Category Archives: Press
UCLA researchers eliminate major roadblock in regenerative medicine (1/25/2011)
UCLA researchers, including MSL members Dr. Hideaki Tsutsui and Prof. Chih-Ming Ho, developed a new chemically defined culture system for human embryonic stem (hES) cells. They successfully applied the Feedback System Control scheme to identify an optimal combination of small … Continue reading
Peter Lillehoj and Chih-Ming Ho receive a grant for Grand Challenges in Global Health from the Gates Foundation (12/16/2010)
Peter Lillehoj and Chih-Ming Ho have been awarded a $100,000 Grand Challenges Grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for innovative global health research to develop a SIM-card based biosensor. The goal of the foundation’s Grand Challenges Explorations initiative … Continue reading
UCLA researchers have identified world’s smallest coffee ring (5/10/2010)
Tak-Sing Wong, Xiaoying Shen and Chih-Ming Ho have found the definitive microscopic minimal threshold of coffee-ring formation, which can be used to set standards for biosensor devices for multiple disease detection, as well as other uses. UCLA Newsroom UCLA Engineering … Continue reading
UCLA Team Develops Sensor for Detecting Protein Biomarkers in Saliva (8/6/2008)
Winny Tan, Leyla Sabet and Chih-Ming Ho have developed an optical sensor that can measure proteins in saliva that are linked to oral cancer. The device is highly sensitive, allowing doctors and dentists to detect the disease early, when patient … Continue reading
Pak Wong, Chih-Ming Ho and UCLA researchers develop a feedback control scheme to rapidly discover optimal drug cocktails (3/17/2008)
UCLA researchers have developed a feedback control scheme that can search for the most effective drug combinations to treat a variety of conditions, including cancers and infections. The discovery could play a significant role in facilitating new clinical drug-cocktail trials. … Continue reading
Tza-Huei Wang develops an optical sensor that can detect very small concentrations of molecules, such as DNA, using single-molecule fluorescence (4/28/2005)
Tza-Huei Wang and Chih-Ming Ho have developed a microfluidic device for channeling molecules into a narrow passage, where they can be detected one by one by fluorescent labeling. Nature Nanozone news
Chih-Ming Ho serves as the director of the Institute for Cell Mimetic Space Exploration Center (CMISE) (2/11/2003)
UCLA and NASA have partnered to combine the highest advances in biology and engineering at the Institute for Cell Mimetic Space Exploration (CMISE), directed by Chih-Ming Ho. UCLA Today: Feb. 25, 2003 UCLA Today: Feb 11, 2003 Nature news Daily … Continue reading
UCLA researchers are developing a microfluidic chip for detecting oral cancer (11/5/2002)
Professors Chih-Ming Ho and David Wong (UCLA Dental School) are working together to develop a silicon chip for detecting oral cancer. Daily Bruin: Nov. 5, 2002
UCLA researchers receive a grant from NASA for cell, space studies (6/2/2002)
Researchers from various departments at UCLA received a NASA grant of 3 million per year for up to 10 years to start the new Institute for Cell Mimetic Space Exploration (CIMSE) Daily Bruin: July 22, 2002 UCLA Engineering: page 1 … Continue reading
Professor Ho’s laboratory develops MEMS microjets for IC cooling (6/3/1999)
Chih-Ming Ho’s research on MEMS microjets is featured in Machine Design. Machine Design: June 3, 1999