- Life Science Professors James A. Lake and Larry Simpson, Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
UCLA Newsroom - April 17, 2012
James A. Lake, Distinguished professor of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology and Human Genetics, and Larry Simpson, Professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics are among 220 distinguished scholars, scientists, authors, artists, and business and philanthropic leaders elected today to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments.
- Which Plants Will Survive Droughts, Climate Change?
Science Daily - April 6, 2012
Megan Bartlett and Christine Scoffoni, UCLA graduate students in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, working with Lawren Sack, a UCLA professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology recently publish findings that could lead to predictions of which plant species will escape extinction from climate change.
- UCLA stem cell research may benefit diabetics
Examiner - March 11, 2012
Ji Won Shim, a UCLA postdoctoral fellow working with Utpal Banerjee, UCLA Professor and Chairman of the Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology department, recently published a study in Nature Cell Biology showing that insulin and nutrition keep blood stem cells from differentiating into mature blood cells. This finding could benefit diabetics, through its implications for studying inflammatory response and blood development in response to dietary changes in humans.
- A bird's song may teach us about human speech disorders
UCLA Newsroom - March 6, 2012
Stephanie White, a UCLA associate professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology is senior author of a new study that found 2,000 genes expressed in a region of the male zebra finch's brain, that are significantly linked to singing. At least some of these genes are shared by humans, and are likely important for human speech.
- UCLA scientists identify a cell signaling pathway that regulates blood stem cells in placenta
UCLA Newsroom - March 1, 2012
Dr. Hanna Mikkola, UCLA associate professor of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, recently led a study that found a specific cell signaling pathway in the placenta that plays a key role in stopping blood stem cells from differentiating into mature blood cells in the placenta. This is critical to ensure proper blood supply for an individual's lifetime.
- UCLA Life Sciences Assistant Professor awarded prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship
UCLA Newsroom - February 16, 2012
John Novembre, an assistant professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology is among 126 scientists and scholars to receive a 2012 Sloan Research Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
- UCLA Life Science postdoctoral researcher awarded Damon Runyon Fellowship
UCLA Today - January 11, 2012
Postdoctoral researcher Yanling Wang has been named a Damon Runyon Fellow by the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on supporting exceptional early career researchers and innovative cancer research.
- Evolution is written all over your face
UCLA Newsroom - January 9, 2012
Michael Alfaro, associate professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and his colleagues shed light on why faces of primates look so dramatically different from one another.
- Stem Cell Study: Balancing blood supply
The Examiner - December 22, 2011
Utpal Banerjee, the Irving and Jean Stone Professor and chairman of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology co-authored a study showing that two-way signaling from two different sets of cells is necessary for bloody-supply balance, both to ensure that enough blood cells are produced to respond to injury and infection and that blood progenitor cells remain available for future needs.
- Understanding our cross-wired senses
UCLA Newsroom - December 8, 2011
Ladan Shams, associate professor of Cognitive Psychology recently led research that found that our senses of sight and hearing work closely together, perhaps more so than we might have thought.
- Life Science Professor, Robert Modlin named AAAS fellow
UCLA Newsroom - December 7, 2011
Robert Modlin, professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, has been named a fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science for "distinguished contributions toward understanding human antimicrobial pathways, including Th1/Th2 cytokines, TLR 2 recognition of microbial lipoproteins, and the role of vitamin D in immunity."
- UCLA stem cell researchers reprogram human skin cells to become nerve cells
Examiner.com - December 7, 2011
William Lowry, an assistant professor of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, and associate researcher Saran Karumbayaram, have taken human skin cells, reprogrammed them into cells with the same unlimited property as embryonic stem cells, and then differentiated them into neurons while completely avoiding the use of animal-based reagents and feeder conditions throughout the process.
- Powerful mathematical model greatly improves predictions for species facing climate change
UCLA Newsroom - December 02, 2011
Robert Wayne, professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, is co-author of a recent study that produced the most comprehensive mathematical model ever devised to track the health of populations exposed to environmental change. The team's groundbreaking integral projection model allows researchers to link many different data sources simultaneously.
- A new study finds key differences between established and new human embryonic stem cell lines.
Scientist - December 2, 2011
Amander Clark, assistant professor of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, and colleagues recently found that established human embryonic stem cell lines, including those approved for federal research funding, differ from newly derived human embryonic stem cell lines. This finding highlights the importance of continuing to derive new stem cell lines so that researchers can better understand the ability of these cells to make every cell in the human body.
- UCLA Distinguished Prof. Robert Modlin elected as a fellow by AAAS
AAAS - December 07, 2011
Robert Modlin, Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, has been selected as a fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society and the publisher of the journal Science.
- Powerful mathematical model greatly improves predictions for species facing climate change
UCLA Newsroom - December 02, 2011
Robert Wayne, professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, recently led research that produced the most comprehensive mathematical model ever devised to track the health of populations exposed to environmental change. The team's groundbreaking integral projection model allows researchers to link many different data sources simultaneously. Scientists can now change just a single variable, like temperature, and see how that affects many factors for a population.
- Established human embryonic cell lines vary from newly derived stem cell lines
UCLA Newsroom - December 02, 2011
Amander Clark, UCLA assistant professor of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, and colleagues recently found that established human embryonic stem cell lines, including those approved for federal research funding, differ from newly derived human embryonic stem cell lines. This finding highlights the importance of continuing to derive new stem cell lines so that researchers can better understand the ability of these cells to make every cell in the human body.
- Stem cells engineered to kill cancer
United Press International - Nov 29, 2011
Jerome Zack, professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, and his colleagues, have recently engineered blood stem cells to create immune cells that seek out and attack a type of human melanoma.
- UCLA Biologists Slow the Aging Process in Fruit Flies
UCLA Newsroom - November 8, 2011
David Walker, assistant professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology, recently led a study showing that when the expression of a single gene, PGC-1, was boosted within the digestive tracts of fruit flies, the flies lived as much as fifty percent longer. PGC-1 activates the cells' mitochondria and regulates mitochondrial activity in mammals and flies.
- UCLA Terasaki Life Sciences Building Wins Architecture Award
R&D Magazine - October 17, 2011
The 2011 Brick in Architecture Awards, sponsored by the Brick Industry Assn., have recognized the Terasaki Life Sciences Building at the University of California-Los Angeles as Best in Class in the Educational category. The architect was Bohlin Cywinski Jackson; Stenfors Associates Architects was the associate.
- Scientists Find Vitamin D Crucial in Human Immune Response to TB
US News & World Report - October 10, 2011
An international team of scientists, including Dr. Robert Modlin, UCLA professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, has found that vitamin D also plays an essential role in the body’s immune response against infections such as tuberculosis.
- UCLA Life Scientists Win 'Breakthrough' Award
Popular Mechanics - October 3, 2011
V. Reggie Edgerton, UCLA distinguished professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology and Yury Gerasimenko, a UCLA researcher in Integrative Biology and Physiology and director of the laboratory of movement physiology at Russia's St. Petersburg's Pavlov Institute are among the four recipients of the 2011 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award for a new procedure that uses direct electrical stimulation to give spinal injury patients back some voluntary movement.
- UCLA scientists find H1N1 flu virus prevalent in animals in Africa
UCLA Newsroom - September 22, 2011
Thomas B. Smith, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and colleagues, recently discovered the first evidence of the H1N1 virus in animals in Africa. In one village in northern Cameroon, a staggering 89 percent of the pigs studied had been exposed to the H1N1 virus, commonly known as the swine flu.
- UCLA Life Sciences’ cancer researcher wins NIH award for leading-edge science
UCLA Today - September 21, 2011
Utpal Banerjee, the Irving and Jean Stone Professor and chairman of the Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology Department received the National Institutes of Heath’s Pioneer Award, which recognizes leading-edge, innovative research.
- UCLA psychologists discover a gene's link to optimism, self-esteem
UCLA Newsroom - September 13, 2011
Shelley E. Taylor, distinguished professor in the department of Psychology, is senior author of new research that has identified for the first time, a particular gene's link to optimism, self-esteem, and "mastery," the belief that one has control over one's own life— three critical psychological resources for coping well with stress and depression.
- Cells derived from pluripotent stem cells may pose challenges for clinical use
ScienceDaily - August 18, 2011
UCLA research studying the nature of human pluripotent stem cells featured William Lowry, assistant professor of molecular, cell and development biology and a researcher with the Broad Stem Cell Research Center, led the study. The findings could have implications both clinically, in terms of transplantation, and for disease modeling.
- How to Close the Race Gap in H.I.V.?
New York Times Op-Ed - August 10, 2011
Vickie Mays, UCLA professor of psychology, professor of health services in the School of Public Health, and director of the UCLA Center for Research, Education, Training and Strategic Communication on Minority Health Disparities, addressed how sex education and intervention programs can potentially lower the incidence of HIV among young gay African-American men.
- Study of abalone yields new insights into sexual reproduction
UCLA Newsroom - Aug. 3, 2011
Richard Zimmer, a UCLA distinguished professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and his team, recently published new research on sperm and egg interactions in red abalone, an ocean-dwelling snail. Implications of this research could improve the treatment of human infertility.
- School Dangers and Cyber-bullying
LA Times - August 1, 2011
A column in today's Los Angeles Times about the dangers kids face at school cites a study led by UCLA psychology professor Jaana Juvonen that found that nearly three in four teenagers had been bullied online during a 12-month period.
- Recent NIH grant funds UCLA HIV research
Daily Bruin - August 1, 2011
Jerome Zack, director of the UCLA Center for Aids Research and UCLA professor in the department microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics, and his research team were recently awarded an NIH grant to develop medication that, in a limited number of treatments, could completely rid infected individuals of HIV.
- Waging war against the superbug
UCLA Today - July 25, 2011
UCLA Today profiles Jeffrey H. Miller, Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, cutting-edge scientist and educator, who has been working on what has become a major public health crisis in the United States– the steep rise in drug-resistant infections.
- Life scientists use novel technique to produce genetic map for African Americans
UCLA Newsroom - July 22, 2011
John Novembre, UCLA assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and a member of UCLA's Interdepartmental Program in Bioinformatics, is senior author of a recent paper that published one of the first genetic maps pinpointing where DNA is likely to be reshuffled in the genomes of African Americans — a tool that could help scientists find genes that cause disease.
- Mapping of 'sixth nucleotide' in embryonic stem cells indicates it may activate genes
Examiner.com - July 21, 2011
Research led by Steven E. Jacobsen, a professor of molecular, cell and developmental biology and a researcher at UCLA's Broad Stem Cell Research Center has led to the first genome-wide mapping of the so-called "sixth nucleotide" in human embryonic stem cells and discovered that the molecule is found predominantly in genes that are turned on, or active.
- Brain's 'clock' less accurate with aging
UPI - July 19, 2011
Research by Gene Block, UCLA chancellor and professor of psychiatry, biobehavioral sciences and physiology, and Christopher Colwell, UCLA professor-in-residence of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences, shows that mice, that the pattern of activity in the brain region that regulates circadian rhythms begins to decay when the animals hit middle age. This research could provide clues as to why sleep patterns change as people grow older.
- The labeling of genetically modified foods
LA Times - July 10, 2011
Goldberg, UCLA distinguished professor of molecular, cell and developmental biology, was BRIEFLY quoted Sunday in a Los Angeles Times article about the labeling of genetically modified foods.
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Popular TV shows teach children fame is most important value
Time - July 11, 2011
Patricia M. Greenfield, a UCLA distinguished professor of psychology and collaborators found that “Fame” is the No. 1 value emphasized by television shows popular with 9- to 11-year-olds, a dramatic change over the past 10 years.
- Energy-storage capacity of ancient microorganism could lead to power source for synthetic cells
UCLA Newsroom - July 5, 2011
Using state-of-the-art imaging equipment at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA, Robert Gunsalus, professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics, has shown for the first time that a microbe known as Methanosprillum hungatei, contains incredibly efficient energy-storage structures.
- Leaf sizes tied to water availability
USA Today - July 12, 2011
Using three-dimensional computer models, Lawren Sack, UCLA professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and collaborators, including Ph.D. candidate and lead author, Christine Scoffoni, simulated the impacts of embolisms on water transport for leaves of different sizes and vein architectures. They found that the distinct vein systems of smaller leaves are structurally and physiologically better adapted for plants to live in dry soil, contributing to survival during periods of drought.
- Life scientists use novel technique to produce genetic map for African Americans
UCLA Newsroom - July 22, 2011
John Novembre, UCLA assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and a member of UCLA's Interdepartmental Program in Bioinformatics, is senior author of a recent paper that published one of the first genetic maps pinpointing where DNA is likely to be reshuffled in the genomes of African Americans — a tool that could help scientists find genes that cause disease.
- Mapping of 'sixth nucleotide' in embryonic stem cells indicates it may activate genes
UCLA Newsroom - July 21, 2011
Research by Steve Jacobsen, professor of molecular, cell and developmental biology and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, that generated the first genome-wide mapping of a DNA modification called 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) in embryonic stem cells.
- Smaller leaves: adapting to drier conditions
UCLA Newsroom - July 5, 2011
Lawren Sack, UCLA professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and collaborators, including Ph.D. candidate and lead author Christine Scoffoni, used three-dimensional computer models to simulate water transport within the veins of different sized leaves. They found that the distinct vein systems of smaller leaves are structurally and physiologically better adapted for plants to live in dry soil, contributing to survival during periods of drought.
- Prof. James Lake awarded prestigious Darwin Wallace Medal
June 8, 2011 - UCLA Today
James A. Lake, UCLA Distinguished Professor of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology and Human Genetics, was awarded the Darwin Wallace Medal for major research advances in evolutionary biology. He received the award on May 24 at the anniversary meeting of the Linnean Society of London.
- In Pain? Find a Photo of a Loved One
June 29, 2011 - Wired
Naomi Eisenberger, UCLA assistant professor of psychology, and her team recently published a brain-imaging study showing that young women who were administered a moderate pain stimulus experienced a reduction in pain when they viewed a photograph of their boyfriend.
- Life Science Professors, Benhur Lee, and Douglas Black, awarded state stem cell grants
June 14, 2011 - UCLA Stem Cell News
Life Sciences professors, were two of three UCLA researchers awarded state stem cell grants totaling $3.9 million. These grants will fund investigations into the basic mechanisms underlying stem cell biology, cellular differentiation and cellular plasticity, the ability of adult stem cells to become cells other than their cell of origin.
- Life sciences professor awarded Rita Allen Foundation grant
June 20, 2011 - UCLA Today
Elissa Hallem, assistant professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics and a member of UCLA's Molecular Biology Institute, has been honored as a 2011 Rita Allen Foundation Scholar. The award is granted to seven researchers in biomedical science who will receive a total of $3.5 million in grants as 2011 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars.
- The Long Tale of the Opossum
June 13, 2011 - New York Times
A column in Monday's New York Times about opossums cited research by Ines Horovitz, UCLA assistant adjunct professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, suggesting that the earliest marsupials most likely resembled opossums. Horovitz was quoted.
- Sugar-binding protein may play a role in HIV infection
June 13, 2011 - UCLA Newsroom
Benhur Lee UCLA professor of MIMG co-authored a paper whose main findings could lead researchers to a potential new target for anti-HIV therapeutics.
- UCLA teams with Roche to advance stem cell research
June 9, 2011 - LA Examiner
UCLA announced that they have partnered with Roche to give UCLA stem cell and cancer scientists early access to leading-edge technologies in an effort to advance medical research. The agreement the researchers with leading-edge technologies, which will drive research capabilities and further the understanding of complex disease. The technologies, including the latest generation microarray systems from Roche NimbleGen, high-throughput screening instruments, genetic expression profilers and exome sequencing technologies will provide scientists with the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA and UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center with valuable technology directly from Roche’s research and development pipeline.
- The Benefits of 'Perceptual Learning'
June 6, 2011 - New York Times
An article in today’s New York Times about perceptual learning, which relies largely on gut-instinct, cites studies by UCLA researchers and colleagues in which school students were asked to solve mathematical problems that often required more intuition than mathematical knowledge. Philip J. Kellman, UCLA professor of cognitive psychology, is quoted.
- Again, but faster! The spectacular courtship dance of a tiny bird
June 02, 2011 - UCLA Newsroom
Julia Barske, a UCLA graduate student and doctoral candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology, has recently published data that shows that the females select the males that completed elements of the courtship dance in 50 milliseconds over the males that took 80 milliseconds. Barney Schlinger, professor and departmental chair of integrative biology and physiology and a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology is co-author of the study.
- Why Less Attractive Men Make Better Mates
June 20, 2011 - MSN Blog
An MSN blog on Monday highlighted a study by UCLA researchers and colleagues suggesting that for women, dating a less attractive man may result in a happier, more emotionally satisfying relationship. Benjamin Karney, UCLA associate professor of psychology, was quoted.
- Teens, Brains and Stress
June 22, 2011 - India Express
Adriana Galvan, assistant professor of developmental psychology, has recently found that the brains of teens and adults react differently under stress and when dealing with risky situations. Galvan is quoted.
- Wolves Are Wolf-Coyote Hybrids
May 31, 2011 - Boston Globe
The Boston Globe reported on genetic research by Robert Wayne, UCLA professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and colleagues indicating that wolves in the eastern U.S. are hybrids of gray wolves and coyotes and that eastern coyotes are wolf-coyote-dog hybrids.
- The healing power of hydrogen peroxide
May 24, 2011 - Eurekalert
Alvaro Sagasti, UCLA Professor of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, and UCLA postdoctoral scholar Sandra Rieger found that hydrogen peroxide, which is found in high concentrations in wounds, promotes the regeneration of sensory fibers in healing skin.
- How to tell when someone's lying
May 09, 2011 - UCLA Newsroom
UCLA professor of psychology R. Edward Geiselman and three former UCLA undergraduates have analyzed some 60 studies on detecting deception and conducted original research on the subject. They present their findings and their guidance for how to conduct effective training programs for detecting deception to help law enforcement agencies tell truth from lies.
- UCLA Life Sciences Assistant professor William Lowry is awarded over a million dollars for stem cell research
May 05, 2011 - UCLA Health & Medicine News
- Six UCLA stem cell scientists awarded more than $8 million in state grants
May 05, 2011 - UCLA Health & Medicine News
Six scientists with the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA were awarded more than $8 million in grants from California's state stem cell agency on May 3 to investigate basic mechanisms underlying stem cell biology and differentiation.
Shuo Lin ($1,382,400) Professor of molecular, cell and developmental biology in the UCLA Division of Life Sciences; and William Lowry ($1,354,230)Assistant professor of molecular, cell and developmental biology in the UCLA Division of Life Sciences
- New Book: The Failure of Environmental Education– And How We Can Fix It
May 16, 2011 - UCLA Newsroom
This week, conservationist Charles Saylan and UCLA Professor and Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Daniel T. Blumstein published their latest book, "The Failure of Environmental Education (And How We Can Fix It)." Sayan and Blumstein argue that schools must revamp how they teach about the environment to prevent ecological collapse.
- Improving the Science of Teaching Science
5/12/2011 - New York Times
James Stigler, UCLA Professor and Chair of Developmental Psychology, quoted in the New York Times about his research aimed at improving science instruction in schools.
- Are we outsourcing our brains to technology?
May 18, 2011 - New York Times Magazine
Robert Bjork distinguished professor of psychology and co-principal investigator at the Bjork Learning and Forgetting Lab at UCLA, was quoted Wednesday in a New York Times Magazine column about the effects of computers and Internet technology on human memory.
- Electrode Experiment Shows Promise as a Paralyzed Man Stands
5/19/11 - Science Magazine
V. Reggie Edgerton, UCLA Professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology, and Susan Harkema of the University of Louisville in Kentucky, describe a new electrode experiment that helped a paralyzed man take steps on a treadmill, and regain other key functions. These studies may provide good hope for the quarter of a million Americans who are currently living with spinal cord injuries.
- Species extinction rates may be overestimated
5/18/11 - UCLA Newsroom
Stephen Hubbell, UCLA distinguished professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, is co-author on a new study published May 19 in the journal Nature. The study found that methods most widely used for calculating species extinction rates are "fundamentally flawed" and overestimate extinction rates by as much as 160 percent.
- Life Sciences Professor Steven E. Jacobsen elected to the National Academy of Sciences
5/3/11 - UCLA Newsroom
Steven E. Jacobsen, UCLA professor in the Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator was elected be a member of The National Academy of Sciences. Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded a scientist or engineer.
- Can Traumatic Memories Be Erased?
4/27/11 - UCLA Newsroom
Could veterans of war, rape victims and other people who have seen horrific crimes someday have the traumatic memories that haunt them weakened in their brains? In a new study, David Glanzman, UCLA professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology, and his colleagues report a discovery that may make the reduction of such memories a reality.
- Scientists Engineer Nanoscale Vaults to Encapsulate 'Nanodisks' for Better Drug Delivery
4/20/11 - UCLA Newsroom
A UCLA research team led by Leonard H. Rome and including Daniel B. Toso and Z. Hong Zhou from the UCLA Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, have developed a new and potentially far more effective means of targeted drug delivery using nanotechnology.
- UCLA Study Identifies Cell of Origin for Squamous Cell Cancer
4/20/11 - The Examiner
This recent study on squamous cell cancers by Andrew White, postdoctoral fellow, and William Lowry, assistant professor, in the Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, could result in new strategies to treat and potentially prevent the disease.
- Life Sciences Prof. Jeffrey H. Miller elected a Fellow at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
4/19/11 - UCLA Newsroom
Life Sciences professor Jeffrey H. Miller was today elected a Fellow of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Previous Fellows have included George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Albert Einstein and Winston Churchill.
- Come On, I Thought I Knew That!
4/18/11 - New York Times
Robert Bjork, distinguished professor of psychology and co-principal investigator at the Bjork Learning and Forgetting Lab at UCLA, was quoted on Monday in a New York Times article on new research about how we learn and remember.
- A Way To Fight the AIDS Virus With A Virus
3/24/11 - Discovery News
A study co-authored by James Lloyd-Smith, UCLA assistant professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and U.C. San Diego biochemist Leor Weinberger found that, over 30 years, therapeutic interfering particles (TIPS) could reduce the number of people in Sub-Saharan Africa infected with HIV to one-thirtieth of the current level.
- Think You’ll Ace That Test? Think Again. Then Start Studying.
3/24/11 - U.S. News
U.S. News & World reports on research by Alan Castel, UCLA assistant professor of cognitive psychology, and colleagues exploring the dynamics between memory and emotional states.
- Could You Find Love With Your Look-Alike?
3/24/11 - ABC News online
Kerri Johnson, UCLA assistant professor of communication studies and psychology, was quoted in an ABC News online article about a dating website that matches couples based on their facial similarities.
- In Split Seconds, Your Vision Can Change Where You Hear Sound
3/24/11 - Science Daily
Ladan Shams, UCLA assistant professor of Psychology, recently published a study of how brain corrects perceptual errors. These findings may lead to better hearing aids and robotic technology.
- Wired for Distraction: Kids and Social Media
3/19/11 - Time Magazine Online
This Time magazine article about kids and social media referenced a 2006 study at UCLA by Barbara Knowlton, UCLA professor of psychology, and her colleague, Russell Poldrack, now at the University of Texas at Austin.
- Nanodiamonds Fight Cancer
3/14/11 - Chemical and Engineering News
Fuyu Tamanoi, UCLA professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics and director of the signal transduction and therapeutics program at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, was quoted Monday in a Chemical and Engineering News article about the use of diamond-like nanostructures in chemotherapy drug delivery.
- White House Anti-Bullying Conference: Don’t Sit Back, Speak Up
3/11/11 - LA Times
Jaana Juvonen UCLA professor of developmental psychology, was quoted Thursday in a Los Angeles Times article about an anti-bullying conference at the White House.
- Female GIs struggle with higher rate of divorce
3/8/11 - Daily News
Benjamin Karney, UCLA associate professor of psychology, is quoted today in this article about research showing that married women in the military are more than twice as likely as their male counterparts to get divorced.
- Body language: Anger read as masculine
3/6/11 - United Press International
United Press International reported Sunday on a study led by Kerri Johnson, UCLA assistant professor of communication studies and psychology, that found that body language is more likely to be judged as masculine when it seems to convey anger and as feminine when is seems to convey sadness.