Tag Archive for: UCLA Life Sciences

Technique from biology helps explain the evolution of the American car

Borrowing a technique that biologists might use to study the…

Using big data, scientists discover biomarkers that could help give cancer patients better survival estimates

People with cancer are often told by their doctors approximately…

UC regents appoint Dr. Owen Witte University Professor

Dr. Owen Witte, renowned scientist and esteemed member of UCLA’s…

Blaire Van Valkenburgh appointed Inaugural Donald R. Dickey Chair in Vertebrate Biology

Professor Blaire Van Valkenburgh, an internationally renown…

UCLA faculty voice: A smarter way to pay for parks

In California, we often pass multibillion-dollar environmental…

UCLA faculty voice: Are we leaving nature behind?

Extinction is happening all around the world, but it’s happening…

Foxes on one of California’s Channel Islands have least genetic variation of all wild animals

UCLA biologists report in a new study that a species of foxes…

Seven UCLA faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced the election…

UCLA faculty voice: Body mass index perpetuates stigmas and indicates little about health

You’ve just returned from your morning run and you’re rustling…

UCLA IoES fundraiser honors champions of the environment

At its recent annual gala, UCLA Institute of the Environment…