Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Life Science Excellence Awards!

Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Life Science Excellence Awards!

2018-2019 Life Science Excellence Awards Winners:

Excellence in Research, Full Professor – David Glanzman

Excellence in Research, Assistant Professor – Elaine Hsiao

Excellence in Educational Innovation (Tenured Faculty) – Stephanie White

Professor Peter Narins Featured in UCLA Newsroom: 2019 Association for Research in Otolaryngology Award of Merit

Professor Peter Narins Featured in UCLA Newsroom: 2019 Association for Research in Otolaryngology Award of Merit

Professor James Tidball Featured in the Washington Post

Professor James Tidball Featured in the Washington Post

Professor Amy Rowat Awarded Good Food Institute Grant: Featured in Forbes

Professor Amy Rowat Awarded Good Food Institute Grant: Featured in Forbes

Professor Arthur Arnold featured in the New York Times

Professor Arthur Arnold featured in the New York Times

Professor Grace Xiao featured in UCLA Newsroom

Professor Grace Xiao featured in UCLA Newsroom

Link: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-led-team-uncovers-critical-new-clues-about-what-goes-awry-in-brains-of-people-with-autism

Assistant Professor Elaine Hsiao featured in the New York Times

Assistant Professor Elaine Hsiao featured in the New York Times

Professor Stephanie Correa featured in UCLA Magazine

Professor Stephanie Correa featured in UCLA Magazine

Professor Gina Poe Receives Grant from Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation for International Colloquium

Professor Gina Poe Receives Grant from Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation for International Colloquium

Congratulations to Professor Gina Poe for receiving a grant from the Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation to organize and direct an international colloquium at the Chateau de la Bretesche in Missillac, France on July 14-17, 2019. Participants will join from 11 different US, European, and Japanese institutions for a summit meeting on the function of the locus coeruleus – a tiny but mighty brainstem structure enjoying exponentially increased interest among neuroscientists.

Assistant Professor Elaine Hsiao chosen for .5 million Ben Barres Early Career Acceleration Award: Featured in UCLA Newsroom

Assistant Professor Elaine Hsiao chosen for $2.5 million Ben Barres Early Career Acceleration Award: Featured in UCLA Newsroom

Elaine Hsiao has been chosen for the $2.5 million Ben Barres Early Career Acceleration Award, launching the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Neurodegeneration Challenge Network.

Link: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/dept/faculty/biologist-chosen-for-2-5-million-ben-barres-early-career-award