Facilities

Nano and Pico Characterization Lab

nanopicolab.cnsi.ucla.edu/pages/homepage

James Gimzewski, Faculty Director
Adam Stieg, Scientific Director
The Nano and Pico Characterization Lab (NPC) at CNSI provides access to state-of-the-art methods toward the characterization of surfaces, adsorbates, nanostructures, and devices through the use of Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM). The facility includes Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM).

Dr. James Gimzewski Laboratory

gim.chem.ucla.edu/content/brief-bio

Gimzewski’s current interests are in the nanomechanics of cells and bacteria where he collaborates with the UCLA Medical and Dental Schools. He is involved in projects that range from the operation of X-rays, ions and nuclear fusion using pyroelectric crystals, direct deposition of carbon nanotubes using atmospheric plasma techniques and single molecule DNA profiling. Recently his research has focused on self organization and emergent behavior using a device called the atomic switch network (ASN) which aimed at creating a synthetic neocortex using self assembly atomic switches that act as synthetic synapses.

Advanced Light Microscopy / Spectroscopy (ALMS)

alms.cnsi.ucla.edu

Shimon Weiss, Faculty Director
Laurent A. Bentolila, Scientific Director
Advanced Light Microscopy/Spectroscopy Shared Facility provides researchers with cutting edge techniques to allow for the structural and kinetic studies of a myriad of macromolecules. This facility utilizes techniques such as spectroscopy and image analysis by using fluorescent semiconductor crystals and quantum dots to image these macromolecules.

Electron Imaging Center for NanoMachines (EICN)

eicn.cnsi.ucla.edu

Z. Hong Zhou, Faculty Director
Xing Zhang, Technical Director
Ivo Atanasov, Associate Director
The Electron Imaging Center for Nanomachines (EICN) allows researchers to image a range of substances in 3D at high magnification. It’s focused on comprehending the mechanisms of life’s workhorse: proteins. The facility includes single particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM) at near atomic resolution, and cryo-electron tomography (cryoET) at molecular resolution, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM), as well as scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis for mass and elementary mapping.

Integrated Systems Nanofabrication Cleanroom (ISNC)

isnc.cnsi.ucla.edu

Aydogan Ozcan, Faculty Director
Adam Stieg, Interim Technical Director
The CNSI ISNC consists of 8,900 square feet of vertical-flow clean room space and 680 square feet of purified air, and provides facilities for chemists, biologists, doctors and engineers to work with DNA, biological molecules, and for more traditional nano-device fabrication.

DMA Fabrication and Electronics Lab

support.dma.ucla.edu/fablab/

The fabrication and electronics labs provide students and faculty with physical computing and fabrication resources. Located in room 2250 on the second floor of the Broad Art Center, the fabrication lab facilitates physical construction across several different media, including wood, metal, and plastics.

DMA Print Lab

The Print Lab offers high quality laser and large format poster printing on various paper stock.

DMA Shoot Room

The shoot room is a dedicated studio used for professional photography and video production.

Media Arts Research Space (MARS)

The Media Arts Research Space (MARS) provides faculty and graduate students access to hard to find audiovisual material and literature from the fields of media arts and design. MARS contains several hundred videotapes, laserdiscs, CD-ROMs, DVDs and books. It also has basic viewing facilities for video, DVDs and laserdiscs, as well as for Internet-based works. The collection is curated by Professor Erkki Huhtamo.

Dr. Mark Cohen Laboratory

brainmapping.org/MarkCohen/aboutmark.html

The Cohen Lab has developed techniques which help contribute to the understanding of the most complex and essential part of the body: the brain. This lab has contributed to an understanding of the power of pattern recognition and machine learning to both interpret/classify neural data and as a source of discovery of the processes that result in cognition, perception, emotion and pathology.

Basic Plasma Science Facility (BaPSF) at UCLA

Walter Gekelman, Facility Director

plasma.physics.ucla.edu/page/about-us.html

The Basic Plasma Science Facility performs frontier-level research of the plasma state of matter. Research on the fundamental properties of plasmas aids our understanding of applications ranging from fusion energy to space science.

Taylor Lab | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA

taylor0.biology.ucla.edu/intro.php

Professor Charles Taylor’s lab describes their research:
Our lab would like to understand the grammar and meaning of bird songs. Bird songs are not random; they do have rules for putting notes and phrases together. We would like to characterize those rules. Recent advances in sensor arrays, computation, and computational linguistics finally make this long-sought goal achievable. Our work may also be transformational to computational linguistics if the natural world beyond humans were shown to have languages that are radically different from our own (as seems quite likely).

UCLA Electrical Engineering (Ozcan)

innovate.ee.ucla.edu/welcome.html

The Ozcan Research Group focuses on innovating telemedicine technologies for global health systems.

UCLA Materials Science and Engineering (Dunn)

mse.ucla.edu/dunn-lab/

The Dunn Lab researches the synthesis (often using sol-gel methods) of materials with unique electrical and optical properties.

UCLA Physics Anechoic Chamber (Putterman & Camara)

acoustics-research.physics.ucla.edu

The Putterman Research Group conducts acoustics research involving sonoluminescence, crystallic fusion, turbulence, and triboelectrification.

UCLA Center for Society and Genetics (McCabe)

socgen.ucla.edu

Dr. McCabe’s research on single gene disorders that lack genotype/phenotype correlation focuses on systems biology and approaching these disorders as complex traits.

UCLA Chemistry and Biochemistry (Mason)

chem.ucla.edu/dept/Faculty/Mason

The Mason Group designs, creates, and studies colloidal architectures and their physical properties.

UCLA Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics (Tamanoi)

mimg.ucla.edu/faculty/tamanoi/research.htm

http://www.mimg.ucla.edu/
The Tamanoi Lab researches TSC/Rheb/mTOR signaling pathways, nanodelivery, and protein lipidation inhibitors.

CNSI Center for Quantum Research (Wang & Shailos)

clms.cnsi.ucla.edu/cnsi/clms/equipment-list

http://www.mimg.ucla.edu/

CQUARE is a comprehensive metrology and characterization facility for magnetic, spintronic and solid state research.

Presentation Room, California NanoSystems Institute

The presentation room is a multi-use space that the Art|Sci Center uses for events, lectures, screenings and regularly scheduled Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous.

EDA (Room 1250), Broad Art Center

dma.ucla.edu/people/faculty.php

The EDA (Experimental Digital Arts) is a lecture room and experimental space designed for multi-disciplinary lecture presentations and exhibitions located in room 1250 near the ground floor entrance of the Broad Art Center. As part of the Department of Design | Media Arts, the EDA was established in 1999 by Professor Victoria Vesna as a space to encourage dialogue between disciplines and experimentation with new technologies.

CNSI Video Wall

dma.ucla.edu/people/faculty.php

Screenings, presentations, and live streams occur on the CNSI Video wall, consisting of 15 LCD screens that greet visitors to the CNSI Lobby.

CNSI Auditorium

Many lectures, screenings, symposia, and events occur in the CNSI Auditorium, including the Sci|Art Nanolab Summer Institute presentations.

Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences, UCLA

library.ucla.edu/destination/library-special-collections-medicine-sciences-biomedical-library

The Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences is located on the fourth floor of the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. It houses a unique collection of historical medical texts, prints, and artist books that relate to the biomedical field.

Getty Center & Conservation Institute (Chiari, Trentleman & Carson)

getty.edu/conservation/index.html

A private, non-profit institution that works internationally to advance conservation practice through research and education.