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UCLA and Amazon join forces to create Science Hub for Humanity and Artificial Intelligence
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At a kickoff event on the anniversary of the birth of the internet, speakers included Pietro Perona and Prem Natarajan of Amazon, and Leonard Kleinrock, Jayathi Murthy, Andrea Ghez, Jens Palsberg and Stefano Soatto of UCLA.
Christine Wei-li Lee | October 29, 2021
Amazon and UCLA have collaborated to establish the Science Hub for Humanity and Artificial Intelligence, marking the technology company’s first such alliance with a public university.
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UCLA ranked No. 1 public university by U.S. News & World Report for fourth straight year
UCLA once again sits atop the list of the nation’s public universities in U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Colleges,” which was published today.
This is the fourth consecutive year UCLA has captured this honor.
Read More here: https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-no-1-us-public-university-us-news-world-report-2021
ImmPACT Bio and Kalthera Complete Merger
ImmPACT Bio USA, Inc., a company developing novel cell therapies for treating cancer, announced its merger with Kalthera, Inc., a biotechnology company. Kalthera was founded by Yvonne Chen, Ph.D., Antoni Ribas, M.D., Ph.D., Cristina Puig Saus, Ph.D., and Jim Johnston, Ph.D., and emerged from UCLA. Click here to read more.
Kite, a Gilead Company and Appia Bio Announce Collaboration
Gilead Sciences Inc. said its Kite unit signed a collaboration and license agreement with biotechnology startup Appia Bio Inc. to research and develop allogeneic cell therapies for cancer. The technology is based on the work of UCLA Researcher and Professor, Lili Yang PhD. Click here to read more.
UCLA TDG Innovation Magazine July 2021
Read about our recent successes in the UCLA TDG Innovation Magazine July 2021
UCLA Professor Spotlights for LABEST 2021
LABEST PROFESSOR SPOTLIGHTS
Professor Spotlight Webinar Series is one of a kind initiative by UCLA TDG for UCLA’s scientific community to share their research, vision and major programs how they are working towards addressing critical unmet needs whilst, fostering a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation amongst the faculty members and the Los Angeles bioscience ecosystem.