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MAY 14, 2018

The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA and scientific equipment developer Leica Microsystems said on Friday that the two have linked together with a new "center of excellence in microscopy".

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MARCH 4, 2016

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has sold the royalty rights to a prostate cancer medication based on research done at the school, for a cool $1.14 According to UCLA, it sold its royalty interest connected with prostate cancer medication Xtandi to Royalty Pharma , which includes cash payments of $1.14

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MARCH 10, 2014

It was born here in Los Angeles, at a nondescript room at the University of California, Los Angeles. ucla internet invented kleinrock university arpanet' READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 17, 2017

founding director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), to its board of directors. Santa Monica-based cancer treatment developer Kite Pharma announced on Thursday that it has named Owen N. Witte, M.D.,

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JULY 9, 2012

Engineers at the University of California, Los Angeles have created the world's fatest camera, and are using it to help detect cancer cells and detecting disease, the school said last week. Image courtesty BigStock.com. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 29, 2012

That might be Google picking up a bunch of new employees from the University of California, Los Angeles --at least, according to a new analysis from the Business Insider. UCLA ranks with Stanford, UC Berkeley, MIT, and Carnegie Mellon as the top source of Google employees, according to the report.

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APRIL 18, 2011

Los Angeles-based ImaginAb , a biotechnology firm spun out by UCLA faculty members, announced this morning that it has concluded a technology licensing agreement with the school. ImaginAb said the technology was developed at UCLA's Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging. Financial details of the license were not disclosed.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 -- Biocom Welcome Reception and Fireside Chat with Dr. Ric Kaner of UCLA. Fireside Chat with Ric Kaner, UCLA Kaner Lab AND Welcome Reception for Biocom Los Angeles! See https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sam-and-biocom-present-fireside-chat-with-dr-ric-kaner-of-uclas-kaner-lab-tickets-27555165241.

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Tech.Co

JULY 21, 2016

The UCLA Conference to Advance Women in Technology will take place on Friday, August 12, 2016 from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm (w/Networking Reception 3:00 – 5:00 pm) at the UCLA Pauley Pavilion Club. To submit questions for the panelists, please visit this page. Registration. Registration for this event is invitation-only.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Wednesday, September 28, 2016 -- Biocom Welcome Reception and Fireside Chat with Dr. Ric Kaner of UCLA. Fireside Chat with Ric Kaner, UCLA Kaner Lab AND Welcome Reception for Biocom Los Angeles! See https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sam-and-biocom-present-fireside-chat-with-dr-ric-kaner-of-uclas-kaner-lab-tickets-27555165241.

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JUNE 12, 2024

Is it because of the rich engineering talent coming out of Caltech, UCLA, USC, Harvey Mudd, and all the other universities? And if you spend much time in LA, you’ll quickly realize that we’re in a groundswell of space and defense startups.

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JULY 17, 2015

In the latest, high profile cyber hacking incident, Los Angeles-based UCLA Health , the healthcare and hospital system connect with UCLA, reported on Friday morning that it is the victim of a crimical cyber attack, which has exposed the records of as many as 4.5 million patients.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Los Angeles-based Clicker Media , the online video guide service funded by Benchmark Capital and Redpoint Ventures, said that it has linked with the University of California, Los Angeles, with a branded version of the service specifically for UCLA students. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 13, 2015

A new, Los Angeles-based startup, spun out of UCLA, is in the midst of looking to commercialize a technique developed by researchers at the school to create easily printable supercapacitors--circuits which, in the future, could further shrink the size of mobile electronics.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) said today that it has awarded $6M in grants to the University of California, Los Angeles, focused on energy conservation technologies in microelectronics and nanotechnology. Tags: ucla nist national institute grant energy conservation.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

Thursday, October 19, 2017 -- Cybersecure Los Angeles 2017. SecureTheVillage joins UCLA Extension for its first cybersecurity conference: CYBERSECURE LOS ANGELES 2017.

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JANUARY 24, 2013

The firm--co-founded and headed by UCLA Visiting Scholar Jon Friedman--has created an online site which lets hardware designers tap into the data sheets, symbols, components, and footprints of electronic components, for free, either by downloading or by connecting a Dropbox account.

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JANUARY 31, 2011

AutoESL Design Technologies , a developer of software tools used for high level synthesis of electronic circuit designs, and a spinout of UCLA, was acquired this morning by Xilinx. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

San Diego-based Prometheus Laboratories , a developer of specialty pharmaceuticals, and the Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles campus, said Thursday night that they are in a exclusive research agreement. Financial details of the research deal were not disclosed.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Thursday, October 26, 2017 -- Founder Stories: David Knight, Angel City Data. The City of Burbank, in partnership with TechFire is featuring a Burbank tech success story, Angel City Data's Founder and President, David Knight. Harvard, Caltech, UCLA, USC, the BBC, and NASA. Harvard, Caltech, UCLA, USC, the BBC, and NASA.

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

Los Angeles-based biotechnology company Appia Bio said this morning that it has named Robert S. associate professor of microbiology, immunology, and molecular genetics, UCLA. associate professor of microbiology, immunology, and molecular genetics, UCLA. Negrin, M.D., to its Scientific Advisory Board.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

A number of Southern California angel investors, including Jody Mulkey , the CIO of Shopzilla, have backed Scripted.com , a new online marketplace for freelance writers. Scripted.com also operates Scripped.com, an online marketplace for script writers, and was founded by UCLA and USC graduates in Los Angeles, and later moved to San Francisco.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2021

A new startup accelerator, SCALE Aerospace Ventures, launched in Los Angeles on Tuesday, backed by UCLA and Starburst, the company that had backed the Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator. Starburst said it was awarded a 2020 Venture Challenge grant of $1.4 The first class of the accelerator runs from May 10th through August 6th.

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AUGUST 12, 2010

Gevo--which is now based in Englewood, Colorado--was started in Pasadena, and has licensed technology from both the University of California, Los Angeles, and Caltech. Gevo is using both technology from UCLA to produce next-generation biofuels through genetically modified Escherichia coli (E.

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OCTOBER 1, 2012

Peer-to-peer car sharing service Wheelz has expanded into the Los Angeles, saying that it has added four college campuses in Los Angeles to its list of local schools where it lets students share their cars with others. Wheelz lets people offer up their cars for rent, via a special in-car box and integrated smartphone apps.

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JULY 11, 2018

University of California–Los Angeles has received a $9.75 million grant from the United States Department of Energy of to advance research in rechargeable batteries.

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MAY 13, 2016

CENIC (Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California) runs the California Research and Education Network (CalREN) , which connects such institutions as Caltech, UCLA, USC, Cal State LA, and the Los Angeles Community Colleges, as well as K-20 students and educators.

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MARCH 23, 2017

Los Angeles-based Water Planet , which develops water treatment membrane technology originally developed at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), revealed today that its seed investor is none other than actor Kevin Costner. Water Planet's CEO and founder is Erik Hoek, who was a Professor of Engineering at UCLA.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2011

It looks like Los Angeles is set to get access to peer-to-peer car sharing service Zipcar , as it plans to open an office in Hollywood tomorrow. City Council President Eric Garcetti, to mark its entry into Los Angeles, the 16th market covered by the company. Zipcar has been inviting the press to an event tomorrow with L.A.

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

What's the best way to encourage development of the technology industry in Los Angeles? The group said it found that since 2008, 54% of UCLA's engineering graduates have chosen to relocate from the area, which the group called a "brain drain" to the region. The group also said it plans to launch a new program called the Edge.LA

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AUGUST 10, 2021

Los Angeles-based Nanotech Energy, a developer of graphene-based battery technology, says it has raised $64M in a Series D funding round. The company's technology is based on research of co-founder and UCLA professor of Chemistry and of Materials Science and Engineering, Dr. Richard Kaner. Taiwan's largest financial services company.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

Leonard Kleinrock is the Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. When my team of graduate students and I sent the first message over the internet on a warm Los Angeles evening in October, 1969, little did we suspect that we were at the start of a worldwide revolution.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Saturday, November 15, 2008 -- CAST-LA/ CEA-UCLA Entrepreneur Lecture Series. In Co-host with the Startups and Entrepreneurs Association of UCLA. John Dilts, President, Maverick Angels 2. Speakers: 1. Alex Schneider, Director, Ventura Venture Tech Center. See [link] (more).

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Private equity investor Blackstone , through its nonprofit, charity arm--the Blackstone Charitable Foundation , and the University of California system are expanding their efforts to boost entrepreneurship at schools, based off of the success of the program's efforts in Los Angeles at the University of California Los Angeles.

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JANUARY 8, 2016

Los Angeles-based Bruin Biometrics , a developer of a hand-held medical devices for detecting early-stage pressure ulcers, said this morning that it has raised $9M in a funding round. Names of the investors were not announced by the company. BBI is led by Martin Burns. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 11, 2021

Los Angeles-based Appia Bio, a biotech startup focused on developing engineered allogeneic cell therapies from hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) for cancer patients, has launched from stealth mode, saying it has raised $52M in a Series A funding round.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Mindhare LA teamed up with UCLA and are presenting “From Whence We Came…” With an amazing lineup of speakers that will guide you through life, Earth, Time, Space and across the universe. Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Space Sciences and the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UCLA.

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