Paper-based test could diagnose Lyme disease at early stages
“Point-of-Care Serodiagnostic Test for Early-Stage Lyme Disease Using a Multiplexed Paper-Based Immunoassay and Machine Learning” ACS Nano After a day hiking in the forest, the last thing a person wants to discover is a tick burrowing into their skin. Days after...
Research Shows Bright Spot for Optical Computing Through Artificial Intelligence
Dec 2, 2020 By UCLA Samueli Newsroom Optical computing, once a hot research topic a couple of decades ago, has emerged again as a promising technology — this time backed by artificial intelligence. Aydogan Ozcan, the Volgenau Professor for Engineering Innovation at...
Two NIH training grants awarded to support UCLA/CalTech team
The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) are partnering to provide a 2-year, structured curriculum for training post-doctoral engineers and biophysical or biomedical scientists to prepare them for...
New imaging approach unveils light information in multiple dimensions
Jongchan Park, Xiaohua Feng, Rongguang Liang & Liang Gao In optical imaging, the light rays carry multiple dimensional information of the object, such as spatial coordinates, colors, and time. However, conventional imaging approaches measure only the...
Nine UCLA Engineering Faculty Named Among World’s Most Influential Researchers
Nov 23, 2020 By UCLA Samueli Newsroom Clarivate’s Web of Science has named nearly 40 UCLA faculty in its newly released 2020 Highly Cited Researchers, including nine from the School of Engineering. Each year since 2002, Clarivate has presented a list recognizing...
The Meyer lab receives a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
The Meyer lab has received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to use computational design to improve antibodies’ abilities to direct the immune system. In earlier work, published in 2018 [1], they showed that a...
New Wound-Healing Biomaterials Reduce Scarring and Promote Tissue Regeneration
Hydrogel triggers adaptive immune system for improved tissue repair and healthier skin The image shows regenerated hair follicles at the center of a wound. The hair follicles appear as tear drop structures, and they have Keratin 5 positive tips, which appear in green....
Wound-healing biomaterials activate immune system for stronger skin
by Duke University School of Nursing Researchers at Duke University and the University of California, Los Angeles, have developed a biomaterial that significantly reduces scar formation after wounding, leading to more effective skin healing. This new material, which...
Nature Methods Publication, led by graduate student Hector Munoz in Prof. Dino Di Carlo’s lab on high-throughput tools to measure the mechanical properties of single cells
Published: 27 April 2020 A comparison of microfluidic methods for high-throughput cell deformability measurements Marta Urbanska, Hector E. Muñoz, Josephine Shaw Bagnall, Oliver Otto, Scott R. Manalis, Dino Di Carlo & Jochen Guck Abstract The mechanical phenotype...