A UCLA professor is developing a new microscopic sensor to monitor the chemical signaling of major neurotransmitters in the brain. Anne Andrews, professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences, received the National Institutes of Health’s $6 million Transformative Research Award last week for her research, which aims to understand psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases. Read more...

Photo: Anne Andrews, a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences, was recognized by the National Institutes of Health last week for her work researching psychiatric diseases. (Courtesy of Reed Hutchinson)

Researchers at UCLA and two other universities have discovered an effective drug combination against common agricultural pests by using artificial intelligence technology. In a study published earlier this month, researchers in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Iowa State University created a combination of four different drugs used to kill roundworms. Read more...

Photo: Researchers in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering used AI technology to develop a new drug combination for agricultural pests. (Daily Bruin file photo)