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Professor Eric Deeds Featured in the UCLA Newsroom

In the inaugural episode of “Science Interrupted,” a special series from the UCLA College’s “Tell Us What You Know” podcast, Eric Deeds, a professor of integrative biology and physiology, explains how his lab uses computational and mathematical tools to answer a fundamental question critical to tackling cancer, developmental disorders and other diseases: How do cells know what to become?

Professor Gina Poe is co-featured in the UCLA Newsroom

*Photo Credit Alexandra Foley

Professor Gina Poe is co-featured in the UCLA Newsroom for her participation in the inaugural installment of “Breaking Barriers: Conversations on Leading Change in Science, Advocacy and Storytelling”

UCLA in the News, “Science Fair for Suspended Research”

The Los Angeles Times featured UCLA’s “Science Fair for Suspended Research,” where faculty, postdocs, and graduate students brought their work into public spaces to protest the suspension of more than $500 million in federal research grants. With hand-made posters, lab props, and even a preserved human brain on display, researchers highlighted the critical studies in cancer, stroke recovery, addiction, and neuroscience now at risk under the funding freeze.
Read the full article attached: Yes, that’s a human brain on a cafeteria tray. UCLA fair shows off science cuts under Trump(Los Angeles Times, Sept. 12, 2025).