One month ago, Ariel Pezner spent nine hours straight aboard a research vessel in the Santa Monica Bay, circulating the waves above an underwater kelp forest. Read more...
Science & Health
News, Science & Health
|
April 28, 12:30 am
UCLA neurologist to start center to streamline epilepsy treatment
A UCLA pediatric neurologist is developing a center that he hopes will treat every adolescent with epilepsy in the city. Jason Lerner, who works at the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, is working to gather resources and recruit staff to establish the center, which will treat patients with epilepsy and comorbidities, or other disorders occurring simultaneously. Read more...
Photo: Jason Lerner, a pediatric neurologist at the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, aims to create an adolescent epilepsy clinic that will integrate the expertise of many health care providers. (Esmeralda Lopez/Daily Bruin)
News, Science & Health, Video
|
April 26, 3:26 pm
Video: Disability as Spectacle conference explores new wave of visibility
Coinciding with the 10th anniversary of UCLA’s Disability Studies program, the Disability as Spectacle conference in the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center engaged scholars and artists in conversation about the representation of disabilities in media and literature. Read more...
Photo: (Dean Hughes/Daily Bruin)
News, Science & Health
|
April 23, 10:08 pm
Professor emeritus Arnold Scheibel remembered for engaging lectures
Elaborate drawings of different parts of the brain covered the chalkboard of Arnold “Arne” Scheibel’s graduate neuroanatomy courses. For more than 50 years, Scheibel shared with students his love for both art and science through his classes. Read more...
Photo: Arnold Scheibel was a professor of neurobiology and psychiatry in the David Geffen School of Medicine and popular among his students because of his unique and inclusive ways of teaching. (UCLA Newsroom)
News, Science & Health
|
April 22, 10:55 pm
UCLA students march for science in LA, Washington, D.C.
Thousands of scientists, students and citizens marched in the heat from Pershing Square to Los Angeles City Hall, holding signs with science puns, calls for action and protests against President Donald Trump. Read more...
Photo: Thousands of scientists from across Southern California took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles to advocate for more science funding and greater communication between scientists and the public. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News, Science & Health
|
April 21, 12:36 am
UCLA community shares motivations for attending March for Science
Faculty, researchers and students from around Southern California will take to the streets of Los Angeles on Saturday to advocate for science and create better understanding between scientists and the general public. Read more...
Photo: (Harishwer Balasubramani/Illustrations director)
News, Science & Health
|
April 21, 12:34 am
BEAGLE program helps UCLA researchers decipher evolutionary histories
The rise of advanced genetic computing technology has transformed how we study evolution. Broad-platform Evolutionary Analysis General Likelihood Evaluator, a public evolutionary statistics library, allows researchers worldwide to collaborate on public health projects and clinical research at the intersection of biostatistics and evolutionary biology. Read more...