UCLA Biological Chemistry

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BC Holiday Party 2022

BC Halloween Contest 2022

Annual Welcome Reception 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Weizhe Hong and his team for their latest discovery on the neural basis of parenting. They used optogenetics, in vivo imaging, and single cell transcriptomics and identified a s*x-specific role of the medial amygdala in regulating parenting behavior. The paper was published in Cell

Sexually Dimorphic Control of Parenting Behavior by the Medial Amygdala Sexually dimorphic displays of parenting and infanticide are differentially controlled by GABAergic neurons in the medial amygdala in an activity level-dependent manner. Single-cell transcriptomic analysis reveals cell type-specific molecular s*x differences in GABAergic neurons, highlighting a conn...

Our first group of faculty candidates will be visiting next Tue Feb 5. We are excited to host them and learn about their discoveries. The talks are open to all. Please join us.

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/dept/faculty/three-ucla-professors-elected-to-the-american-society-for-clinical-investigation

Three professors elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation Dr. Reza Ardehali, Dr. Siavash Kurdistani and Dr. Maureen Su have joined one of the oldest and most esteemed nonprofit honor societies of physician-scientists.

Warmest congratulations to Dr. Larry Zipursky for receiving the 19th Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize along with Dr. Sanes of Harvard for the “discovery of cell-surface proteins that control circuit assembly in the visual system.” This prestigious prize recognizes fundamental discoveries in neuroscience with six of its previous winners having gone on to win the Nobel Prize.

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The Biological Chemistry Department came together to enjoy our annual holiday party.

Congratulations to Dr. Michael Carey and colleagues for their new study published in Molecular Cell. The study shows how the genome is organized to insulate genes and their regulatory regions, and informs on how changes to DNA sequence outside of genes can be associated with cancer and a variety of other diseases.
https://stemcell.ucla.edu/news/study-identifies-location-dna-gives-clues-hidden-cancer-mutations

Study identifies location of DNA that gives clues to hidden cancer mutations | UCLA Broad Stem Cell Center