UCLA associate professor Hosein Mohimani ( @uclahealth.org @dgsomucla.bsky.social @cnsiatucla.bsky.social) is combining mass spectrometry with machine learning to identify new natural products, study drug metabolism, and reveal previously unknown biochemical pathways 🔬
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A recent @nytimes article highlights the growing urgency around #hantavirus research, and features the work of @UCLA professor Vaithi Arumugaswami (@cnsiatucla), who is helping develop antiviral strategies against these often-overlooked viruses 🦠🔬
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Congratulations to @ucla.edu prof Neil Garg (@cnsiatucla.bsky.social @uclacb.bsky.social @uclaphyssci) on receiving UCLA’s 2026 Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring🏅
Learn more about the award in the link below: cnsi.ucla.edu/may-18-2026-...
CNSI’s 2026 Nanovation Competition brought together 11 middle/high school teams to showcase nanoscience-inspired solutions to real-world challenges. Congrats to teams Nanomed & NailedIt (1st, tie), Airborne.co (2nd), & Solar Universe (3rd)! 🏆
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The @ucla.edu Chuck Lorre Scholars Program is helping students—like graduating scholar Thomas Lehman—turn their passion for science into meaningful careers 📚
Read more about the Thomas and the Lorre Scholars Program in the link below!
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At the @cnsiatucla.bsky.social Living Biofoundry, students developed a new automation framework that enables fully autonomous gene-delivery experiments, reducing manual bottlenecks while improving efficiency and precision in synthetic biology workflows 🔬
Learn more: cnsi.ucla.edu/may-13-2026-...
UCLA is helping build the future semiconductor workforce through NNME Southwest—co-led by @cnsiatucla and @uclaengineering—a new five-state initiative expanding hands-on training and career pathways in microelectronics. ⚡
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Researchers led by Aydogan Ozcan & Mona Jarrahi (@cnsiatucla.bsky.social @uclaengineering.bsky.social) have developed a new image projection system that uses #AI and passive optics to generate high-res images while reducing data transmission + power requirements:
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Prof. Keriann Backus (@cnsiatucla.bsky.social @uclacb.bsky.social) + a @ucla.edu-led team have developed SEE-CITE, a new technology that improves how scientists map where small molecules bind to proteins—an essential step in drug discovery 🔬
Learn more: cnsi.ucla.edu/april-28-202...
Hosein Mohimani describes two of his signature research projects as coming from “two different universes” within the biosciences. One seeks new weapons against treatment-resistant infections, and the ...
Distinguished Kenneth N. Trueblood Professor Neil Garg has been named one of three UCLA faculty members to receive the 2026 Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring from the UCLA Div...
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The deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius has put the spotlight on a rare pathogen that typically attracts relatively little attention, even from scientists. There are no target...
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CNSI’s 9th Annual 2026 Nanovation Competition was the biggest yet, featuring 11 outstanding teams from across California. Students presented innovative nanoscience-based product proposals tackling a w...
Congratulations to UCLA graduate student Dzmitry "Dima” Vaido on receiving @ucla.edu’s Distinguished Teaching Award for Teaching Assistants, one of the university’s highest honors for graduate student educators 🏅
Learn more in the link below!
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UCLA is joining a major new regional initiative to strengthen the semiconductor and microelectronics workforce pipeline across the Southwest. The Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA), in partnership with ...
Inside the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA, where some of the most advanced and technical automated infrastructure on campus resides, two students saw an opportunity hiding in plain sight. Th...
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When Thomas Lehman arrived at UCLA, he knew he loved science. What he didn't yet know was that his college experience would ultimately lead him to a career inspiring the next generation of scientists....
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have developed a novel image projection system that delivers super-resolution images over an extended depth of field. By combining a neu...
A UCLA-led international research collaboration unveiled a new technology that may help scientists better understand how small molecules, including many drugs, bind to proteins. The invention works wi...
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For UCLA graduate student Dzmitry “Dima” Vaido, teaching is more than explaining scientific concepts - it's about helping students discover connections, ask questions, and see themselves as part of sc...
