A chemistry equipment facility is working to buy more advanced apparatus after facing criticisms from reviewers of the chemistry department. The Molecular Instrumentation Center was critiqued in a February report of the chemistry and biochemistry department. Read more...
Photo: Ignacio Martini, interim director at the Molecular Instrumentation Center, works with an x-ray photoelectron spectrometer. (Chengcheng Zhang/Daily Bruin)
UCLA will host a symposium on cannabis research as part of an attempt to establish a top cannabis research program on campus. The inaugural UCLA Cannabis Research Symposium, which will be held Thursday, will feature visiting speakers and UCLA faculty, who will discuss the most recent developments in cannabis research. Read more...
Photo: Jeff Chen, co-director of the UCLA Cannabinoid Affinity Group, organized the inaugural UCLA Cannabis Research Symposium and will speak about accelerating cannabis research at the event Thursday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A newly renovated lactation room in the Student Activities Center held its grand reopening Friday afternoon as part of an effort to improve the climate for mothers on campus. Read more...
Photo: Jasmine Uysal, the Project Manager, and Ana Bonilla, member of the Healthy Campus Initiative, examine the new changing station added to the renovated lactation room in the Student Activities Center. (Angelina Ruiz/Daily Bruin)
A new state bill, SB-439, that incorporates the recommendations from a recent UCLA study about health and juvenile justice passed earlier this month in the Senate’s committee on public safety. Read more...
UCLA scientists are organizing a March for Science in Los Angeles to foster communication between scientists and the general public. The March for Science, which will take place April 22, aims to bring thousands of participants together to educate people about underfunding of the sciences and encourage greater involvement in science. Read more...
Photo: Alexander Bradley, a biochemistry, molecular and structural biology graduate student, is organizing the March for Science in Los Angeles on April 22. (Courtesy of Alexander Bradley)
A UCLA research team has developed a new stem cell gene therapy to treat babies with diminished immune systems. Adenosine deaminase-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency, or bubble baby disease, is an immune system defect caused by the lack of adenosine deaminase, an enzyme found in white blood cells. Read more...
The UCLA Physics and Astronomy Department is proposing a new physics series for life science majors that would begin fall 2017. Students currently taking the Physics 6: “Physics for Life Sciences Majors” series have until winter 2018 to complete the series before it is discontinued. Read more...
Photo: The physics department proposal will be approved by the Faculty Executive Committee on May 1. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin)
