Comprehensive Liver Research Center at UCLA
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The Inaugural UCLA Comprehensive Liver Research Center Symposium is an annual, full-day event to foster collaborations, learn from scientific experts who conduct liver- and metabolism-related research from around the world, highlight current collaborations and research at UCLA, and promote the work of our junior researchers.
State-of-the-art research cores
Supporting the groundbreaking work conducted in the center are state-of-the-art research cores. The Administrative Core, Human MASLD Core, Mouse Integrative Genetics and Phenotyping Core, and Liver Spatial Omics Core are efficient and provide services at economy-of-scale.
UCLA receives $1.5M in seed funds to launch 'Total MASLD' research
The mission of the Comprehensive Liver Research Center at UCLA is to understand every aspect of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) as it relates to the diverse population of Los Angeles County; at UCLA, we call this 'Total MASLD.'
Latest news
Jihane N. Benhammou, MD, PhD, receives seed grant for hepatocellular carcinoma research project
Dr. Benhammou was awarded a seed grant from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation to study "The Impact of Statins on Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors for the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma."
Alexander H. Nguyen, MD, PhD, receives NIH-NIDDK K08 grant
Dr. Nguyen was awarded a K08 Clinical Investigator Award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. This five-year award of $853,000 supports Dr. Nguyen’s research on the “Role of a Novel Methyltransferase in Liver Lipid Metabolism.”
UCLA scientists receive $9.1 million from the NCI to improve early detection methods for cancer
A liquid biopsy is a promising non-invasive medical test using a small volume of blood that gives scientists insight into the genetic makeup of tumors.