A new UCLA study led by Dr. Melody Li finds that a lesser-known SARS-CoV-2 protein may help drive immune overactivation and weaken blood-vessel barriers in the heart — offering clues to severe #COVID19 and #LongCOVID symptoms. Read more: https://ow.ly/RkPz50ZwKfY

UCLA scientists are building "cell villages" to uncover the genetics of brain cell fitness: how readily cells divide and how well they survive. 🔗 https://ow.ly/pIGn50ZvYw7 #ResearchPowersProgress #StemCellResearch

Step into "Microscopic Marvels: The Art and Science of Stem Cell Research," on view at Powell Library UCLA Library through August 19. This captivating exhibit offers a visual journey into the extraordinary science at our center. https://ow.ly/IqPe50Zva1F #ResearchPowersProgress

Watch a muscle fiber take shape. 🔬 This microscopic video captures a muscle cell fusing with a developing muscle fiber, with cell membranes visible in purple and yellow. The Rando Lab uses live-cell imaging to understand how cells coordinate muscle regeneration. Credit: Tamas Nagy/Rando Lab

UCLA is proud to be part of a new $27.7M ARPA-H THRIVE-funded collaboration to develop affordable, personalized gene-editing therapies for children with inborn errors of immunity (IEI). 🔗 tinyurl.com/4s4ntc8h #ResearchPowersProgress

Innovative Collaboration Funded by ARPA-H THRIVE to Develop Affordable Gene-Editing Therapies for Rare Immune Diseases in Children

Every year, several thousand newborns in the US are diagnosed with a group of genetic disease called inborn errors of immunity (IEI). While each child could, in principle, receive a personal, one-time...

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BSCRC member Dr. Yvonne Chen talks to Fox News @ Night about how personalized CAR-T cell therapies are offering hope and results for cancer patients today. www.foxnews.com/video/639987... #ResearchPowersProgress

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Patient Laurie Adami credits the cancer treatment Car-T with saving her life on ‘Fox News @ Night.’

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UCLA’s Dr. Amy Vandiver received a $700K @bwfund.bsky.social award to study the biological drivers of human aging. “Aging is the biggest risk factor for many of the diseases we treat. We now need to move this knowledge towards actionable interventions.” Read more: ow.ly/pfzX50ZmbSL

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Congratulations to the 2026 CAMS award recipients! These exceptional physician-scientists are advancing groundbreaking research & shaping the future of medicine. Learn more about this year’s awardees and their work: buff.ly/8PGyqJh #bwfcams #BiomedicalResearch

Meet Yvonne Chen, PhD, who designs CAR-T therapies to make cancer treatment safer and more effective. She talks leading a lymphoma clinical trial, meeting a patient who benefitted from her work and how karaoke connects her to her grandparents. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4aI3WzH #ResearchPowersProgress

“Their entire shell is sort of made of calcium carbonate, & they’re really stiff,” said algae expert Siobhan Braybrook, who sought to identify the varied species of articulated coralline algae. "They almost look like coral, that’s why we call them corallines.” www.kpbs.org/news/environ...

California is building a library of coastal species and it's kicking off in San Diego

A sea of scientists is genetically cataloging marine invertebrates and algae along the Golden State’s coast.

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From Pokémon to LeBron James, young researchers at UCLA are stepping into L.A. classrooms and using pop culture references high school students already know to make cutting-edge science click. ➡️ bit.ly/4aGvvJL #CommunityOutreach #STEM #ResearchPowersProgress

UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center brings real scientists — and pop culture — into L.A. classrooms

For many high school students, the term “scientist” conjures someone who doesn’t look like them or share their background. The UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center High School Outreach Program sets ou...

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ICYMI: UCLA's Lili Yang has received a $7.49M grant to develop an off-the-shelf CAR-NKT cell therapy for #MultipleSclerosis. Unlike current MS treatments, which manage symptoms over time, this approach is designed to target the disease at its source. ow.ly/luVo50ZhmOr

Abstracts for the iPSC 20th Anniversary Symposium are due 29 July! Join us in Kyoto, Japan, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells. Share your findings, exchange ideas, & grow your network 👉 https://bit.ly/3LfeufB

Have you had a chance to visit Microscopic Marvels yet? The exhibit provides a visual journey showcasing the extraordinary science happening right here at the BSCRC. We hope to see you there! On display on level 2 of Powell Library, in the Rotunda and Main Reading Room.

UCLA researchers led by Lili Yang have been awarded a $7.49 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to develop a universal CAR-NKT cell immunotherapy for multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease that affects nearly 1 million adults in the U.S. https://ow.ly/luVo50ZhmOr

Lili Yang receives $7.49 million CIRM grant to develop off-the-shelf immunotherapy for multiple sclerosis

A team of UCLA researchers led by Lili Yang has received a $7.49 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to develop a universal CAR-NKT cell immunotherapy for multiple sclerosis.

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Meet UCLA's Steven Jonas, the doctor building tiny tools for big science breakthroughs. 🔗 ow.ly/UORi50ZgH2o #ResearchPowersProgress

A UCLA-led team is launching the Billion Cell×Cell Project — an effort to generate nearly 1 billion measurements of controlled interactions between pairs of human cells. The goal: understand how cells communicate in health and disease. Read more: https://ow.ly/cupU50ZfUAu

Can scientists learn cells' language? UCLA-led team aims to decode cellular conversations

Multicellular life depends on remarkable acts of cooperation. Every cell in the human body must sense what is happening around it, interpret signals from its neighbors and respond in ways that support the larger tissue. These chemical, physical and electrical messages help determine when cells grow, repair damage, fight infection or quiet down after a threat has passed — and tissue health depends on how well those parts come together.

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Mark your calendars for a special 90-minute Technology Spotlight I3T Seminar on Monday, June 22nd at 11:30am in room CHS 23-105. Lunch will be provided. For more information email I3T@mednet.ucla.edu or visit: https://medschool.ucla.edu/immunology

UCLA scientists led by Dr. Arjun Deb have found that a drug the team previously developed to help heart tissue repair itself after a heart attack could also help kidney tissue repair and regenerate. ➡️ tinyurl.com/36f7cd3f Image concept and design by Arjun Deb; artwork by Mumu studio.

Mesenchymal stem cells can be found in bone marrow, fat, umbilical cord tissue — and, emerging research suggests, menstrual fluid. These adult stem cells are studied for their ability to support tissue maintenance & repair. Explore our glossary: https://stemcell.ucla.edu/glossary

We're hiring a Science Communications Assistant! 🔬 If you're a UCLA undergrad who loves scientific storytelling and social media, this one's for you: stemcell.ucla.edu/careers

The 2026 Geroscience Los Angeles Meeting (GLAM) is coming September 4! Trainees in aging research — register now and submit an abstract to present your work to the geroscience community! 👇 gero.usc.edu/laara/event/...

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From the stem cell lab to the runway to the soccer field — Amadu Tadesse does it all. Next, this UCLA graduating senior is heading to Ethiopia on a Fulbright to build the country's first national pediatric cancer registry. 🔗 bit.ly/4vHJtmI #UCLA2026 #ResearchPowersProgress

From the lab to the runway to a Fulbright: UCLA senior is just getting started

In any given week, Amadu Tadesse might be pipetting samples in a Westwood stem cell research lab, walking the runway in a fashion show, or scoring goals on the intramural soccer field. This June, thou...

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📢 We're looking for a motivated UCLA undergraduate student to join our team as a Science Communications Assistant! Apply now if you have a passion for storytelling, science and social media: stemcell.ucla.edu/careers

Creatine, the organic acid that's popularly taken as a supplement by athletes and bodybuilders, may supercharge immune cells that are key to fighting cancer, according to new UCLA research. 🔗 bit.ly/4e5hIxg 📷: Artistic rendering of a human dendritic cell. | Credit: Don Bliss & Sriram Subramaniam

Got to play around with Holotomographic imaging of muscle cells yesterday via the @uclastemcell.bsky.social imaging core and the results are pretty spectacular 🤩 You can see everything from mitochrondria to lamellipodia to macropinocytosis…with no labels!

By day, Dr. Anthony Aldave advances gene therapy for inherited corneal disorders. After hours, he’s spinning EDM. Learn about the UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute surgeon-scientist’s path to ophthalmology, global training work and mission to restore sight: https://ow.ly/PTua50YVHig

Member Spotlight: Corneal surgeon, gene therapy pioneer, DJ — meet Anthony Aldave

When Dr. Anthony Aldave is in the operating room, the music shifts with the clock. In the mornings, he likes to keep it mellow — ambient, piano-tinged house music drifting through the speakers while he works. By afternoon, as the surgeries stack up, the tempo climbs. Drum and bass. Big room. If the patient is awake, he dials it back a little.

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Congratulations to Dr. Aparna Bhaduri for receiving the 2026 Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Prize, a national award recognizing innovative early-career scientists pursuing bold approaches to cancer research! 🎉 🔗 bit.ly/4tkEE0Q #ResearchPowersProgress

Aparna Bhaduri awarded Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Prize for advancing glioblastoma research

Dr. Aparna Bhaduri, assistant professor of medicine and biological chemistry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has been named a recipient of the 2026 Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Prize, a...

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Meet Dr. Anthony Aldave, a corneal surgeon & #GeneTherapy pioneer working to restore sight for people with inherited corneal disorders. Learn about his path to ophthalmology, global surgical training work and after-hours life as a DJ: https://ow.ly/PTua50YVHig #UCLAStemCell #VisionScience

For the first time, UCLA scientists @ltulab.bsky.social have mapped how #DownSyndrome reshapes the human brain before birth — uncovering surprising shifts in neuron development that may explain differences in brain size and cognition. Read more ➡️https://bit.ly/4ebcP7z #BrainDevelopment

A clinical trial for sickle cell disease that UCLA's Dr. Donald B. Kohn led over nearly a decade yields hard-won insights — and a roadmap for better clinical trial design for blood diseases. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4vHEX8y #ResearchPowersProgress #SickleCellDisease #GeneTherapy

What a decade of gene therapy research for sickle cell disease taught UCLA scientists

When Dr. Donald Kohn began performing bone marrow transplants in 1987, he saw firsthand the promise and limitations of available treatments for life-threatening blood disorders. That experience plante...

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