Patrick Allard receives 2015 Innovation in Regulatory Science Award

Patrick Allard, UCLA assistant professor of society and genetics, has received a 2015 Innovation in Regulatory Science Award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Stem cell gene therapy holds promise for eliminating HIV infection

In recent research led by UCLA life scientist, Jerome Zach, and Scott Kitchen, engineered stem cells successfully turned into functional T cells that could kill HIV-infected cells in mice, resulting in a 80-95% decrease in HIV levels.

Psychology professor Lara Ray receives the Young Investigator Award

Professor Lara Ray received the Young Investigator Award from the Research Society on Alcoholism

Even when we’re resting, our brains are preparing us to be social, UCLA psychologists report

UCLA Psychologist Matthew Lieberman and Robert Spunt show that even during quiet moments, our brains are preparing us to be socially connected to other people.

UCLA researchers identify a potentially effective treatment for methamphetamine addiction

A new study led by UCLA associate professor of Psychology, Lara Ray, has found that Naltrexone, a drug used to treat alcoholism, may also be a promising treatment for addiction to methamphetamine.

Which is most valuable: Gold, cocaine or rhino horn?

International team, including UCLA’s Blaire Van Valkenburgh, warns that loss of Earth’s largest animals will have drastic results

World’s largest herbivores — including several species of elephants, rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses and gorillas — face danger of extinction

UCLA researcher, Blaire Van Valkenburgh, co-authors study that finds one-fifth of the world’s wild savannah elephant population was poached between 2010 and 2012

Philip Rundel wins Award of Excellence for ‘Hawaiian Plant Life: Vegetation and Flora’

Philip Rundel, UCLA Distinguished Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, has won the Hawai’i Book Publisher Association's 2015 Ka Palapala Po`okela Award of Excellence for Books on Natural Science for 'Hawaiian Plant Life: Vegetation and Flora'

Dozens of Alabama school districts adopt UCLA guidelines to help teachers, students thrive

UCLA’s Center for Mental Health has developed a new program that has been adopted by dozens of school districts in Alabama, reducing absences and improving graduation rates.

UCLA Life Scientists, Jeffery F. Miller and Glen MacDonald elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Jeffery F. Miller, Philip Davis Chair in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics and Glen MacDonald, UC Presidential Chair and distinguished professor, Departments of Geography and of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability have been elected members of the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Membership is a widely accepted mark of excellence in science and is considered one of the highest honors that a scientist can receive.