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Identification of Small Molecules as Novel Adipogenic Enhancers for Edible Adipose Tissues (Case No. 2024-125)
Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology have developed a novel small molecule-based approach for enhancing lipid accumulation and adipogenesis in edible adipose tissues for cultured meat production. Background: With the global population expanding rapidly, there is an urgent demand for sustainable protein...
Published: 6/5/2026   |   Inventor(s): Amy Rowat, Robert Damoiseaux, Qingwen Xie
Keywords(s): 3D biofabrication, Agbio, Agriculture, Biomaterial, Cell and tissue culture, Cell Culture, Cell Growth, cell proliferation, cell-extracellular matrix (ECM), cellular aggregates, Cellular agriculture, Cellular Differentiation, Confocal Microscopy, Cultured meat, fat quantification, fatty acids, High-Content Screening, High-Throughput Screening, Industrial applications: food processing, fermentation, lipidomics, meat, meat production, nutrition, scaffolds, Screening Libraries, Small molecule screening, small molecules, subcutaneous adipose tissue, Sustainable nutrition, Tissue Engineering
Category(s): Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods, Life Science Research Tools > Screening Libraries, Life Science Research Tools > Cell Lines, Life Science Research Tools > Cell Counting And Imaging, Life Science Research Tools > Microscopy And Imaging, Therapeutics > Agtech And Animal Health, Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing, Materials > Functional Materials
Interactive Systems and Methods for Identifying Target Proteins in Drug Discovery (Case No. 2025-098)
Summary: UCLA researchers from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed a novel computational system for target protein identification, enabling integrative drug discovery. Background: Target identification (Target ID) in drug discovery involves the identification and evaluation of protein candidates that could interact...
Published: 10/1/2025   |   Inventor(s): Xiang Chen, Youngseung Jeon, Christopher Hwang, Ziwen Li, Jesus Campagna, Varghese John, Whitaker Cohn, Eunice Jun
Keywords(s): AI-driven drug discovery, Alzheimer’s disease target discovery, Bioinformatics software platform, Drug, Drug Discovery, Functional annotation of proteins, High-throughput docking, large language models (LLMs), Ligand-protein docking, Mechanism-of-action prediction, Molecular docking simulation, Multi-criteria decision support, Neurodegenerative disease therapeutics, Pathway-centric drug targeting, personalized medicine, PPI-Comparator, PPI-Explorer, Protein structure prediction, Protein-protein interaction (PPI) analysis, Rational drug design, Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), Semantic similarity modeling, Small molecule screening, Systems biology interface, Target identification (Target ID), Therapeutic impact modeling, User-guided AI exploration
Category(s): Software & Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > AI Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Software & Algorithms > Digital Health, Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods, Platforms, Platforms > Drug Delivery