*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 experts discuss the Future of Food at the inaugural installment of The Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Kaye Foundation Lecture Series
IBP MS Alum,
Sophia Anne Marie B. Villanueva,
recently had a publication, “Dissociating the Effects of Light at Night from Circadian Misalignment in a Neurodevelopmental Disorder Mouse Model Using Ultradian Light–Dark Cycles”,
published in Clocks & Sleep MDPI.
The annual award honors a mid-career faculty member with a distinguished record of teaching, research and service
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).
Assistant Professor Val Tornini (UCLA Integrative Biology & Physiology; Institute for Society and Genetics) is featured in the Los Angeles Times discussing her pioneering study on how the combined effects of urban heat and noise exposure impact brain health and behavior. Partnering with South L.A. community groups, Tornini’s team is bringing together neuroscience and lived experience to understand how environmental stressors affect Angelenos’ daily lives
Read the full article, “How exposure to noise and heat affects your brain” (Los Angeles Times, Sept. 9, 2025).
As you are all aware, UCLA has been thrust into the midst of a national political battle over federal research funding, with significant implications for our campus and trainees. In The Chronicle of Higher Education, Chair Crosbie is quoted on the profound effects of the funding freeze, noting how it disrupts graduate and postdoctoral training in neuromuscular research. The piece underscores both the personal and institutional challenges facing our community.
Read the full article: “Caught in a Political Fight, UCLA Professors Grapple With Uncertainties Large and Small”.
Professor Grace Xiao’s recent publication “Genetic variants affecting RNA stability influence complex traits and disease risk”, is featured in the UCLA Newsroom, “How fast mRNA degrades linked to autoimmune disease risk”.
*photo credit Warren Umoh, Unsplash
Professor Stephanie Leal Featured in the UCLA Newsroom, “Listen to the music: How – and when – emotional responses to music influence memory”
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Claudio Villanueva as Director of the Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Home Area within UCLA’s Graduate Programs in Biosciences (GPB).
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