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Microbial de Novo Biosynthesis of Rare Cannabinoids (UCLA Case No. 2025-200)

UCLA researchers in the department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering have developed a microbial de novo biosynthesis platform that enables scalable production of rare cannabinoids with enhanced receptor affinity from simple sugar feedstocks. BACKGROUND: Cannabinoids are bioactive natural products that interact with the human endocannabinoid...

Published: 7/15/2026 | Inventor(s): ikechukwu okorafor, Yi Tang

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Category(s): Therapeutics > Cardiovascular, Therapeutics > CNS and Neurology, Materials > Fabrication Technologies, Chemical > Synthesis, Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing

Carbon-Negative Desalination With High-Value Materials Recovery (Case No. 2024-008)

Summary: Researchers led by Dr. Eric Hoek have developed a carbon-negative method to desalinate brine and seawater and extract valuable materials from the source solution. Background: Increased global temperatures and extreme droughts are driving water shortages throughout the world. To address this, water recycling and desalination efforts have...

Published: 7/15/2026 | Inventor(s): Eric Hoek, Sungtaek Ju, Yoram Cohen, David Jassby

Keywords(s): brine, brine concentrate, carbon negative, carbon neutral, carbon sequestration, Desalination Wastewater, Energy & Water, freshwater generation, global carbon utilization, Half-Reaction Electrolysis Of Water Oxygen Evolution, Membrane bioreactor, membrane fouling, membrane scaling, Membranes, mineral harvesting, nanofiltration, renewable fuel, reverse osmosis (RO), Seawater, treatment efficacy, Wastewater treatment, Water Injection (Oil Production), Water Purification, Nanofiltration, Ultrafiltration, water recovery, Water treatment

Category(s): Chemical, Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing, Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Energy Generation, Energy & Environment > Water Monitoring & Treatment, Energy & Environment > Carbon Capture, Energy & Environment > Energy Efficiency, Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology, Materials > Water Treatment, Materials > Membranes

Methods for Determining Drug-Target Structures by Combining Mass Spectrometry and Electron Diffraction (UCLA Case No. 2025-229)

UCLA researchers in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry have developed a novel approach to study protein-ligand interactions by integrating native mass spectrometry with electron diffraction. BACKGROUND: The accurate characterization of small molecule-protein interactions is crucial for biomedical research. High-throughput structural methods,...

Published: 7/15/2026 | Inventor(s): Jose Rodriguez

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Category(s): Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Mass Spectrometry, Chemical > Synthesis, Chemical > Chemical Sensors, Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing, Chemical > Instrumentation & Analysis, Diagnostic Markers > Targets And Assays, Electrical > Sensors, Electrical > Instrumentation, Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods, Life Science Research Tools > Microscopy And Imaging, Life Science Research Tools > Screening Libraries, Life Science Research Tools > Lab Equipment, Mechanical > Sensors, Mechanical > Instrumentation, Optics & Photonics > Microscopy, Optics & Photonics > Spectroscopy

Use of the Thorium-229 Nuclear Transition in a Nonlinear Optical Crystal or Fiber (Case No. 2024-241 and 2025-172)

Summary: Researchers in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UCLA have developed a novel technique to harness thorium-229 using nonlinear optical crystals and fibers to generate necessary wavelengths in a vacuum-free and defect-resistant system. Background: Isomeric nuclear transition is a phenomenon that occurs when atoms transition from...

Published: 7/15/2026 | Inventor(s): Eric Hudson

Keywords(s): Doping (Semiconductor), Electromagnetism, nuclear energy, nuclear fusion, Particle Physics, Quantum Computer, quantum network, thermonuclear fusion, Wavelength

Category(s): Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing, Electrical > Quantum Computing, Materials > Functional Materials, Optics & Photonics > Fiber Optics

Biosynthesis of Diacids (Case No. 2023-238)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering have developed a novel method for the biosynthesis of a native terpenoid from cellulose with high yield and selectivity. Background: With a growing need to identify sustainable chemical production methods for replacing conventional petrochemical synthesis, bioengineered...

Published: 7/15/2026 | Inventor(s): Jun Park, Glenn Nurwono

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Category(s): Chemical, Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing

HFSIO as Gate Insulator for N-Polar Gan HEMTs (Case No. 2024-268)

Summary: Researchers in the UCLA Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed a new, high-performance transistor for high-frequency and high-power systems. Background: Gallium nitride (GaN) high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) are critical for high-frequency and high-power electrical applications due to their superior material...

Published: 7/15/2026 | Inventor(s): Elaheh Ahmadi, Oguz Odabasi, Xin Zhai

Keywords(s): atomic layer deposition, dielectric gates, field-effect transistors (FETs), gallium nitride, GaN, G-polar GAN, hafnium silicon oxide, HfSiO, high dielectric constant materials, high electron mobility transistors, high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs), high frequency electronics, high power electronics, N-polar GAN, organic field effect transistors, quality control manufacturing, scalable manufacturing, solid-state thermal transistor, strength-thermal stability, thermal stability, thermal transistor, Thin-Film Transistor, Transistor, transistors

Category(s): Chemical, Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing, Electrical, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Materials, Materials > Semiconducting Materials, Materials > Metals

2019-954 Ultrastable Nanoemulsions in Disordered and Ordered States

SUMMARYResearchers in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA have developed a method for the production of crystalline, iridescent emulsions stable to repeated dilutions.BACKGROUNDMany existing nanoemulsion formulations suffer from instability, especially with regards to dilution. To prevent the nano-droplets from coalescing, more and...

Published: 7/15/2026 | Inventor(s):

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Category(s): Chemical > Synthesis, Platforms > Drug Delivery, Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing

Nanoemulsion Technologies

Mason Group Website: http://www.chem.ucla.edu/dept/Faculty/Mason/BACKGROUNDNanoemulsions are oil-in-water (or vice versa) suspensions of nanoscale droplets that range in size from 15 to 100 nm and have a variety of applications including drug delivery, agriculture, personal care and food products. Nanoemulsions have many advantages over traditional...

Published: 7/15/2026 | Inventor(s): Thomas Mason

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Category(s): Chemical > Instrumentation & Analysis, Chemical, Chemical > Emulsions, Chemical > Synthesis, Life Science Research Tools > Microfluidics And Mems, Platforms > Diagnostic Platform Technologies, Platforms > Drug Delivery, Platforms > Drug Delivery > Nanoparticles, Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing, Materials > Nanotechnology

Monodisperse Emulsions Templated by 3D-Structured Microparticles

dana,Geneva,sans-serif">UCLA Case No. 2019-471 SUMMARY UCLA Researchers in the Departments of Bioengineering and Mathematics have developed a method to generate uniform, thermodynamically stabilized microdroplets with digitizable solid structures. BACKGROUND In standard emulsions, mixtures of different types of liquids result in non-uniform and...

Published: 7/15/2026 | Inventor(s): Dino Di Carlo, Chueh-Yu Wu, Andrea Bertozzi, Bao Wang, Joseph de Rutte, Kyung Ha

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Category(s): Chemical > Instrumentation & Analysis, Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing

2010-247 Digital Microfluidic Platform for Radiochemistry

Summary UCLA researchers have created a novel, integrated microfluidic approach to radiochemical synthesis. Radiochemicals have been successfully synthesized on droplet-based microfluidic chips operated by electro-wetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) actuation. Background Radiochemicals have important uses in medicine, preclinical research, biology, biochemistry,...

Published: 7/15/2026 | Inventor(s): Michael van Dam, CJ Kim, Gaurav Jitendra Shah, Supin Chen, Huijiang Ding

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Category(s): Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing

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