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.
Hear first-hand from UCLA’s leading inventors as they discuss their research and look to build successful collaborations and invite investment opportunities to advance their research as one step forward in bridging the gap between scientific discovery and commercialization.
So, get ready, grab your favorite drink and engage with our first "Professor Spotlight Webinar Series”
If you are interested in any of the research from the Professor Spotlights, contact Pooja Bhayani, Business Development Associate, UCLA TDG Life Sciences, Biopharmaceuticals Pooja.bhayani@tdg.ucla.edu or fill out the form in the button below;
Dr. Andre Nel M.D, Ph.D
Division Chief, NanoMedicine
Professor, Department of Medicine,
Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Public Health,
Director, UC Center for Environmental Impact of Nanotechnology
Dr. Paul Boutros Ph.D
Professor, Department of Human Genetics and urology
Director, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Cancer Data Science program
Associate Director, Cancer Informatics, UCLA Institute for Precision Health
Research Focus: Systems Biology and machine learning approaches
Precision Medicine
Oncology: Prostrate Cancer, Thyroid Cancer
Dr. Matthew Rettig M.D
Professor-in-Residence, Department of Medicine
Professor-in-Residence, Department of Urology
Research Focus: Immuno-oncology Approaches
Oncology: Prostrate Cancer, Renal Cell Carcinoma
Dr. Arjun Deb, Ph.D
Professor, Department of Cardiology
Profesor, Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Director, UCLA Cardiovascular Medicine Research Theme
Research Focus: Cardiac Repair & Regeneration: Identifying Therapeutic Approaches to Ectopic Calcification: Scar Biology and Extracellular Matrix; Plasticity and Crosstalk Between Cells Regulating Tissue Repair;Disease modeling in a dish using human pluripotent stem cells for treating rare genetic diseases.
Dr. Carla Koehler, Ph.D
Understanding the mechanism of protein import into mitochondria
determining the process by which defects in mitochondrial protein translocation lead to disease.
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Professor, Department of Molecular Biology
Dr. Manish Butte, M.D, Ph.D
E. Richard Stiehm Endowed Chair, Associate Professor, and Division Chief, Department of Pediatrics
Division Chief, Department of Immunology, Allergy, and Rheumatology
Research Focus: Mechanobiology & Immunology (regulation of the immune system in autoimmunity, cancer, and infection)
Rare immune diseases
Cellular Immunology
Dr. Paul Krogstad, M.D
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases,
Professor, Department of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
Research Focus: HIV therapy and immunopathogenesis
Enterovirus disease and its treatment
Genetic basis for disseminated coccidioidomycosis
Dr. Varghese John, Ph.D
Professor In-Residence, Department of Neurology
Research Focus: Discovery and development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases, primarily Alzheimer's disease (AD), using a systems approach
Dr. Gay Crooks M.D
Co-Director, UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center
Professor and Rebecca Smith Endowed Chair, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Research Focus: Stem cell and regenerative medicine, Immunology, Transplantation biology
Dr. Amander Clark - Ph.D
Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Research Focus: Regenerative Medicine, Transplantational Research, Stem cell biology, the cellular and molecular origins of the human germline; differentiating germline cells from pluripotent stem cells; Developing primate transplant models for in vitro differentiated primate germline
Dr. Rachelle Crosbie, Ph.D
Professor, Integrative Biology and Physiology, Neurology, Brain Research Institute
Education Liaison, Center for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Research Focus: Determining the pathogenetic mechanisms of muscular dystrophy (DMD); Regulating Myofiber Connection to the Extracellular Matrix in Health and Disease
Dr. Melissa Spencer,
Professor-in-Residence and Neuromuscular Program Director, Neurology
Co-Director, Center for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Research Focus: Biological causes of genetically inherited muscular dystrophies in order to identify novel treatments and improve quality of life for patients.