UCLA study identifies potential therapeutic targets for metastatic prostate cancer
UCLA researchers, led by Owen Witte– director of the UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center and professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics– have pinpointed five specific enzymes called protein kinases that play a role when prostate cancer spreads to bone. The discovery could point the way toward new drugs that slow or stop prostate cancer from spreading.
Douglas Black selected AAAS fellow
Black has been selected a 2015 fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest scientific society and the publisher of the journal Science.
UCLA biologist, Dr. Paul Barber, honored for contributions to UC initiatives
Dr. Paul Barber is one of ten University of California faculty honored today (Nov. 19) for demonstrating outstanding leadership on President Janet Napolitano’s systemwide initiatives
Why are some wild animals more tolerant to human interaction than others?
Meta-analysis led by UCLA biologist, Dan Blumstein, could have implications for conservation strategies
UCLA marine biologist’s work featured in new California Science Center exhibit
Paul Barber, UCLA professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, has partnered with the California Science Center and GRAMMY-winning singer Jack Johnson to bring global attention to the Coral Triangle and work being done at UCLA to promote conservation of this highly threatened ecosystem
UCLA team develops nanoparticle delivery to maximize drug defense against bioterrorism agent
A UCLA team, including Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics professor Marcus Horwitz, has developed nanoparticle delivery to maximize drug defense against bioterrorism agent.
UCLA research reveal key insights about how viral RNA genomes organize and replicate
Research led by Hong Zhou, professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, catches double-stranded RNA virus in the act of transcription
West Nile virus killing millions more birds than previously thought, UCLA researchers find
West Nile virus is killing millions more birds and affecting many more bird species than previously thought, according to new research from a multi-university team of researchers–including UCLA co-first author, Ryan Harrigan and UCLA senior author, Thomas Smith.
UCLA’s Second Grand Challenge to Combat Depression
Psychology professor, Michelle Craske, will lead effort to develop innovative treatment center to combat Depression
Ecotourism can put wild animals at risk, scientists say
A recent study (with senior author Daniel Blumstein, UCLA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) analyzed more than 100 research studies on how ecotourism affects wild animals and concluded that such trips can be harmful to the animals, whose behaviors may be altered in ways that put them at risk.