Research & Labs

$500,000 gift from the Charles Huang Foundation will support research focused on infection, immunity, cancer and metabolism

Advance in Immune Cell Screening Uncovers Receptors that Target Prostate Cancer

Dr. Witte's lab, along with a team of researchers at UCLA, discovered three previously unidentified T-cell receptors that naturally target prostate cancer.

Dr. April Pyle's involvement in Stem Cell Research paves the way towards Regeneration Skeletal Muscle

UCLA researchers have made headway using muscle stem cells to regrow damaged muscle in mice.

Dr. Elaine Hsiao To Head Newly-Established Goodman-Luskin Microbiome Center

Andrea and Donald Goodman and Renee and Meyer Luskin have made a $20 million gift to establish the UCLA Goodman–Luskin Microbiome Center.

Dr. Jing Wen and UCLA Researchers develop a new treatment to help the Immune System fight and kill Solid Tumors

Tiny capsule increases the number and activity of immune cells that attack solid tumors.

Dr. Lena Pernas gives TEDx Talk

Dr. Pernas poses a new framework to view metabolism during infection.

Dr. Lili Yang and UCLA Researchers Develop Novel Technology that positions ‘off-the-shelf’ Cancer Immunotherapy for the Clinic

We’re extremely excited that this technology has a potential broad application to target a range of blood cancers, solid tumors and other conditions.

Dr. Lili Yang’s Cell Therapy Work to Improve Bone Marrow Transplantation

The findings identify a potential strategy to make bone marrow transplants safer without disrupting their ability to fight cancer.

Dr. Marcus Horwitz and UCLA Researches Test New Vaccine Against a Highly Fatal Topical Disease

New vaccine against a highly fatal tropical disease – and potential bioterror weapon – demonstrates efficacy in animal studies.

Dr. Maureen Su’s Interdisciplinary Research with IRAEs

This study sheds light on the cause of an emerging group of endocrine autoimmune diseases that occur in patients treated with checkpoint immunotherapy.

Dr. Mehdi Bouhaddou featured in Mount Sinai Press

Dr. Mehdi Bouhaddou is involved in collaborative research between UCSF QBI, University College London, and Mount Sinai.

Dr. Yvonne Chen’s Work with ImmPACT Bio Approved by FDA

Pioneering work of Yvonne Chen, Ph.D., associate professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Drs. Gunsalus and Zhou solve the structure of the Methanospirillum Hungatei Sheath

Collaboration across MIMG labs resulted in solving the structure of the Methanospirillum hungatei sheath using a combination of prediction methods.

Drs. Su and O'Sullivan’s lab identifies UTX as the key driver of sex differences in NK cell Antiviral Activity

The X-linked epigenetic regulator UTX controls NK cell-intrinsic sex differences.

Glutamine Sensing licenses Cholesterol Synthesis

This study demonstrates that glutamine is directly sensed by and required for activation of the mevalonate pathway.