UCLA Life Scientists explain their research
Interviews with Robyn Williams for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s “The Science Show”
2020
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Nanoscience brings hope for treatment of sleeping sickness May 30, 2020 Kent Hill, Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics |
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Opioids are great for pain, but can bring on detrimental effects of anxiety March 28, 2020 Michael Fanselow, Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry |
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Birds used to trace the genetic origin of language March 21, 2020 Stephanie White, Professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology |
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Corona secrecy may have given virus a head start February 22, 2020 Jamie Lloyd-Smith, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
2019
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Have plastic bottles had an impact on our DNA via epigenetics? August 31, 2019 Patrick Allard, Assistant Professor of Society and Genetics |
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Secrets of those who bloom in their senior years revealed May 25, 2019 Alan Castel, Professor of Psychology |
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How gut bacteria affect our brain May 11, 2019 Elaine Hsiao, Assistant Professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology |
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Challenges for AI visual recognition April 27, 2019 Philip Kellman, Distinguished Professor of Psychology |
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Deciphering the social behaviour of ants April 13, 2019 Noa Pinter-Wollman, Associate Professor Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
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Slime moulds exhibit memory April 13, 2019 David Glanzman, Professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology |
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Understanding not memorization the key to learning maths March 16, 2019 Jim Stigler, Professor of Psychology |
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Investigating processes which control the expression of genes February 23, 2019 Steve Jacobsen, Professor of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology |
2018
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Mitochondria linked to decline with age September 8, 2018 David Walker, Professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology |
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Muscle gene discovery could lead to new insomnia treatments that don’t target the brain August 4, 2018 Ketema Paul, Associate Professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology |
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Feeling a touch hormonal? May 19, 2018 Martie Haselton, Professor of Psychology |
2017
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Looking for combinations of antibiotics for that knockout punch June 10, 2017 Pamela Yeh, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
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Ultrasound used to jump-start brain of a coma patient June 3, 2017 Martin Monti, Associate Professor of Psychology |
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After being severed, nerves retain memory of the functions they once controlled March 11, 2017 Reggie Edgerton, Professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology |
2016
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Squishiness important in cancer cells and pies July 9, 2016 Amy Rowat, Assistant Professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology |
