Tag Archive for: UCLA Life Sciences

Picture of a valley oak tree.

One of California’s iconic tree species offers lessons for conservation

  With increasing regularity, Californians are witnessing…

What wolves’ teeth reveal about their lives

UCLA evolutionary biologist Blaire Van Valkenburgh has spent…

Study shows how serotonin and a popular anti-depressant affect the gut’s microbiota

A new study in mice led by UCLA biologists strongly suggests…

Minds Matter: Raising the Curtain on Depression and Anxiety

UCLA students, community members and supporters joined Cleveland…

Biochemists discover new insights into what may go awry in brains of people with Alzheimer’s

More than three decades of research on Alzheimer’s disease…
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Babies Know the Difference between the Laughter of Friends and Strangers

Five-month-olds may use chuckles to identify information about…
Coretta Harris, left, chair of the 2019 Gold Shield Faculty Prize Committee; Paul Barber; and Karen Sears, ecology and evolutionary biology department chair, who nominated Barber for the award.

Marine scientist Paul Barber named 2019 Gold Shield Faculty Prize winner

  In the very first day of his “Introduction to…
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UCLA psychologist on why we should embrace aging

UCLA Broadcast Studio Alan Castel notes that wisdom…
Patricia J. Johnson

UCLA microbiologist Patricia J. Johnson elected to National Academy of Sciences

Patricia J. Johnson, UCLA professor of microbiology, immunology…
Divers survey submersible cages used to farm cobia off the coast of Puerto Rico. UCLA researchers conducted the first country-by-country evaluation of the potential for marine aquaculture under current policies and practices.

Will ocean seafood farming sink or swim? UCLA study evaluates its potential

  Seafood farming in the ocean — or marine aquaculture…