The scientists are working on a way to stop heart disease in patients with this severe muscular dystrophy, which affects one in 5,000 male babies in the U.S.
This year’s campaign focuses on sharing the road with others cars, bicyclists, pedestrians and scooter riders while driving on campus and in the surrounding area.
The bestselling author and actress in “The Big Bang Theory” will speak at both ceremonies, scheduled for 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on June 15 in Pauley Pavilion.
UCLA contingent participated in the annual UC Graduate Research Advocacy Day, which is designed to advocate for government support for higher education.
The research, which enabled viewing of an enormous blue star nicknamed Icarus, increases understanding of the fundamental composition of the universe, said UCLA’s Tommaso Treu, co-author of the study.
André Nel, associate director of the California NanoSystems Institute,was recently bestowed an honorary doctorate, by his alma mater, Stellenbosch University.