Dr. William Lowry, associate professor of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology is quoted on his thoughts on another researcher’s new method for returning cells to a pluripotent state by exposing them to an acidic environment.
An article about prostate cancer research, highlighting research by Dr. Owen Witte, director of UCLA’s Broad Stem Cell Research Center and a professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics.
UCLA psychologists Emily Barkley-Levenson and Adriana Galván have found that higher levels of pleasure sensation in teens were related to higher levels of brain activity in the brain’s pleasure center in response to rewards.
Can the microbial good and evil be told apart? Yes, UCLA life scientists and an international team of researchers report Jan. 8 in the online journal PLOS ONE.
UCLA’s BRITE Center for Science, Research and Policy has received a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, through the Princeton Area Community Foundation, to convene scholars with expertise in mental/behavior health disorders or treatments for racial and ethnic minorities.
In an interview with Life Scientist, Amy Rowat, she discusses her research and how her course “Science & Food” came to be.
UCLA Life Scientists have found a mechanism by which certain adult stem cells suppress their ability to initiate skin cancer during their dormant phase — an understanding that could be exploited for better cancer-prevention strategies.
Dr. Donald Kohn, received a CIRM grant of almost $14 million to advance clinical trials of stem-cell gene therapy for sickle cell disease.
Researchers from UCLA Department of Psychology and the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior have found that children who experience profound neglect in early life are more prone to show an inappropriate willingness to approach adults, including strangers.
An avalanche of chronic stress — driven by concerns ranging from parenting to discrimination —disproportionately affects poor mothers and fathers, according to the first results from a comprehensive multi-state study.
Life Sciences
** Students should meet with departmental Student Affairs Officers, to help pick the right courses and curricular pathway.**
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| CHEM 14A LS 30A (OR MATH 3A OR MATH 31B) Plus other courses |
CHEM14B LS 30B (OR MATH 3B OR MATH 31B) Plus other courses |
CHEM 14BL LS 7A STATS 13 OR LS40 OR MATH 3C |
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| CHEM 14C LS 7B STATS 13 OR LS40 OR MATH 3C or other course |
CHEM 14D LS 7C LS 23L |
PHYSICS 5A CHEM 153A* LS 107* |
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| PHYSICS 5B Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation |
PHYSICS 5C Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation |
Electives and remaining requirements needed for graduation |
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation | Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation | Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation |
* Only required for select Life Science majors.
** Students should meet with departmental Student Affairs Officers, to help pick the right courses and curricular pathway.**
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| LS 20 Non-majors biology class (LS 15, EEB 25, EEB 87, MCDB 50) Plus other courses |
LS 30A (OR MATH 3A OR MATH 31A) LS 7A Plus other courses |
LS 30B (OR MATH 3B OR MATH 31B) LS 7B Plus other courses |
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| LS 7C CHEM 17 LS 23L |
CHEM 14A STATS 13 OR LS 40 OR MATH 3C LS 110 |
CHEM 14B CHEM 14BL Plus other courses |
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| CHEM 14C LS 107* OR STATS 13 OR LS 40 Plus other courses |
CHEM 14D PHYSICS 5A Plus other courses |
CHEM 153A* or 14D PHYSICS 5B Plus other courses |
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| PHYSICS 5C Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation |
Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation | Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation |
* Only required for select Life Sciences majors.
** Students should meet with departmental Student Affairs Officers, to help pick the right courses and curricular pathway.**
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| LS 30A (OR MATH 3A OR MATH 31A) LS 7A Plus other course(s) |
LS 30B (OR MATH 3B OR MATH 31B) LS 7B Plus other course(s) |
CHEM 14A PHYSICS 5A (OR LS 40 OR STATS 13) Plus other course(s) |
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| CHEM 14B LS 40 OR STATS 13 (OR PHYSICS 5A) Plus other course(s) |
LS 7C LS 23L CHEM 14C |
CHEM 14BL PHYSICS 5C (pre-req for Neurosci M101A) * Plus other course(s) |
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| PHYSICS 5B CHEM 14CL Plus other courses |
CHEM 14D Plus other courses |
CHEM 153A Plus other courses |
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation | Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation | Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation |
*Physics does not require Physics 5B as a pre-requisite for Physics 5C
** Students should meet with departmental Student Affairs Officers, to help pick the right courses and curricular pathway.**
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| LS 30A (OR MATH 3A OR MATH 31A) LS 7A Plus other course(s) |
LS 30B (OR MATH 3B OR MATH 31B) LS 7B Plus other course(s) |
STATS 13 OR LS40 OR MATH 3C LS 7C LS 23L |
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| CHEM 14A STATS 13 OR LS 40 Plus other course(s) |
CHEM 14B CHEM 14BL Plus other course(s) |
CHEM 14C PHYSICS 5A Plus other course(s) |
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| CHEM 14D LS 107* Plus other course(s) |
CHEM 153A* PHYSICS 5B Plus other course(s) |
PHYSICS 5C Plus other courses |
| Fall | Winter | Spring |
| Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation | Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation | Electives and remaining requirements as needed for graduation |
* Only required for select Life Science Majors.