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Multi-Particle System for Capture and Detection of Cellular and Molecular Analytes (Case No. 2025-267)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Bioengineering have developed a novel multi-particle system that selectively confines cells and molecular reactions within cavities formed by interacting particles. Background: Screening and selecting cells with specific, beneficial traits has become a vital process in using cell-derived products...

Published: 7/29/2025 | Inventor(s): Dino Di Carlo, Alyssa Arnheim, Michael Mellody, Yuta Nakagawa, Lily Shang

Keywords(s): Assay, B Cell, barcode, Bioassay, biological assays, Biomarker, biomarkers, Biomaterial, capping particles, CAR-T cell platform, CAR-T cell therapy, cavities, cavity-containing particles, Cell and tissue culture, cell encapsulation, cell engineering, cell imaging, cell mapping, cell sorting, cell type identification, cell-based therapy, centrifugation, confinement, Diagnostic Platform Technologies (E.G. Microfluidics), Digital Microfluidics, Drug, Drug Delivery, Drug Discovery, drug screening, high throughput, high throughput assays, high throughput testing, high-throughput analysis, High-Throughput Screening, Immunoassay, Immunoassay Sense (Molecular Biology), Microfluidics, Microfluidics And Mem's, Microfluidics Nanosphere, microparticles, moieties, Nanoparticle, single cell analysis, single cell analysis and testing, Single cell data, single-cell resolution, single-cell trapping

Category(s): Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Cell Counting And Imaging, Life Science Research Tools > Lab Equipment, Life Science Research Tools > Microscopy And Imaging, Life Science Research Tools > Microfluidics And Mems, Medical Devices, Platforms

Synapticflow Universal Scientific MPC/API Gateway (Case No. 2025-265)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics have developed an advanced API gateway that leverages AI to autonomously process data requests with exceptional speed, reliability, and efficiency. Background: Application Programming Interface (API) infrastructures are universally employed to enable...

Published: 7/16/2025 | Inventor(s): Lulan Wang

Keywords(s): AI, AI algorithms, Artifical Intelligence (Machine Learning, Data Mining), Coronavirus, Data Acquisition, Data Analytics, data security, Data Structure, Drug Discovery, drug screening, high speed, Medical diagnostics, Software, Software & Algorithms, Software Development Tools

Category(s): Software & Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > AI Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Software & Algorithms > Bioinformatics, Software & Algorithms > Data Analytics

Subgraph Matching for High-Throughput DNA-Aptamer Secondary Structure Classification and Machine Learning Interpretability (Case No. 2025-104)

Intro Sentence: UCLA researchers in the Department of Mathematics have developed machine learning methods to rapidly identify novel aptamer sequences for target binding to accelerate highly-accurate diagnostic and therapeutic development. Background: Aptamers are single-stranded nucleotide polymers that bind with high affinity to targets such as...

Published: 7/22/2025 | Inventor(s): Andrea Bertozzi, Anne Andrews, Matthew Tyler, Paolo Climaco, Noelle Mitchell

Keywords(s): Advanced Computing / AI, advanced computing methods, Aptamers, Artifical Intelligence (Machine Learning, Data Mining), artificial intelligence/machine learning models, bioinformatics pipeline, cancer target, clustering, computational efficiency, computational efficiency and analysis, design software, DNA clustering, DNA oligomer, DNA Sequencing, Drug, Drug Delivery, Drug Development, Drug Discovery, drug screening, high throughput, high throughput assays, high throughput testing, high-throughput analysis, High-Throughput Screening, interpretability, pipeline, large-scale parallelization, Machine Learning, machine learning modeling, motif structures, open source, open source code, OpenAI, Pharmaceutical Drug, protein classification, secondary structure, SELEX, sequences of interest, single strand DNA sequences, Software, Software & Algorithms, Software Development Tools, Software-enabled learning, subgraph matching, target binding, target detection, Targeted Therapy, Targets And Assays, tissue targeting accuracy

Category(s): Software & Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > AI Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Software & Algorithms > Data Analytics, Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods, Life Science Research Tools > Screening Libraries, Platforms, Platforms > Drug Delivery, Diagnostic Markers > Targets And Assays, Diagnostic Markers, Software & Algorithms > Bioinformatics

Lab on a 3D Printer (Case No. 2025-094)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Bioengineering have developed a novel device capable of performing automated liquid handling to a great degree of precision on a miniaturized scale and with customizable features equipped for any laboratory task. Background: Automated liquid handling is essential in pharmaceutical and biotechnology research...

Published: 7/2/2025 | Inventor(s): Dino Di Carlo, Shun Ye, Zixin Guan, Artem Goncharov, Vivek Rajasenan, Charlotte Rose McDonough, Tristan Lovely

Keywords(s): 3D biofabrication, 3D Printing, Automation, bioimaging, biomanufacturing, Biomaterial 3D Printing, Biomonitoring, Biosensor, Biotechnology, Drug Discovery, fluid mechanics, graphical user interface, Liquid tracking, mechanical durability, Robotic liquid handling

Category(s): Life Science Research Tools, Medical Devices, Diagnostic Markers, Life Science Research Tools > Lab Equipment, Mechanical

Methods To Generate Constrained Fluorinated Macrocycles (UCLA Case No. 2023-139)

UCLA researchers from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry have developed a novel method to generate fluorinated polycycles, which may be used for downstream drug discovery and development. BACKGROUND: A significant amount of research in the field of organic chemistry centers around generating increasingly complex molecules that cyclize, forming...

Published: 7/17/2025 | Inventor(s): Patrick Harran

Keywords(s): Drug Discovery

Category(s): Chemical > Synthesis, Chemical > Catalysts

2022-223 A Bioanalytics-Enabled and Hollow Microneedle-Based Wearable Technology for Personalized Medicine

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed a minimally-invasive wearable device that continuously monitors pharmaceutical concentrations in a user to optimize the drug’s dosage. Background: The annual cost of medication-related morbidity and mortality due to non-optimized pharmacotherapy...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Sam Emaminejad, Shuyu Lin

Keywords(s): Adverse Drug Reaction, Antibody-Drug Conjugate, Antiviral Drug, Biomonitoring, Blood Glucose Monitoring, Drug, Drug Carrier, Drug Delivery, Drug Delivery Microporous Material, Drug Development, Drug Development Feature Extraction, Drug Discovery, Drug monitoring, Drug Resistance, Drug-Eluting Stent, Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Fine-Needle Aspiration, Gene Combination Drug, Immunosuppressive Drug, interstitial fluid (ISF)-based information, Investigatioal New Drug, Management Of HIV/AIDS Psychoactive Drug, medical automation technology, Medical Device, Medical Devices and Materials, medication customization, medication efficacy, Microneedle array, minimally invasive device, Monitoring (Medicine), Monitoring And Recording Systems, Multiple Drug Resistance, Mutation Drug Design, Nanosensor, Nanostructure, Nanotechnology, non-invasive drug monitoring, personalized dose assessment, Pharmaceutical Drug, Pharmaceutical Drug Ethylene Glycol, Pharmaceutical Drug Opioid Dependence, Prescription Drug, real-time sensing/monitoring/tracking, remote monitoring, sample-to-answer devices, Smart medical device, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, wearable medical device

Category(s): Mechanical, Mechanical > Sensors, Medical Devices, Medical Devices > Monitoring And Recording Systems, Platforms > Drug Delivery, Software & Algorithms > Bioinformatics, Software & Algorithms > Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Electrical > Sensors, Materials > Nanotechnology

Robot-On-A-Dish: Automating Cellular Sorting and Analysis via Robotic Motor-Driven Flow (Case No. 2023-002)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Bioengineering have built a new cell sorting system that can handle and maintain linear flow control for a broad range of mesoscale particles in fluids. Background: The global market for drug discovery technologies was valued at $65.3 billion in 2019, and it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9.6%....

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Dino Di Carlo, Reem Khojah

Keywords(s): Cell Counting/Imaging, Content Analysis, Diagnostic Markers & Platforms, Drug Discovery, Flow Cytometry, Flow Device, High-Throughput Screening, mesoscale, mesoscale particles, Robotic liquid handling

Category(s): Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods, Chemical, Chemical > Instrumentation & Analysis, Life Science Research Tools > Lab Equipment, Life Science Research Tools > Cell Counting And Imaging, Life Science Research Tools > Microfluidics And Mems

2022-222 A Wearable Aptamer Microneedle Patch for Continuous Minimally-Invasive Biomonitoring

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Bioengineering have developed a novel wearable device for real-time, minimally-invasive medication monitoring. Background: Current medication dosing is determined by taking the average therapeutic dose of a small patient sample size. However, this is often inaccurate for many individuals and the recommended...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Sam Emaminejad, Shuyu Lin, Jialun Zhu, Xuanbing Cheng

Keywords(s): Biomonitoring, Drug, Drug Delivery, Drug Development, Drug Discovery, Drug Resistance, Invasiveness Of Surgical Procedures, Microneedle array, non-invasive drug monitoring, Personalized Pharmacotherapy, Pharmaceutical Drug, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacology, Prescription Drug, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Therapeutics & Vaccines

Category(s): Life Science Research Tools, Medical Devices, Materials > Nanotechnology