Tag Archive for: UCLA Life Sciences
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Scientists identify a key gene in the transmission of deadly African sleeping sickness
Life scientists from UCLA and the University of…
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California ‘browning’ more in the south during droughts
Like a climate chameleon, California turned brown…
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UCLA biology professor uses superheroes to help students sift fact from fiction
While Shane Campbell-Staton was working on his dissertation…
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40 UCLA scientists among world’s most influential scholars, based on citations
The researchers rank in the top 1 percent in their fields in…
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Alumnus Morton La Kretz awarded the UCLA Medal, campus’s highest honor
“Morton’s leadership and philanthropy are testaments to his…
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For one grad and his dad a happy twist on like father, like son
Kevin thanks his mother’s persistence in pursuing…
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UCLA faculty voice: Separating children from parents at the border isn’t just cruel. It’s torture.
Children arriving at the U.S. border in search of asylum are…
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UCLA professors Paul Barber, Robert Wayne to enhance undergraduate STEM education
The program will provide year-long support for underrepresented…
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UCLA professors of biology and chemistry honored as 2017 Packard fellows
Elaine Hsiao, UCLA assistant professor of integrative biology…
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$5 million gift from Morton La Kretz will support renovation of UCLA Botany Building
The restoration and improvements made possible by the donation…