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Sustainable LA Grand Challenge announces awarding of $1.2 million to research projects to help Los Angeles County thrive 

Studying water systems in Los Angeles County is key to devising policies that will get the county to 100 percent local water by 2050. (Michael/Flickr)
Studying water systems in Los Angeles County is key to devising policies that will get the county to 100 percent local water by 2050. (Michael/Flickr)

The UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge’s first competitive research grants will go to 11 projects, ranging from developing lightweight solar panels that double as batteries to studying the costs of algae-based biofuels.

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Robert Wayne receives UC Research Catalyst Award for biodiversity preservation

Mountain lions roaming through Los Angeles’ Santa Monica Mountains are among the dozens of species that UCLA's Robert Wayne studies with DNA and genomic testing, in collaboration with the National Park Service.
Mountain lions roaming through Los Angeles’ Santa Monica Mountains are among the dozens of species that UCLA’s Robert Wayne studies with DNA and genomic testing, in collaboration with the National Park Service.
National Park Service

Robert Wayne (department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) led one of the four projects that have received a Research Catalyst Award for research conducted that is relevant to the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge.

Read more at UCLA Newsroom

 

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UCLA scientists receive prestigious BRAIN Initiative grant from NIH

The microscopes will visualize individual neurons expressing calcium-triggered fluorophores, which light up when specific wavelengths of light are shined on them.
The microscopes will visualize individual neurons expressing calcium-triggered fluorophores, which light up when specific wavelengths of light are shined on them.
Daniel Aharoni/UCLA Health

Research led by Dr. Peyman Golshani, (David Geffen School of Medicine) was awarded $2.3 million from the BRAIN Initiative to study how neural circuits in brains process, encode and retrieve information.

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