UCLA Samueli to lead $4 million cell research project funded by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Key takeawaysThe grant will fund a three-year collaboration among researchers at UCLA, USC and Caltech to advance cell and tissue engineering technologies.The project, led by UCLA ’s Dino Di Carlo, will engineer, manipulate and analyze cell-to-cell interactions that underlie complex multicellular systems in the body.Di Carlo said he aims for the collaboration to develop into a long-term partnership across institutions to advance biotechnology in Los Angeles.The Chan Zuckerberg Initiativetoday announced a $4 million grant to support research led by the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering that will examine cellular behaviors, many of which play a key role in developing immunity to pathogens and disease.Researchers from the University of Southern California and the California Institute of Technology will collaborate with UCLA Samueli on the three-year project.The project is part of the initiative ’s four multi-year Exploratory Cell Networkgrants that will bring together regional labs in California (Los Angeles and San Diego), the mid-Atlantic and North Carolina to explore the frontiers of genomics, cell biology and synthetic biology by developing new technologies for measurement and analysis.“We are excited for the continued support of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative that will help us develop transformative solutions to real-world challenges,” saidAh-Hyung “Alissa” Park, the Ronald and Valerie Sugar Dean of UCLA Samueli. “Biotechnology is one of the critical fronti...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news