guarantee funding for the reopening by 2012 of Martin Luther King-Jr. Harbor Hospital (MLK) near Watts in Los Angeles. Soon-Shiong is Chairman and CEO of Abraxis Health and a member of the CNSI Advisory Board.
The donation underwrites operating cos...more |
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Delivery valves highlighted in Nature Materials
October 26, 2009 - Research on mesoporous silicon nanoparticles, or nanovalves, that open and close based on acidity changes has been highlighted in Nature Materials. The Nanovalves, which are intended for use in drug delivery, are the creation of Jeff Zink, a professor of chemistry & biochemistry, inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, and a member of the CNSI. The ori...more |
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Solarmer Energy, Inc. continues to break world records with 7.6% efficient plastic solar cell
October 23, 2009 - Solarmer Energy, Inc., a leading developer of plastic solar panels, has done it again, breaking the plastic solar cell world record for a second consecutive time. Solarmer announced on October 23rd their champion plastic solar cell efficiency of 7.6%, certified by the Newport Corporation's Technology and Applications Center's Photovoltaic (TAC-PV) Lab. The Newport Corporation is a globally recognized leader in advanced technology products an...more |
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CNSI exploring further partnerships in Europe
October 22, 2009 - Dr. David Lundberg, Director of the CNSI Global Partnership Program, met with members of Nano Connect Scandinavia, a newly formed consortium of universities in Southern Sweden and Denmark with programs in nanoscience and nanotechnology. Among the consortium are the University of Lund, Chalmers University of Technology, Technical University of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, and the University of Gothenburg. The consortium's purpose is to ...more |
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