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Paul S. Weiss

@pswnano.bsky.social
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Nanoscience, science, engineering, medicine, science communication, science policy, travel UCLA prof, husband, father, all comments are my own

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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
NANOSMAT 2026 is underway in Rhodes, with @ygogotsi.bsky.social leading off with a plenary talk. Mine is later this morning #nano #materials nanosmat.org
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17TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SURFACES, COATINGS AND NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS 
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
We are excited to have Prof. Il-Doo Kim of #KAIST, #ACSNano executive editor, speaking @cnsiatucla.bsky.social Monday at 1 PM #nano #catalysis
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
We just published a forward-looking review bit.ly/CiliaRev26 in @aggregate-journal.bsky.social on the possibilities of #quantum #biology effects and opportunities in cilia
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Wave Mechanics of Ciliary Proteins: Quantum‐Enabled Sensing and Energy Transfer in the “Cellular Antenna”
This review surveys eukaryotic cilia as putative quantum-enabled sensory and regulatory centers. It highlights their multifaceted roles in the cell, focuses on the nontrivial roles of quantum mechani...
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
We are excited to have Prof. Nako Nakatsuka back @uclacb.bsky.social to tell us about her work @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social #nano #neuro
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I am looking forward to giving a plenary talk this morning at Science in the Savannah, in Nairobi, following our star alumna, Prof. Shelley Claridge, all hosted by Prof. Martin Thuo bit.ly/SciSav26 #nano #materials #sustainability
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
We developed a mineral (ZnO) #sunscreen that reduces white cast, described in bit.ly/ZnOTet25 ACS Materials Letters @pubs.acs.org & bit.ly/ZnOtetUCLA by @uclahealth.org & bit.ly/WH26sun by Women's Health Magazine. Led by AJ Addae, collaborating with Profs. Justin Caram & Yogendra Kumar Mishra
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Flame-Synthesized Zinc Oxide Tetrapods for Photoprotection in Sunscreen Formulations
ZnO nanoparticles are widely used in sunscreen formulations due to their strong light absorption in the ultraviolet (UV) and ease of synthesis. Here, we explore flame-synthesized tetrapod-shaped zinc ...
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California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA @cnsiatucla.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
UCLA researchers (@pswnano.bsky.social @cnsiatucla.bsky.social @uclacb.bsky.social) developed a mineral sunscreen that reduces the white cast of zinc oxide by reshaping it into microscopic tetrapods—maintaining strong UV protection + better matching natural skin tones ☀️ cnsi.ucla.edu/february-3-2...
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February 3, 2026 | Mineral sunscreen that reduces white cast developed by UCLA researchers - California NanoSystems Institute
UCLA researchers have developed a mineral sunscreen formulation that significantly reduces the white, chalky cast that keeps many people from wearing sun protection daily. For decades, dermatologists ...
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
We are looking forward to having Prof. Nasim Annabi @uclasamueli.bsky.social give today's @uclacb.bsky.social Physical Chemistry Seminar
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Our iCANX Global Forum in Hong Kong is underway! #nano #materials #innovation icanx.org
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Congratulations to our friend & former @uclacb.bsky.social colleague Prof. Omar Yaghi on winning the @nobelprize.bsky.social in chemistry for his groundbreaking #nano work on MOFs
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UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry @uclacb.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
UCLA spinout Entropic Biosciences, co-founded by @pswnano.bsky.social & alum Amir Nasajpour (PhD ’23), awarded $200K from BARDA/BTI VANGUARD to develop a high-throughput 3D skin model. www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/ucla-sp...
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
@uclacb.bsky.social PhD student AJ Addae will be speaking this morning at an @acs.org meeting Presidential event #cosmetics #chemistry #nano @ucla.edu Room 140B
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UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry @uclacb.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Congratulations to Prof. Paul S. Weiss (@pswnano.bsky.social)‬, who has been elected a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences – Materials Science Division! www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/paul-s-...
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Coming up shortly, a discussion of and roundtable of\n the impact of the National #Nanotechnology Initiative as part of the quadrennial review #nano #NNI bit.ly/NNI25w
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
I’ll be speaking at @nyutandon.bsky.social engineering on Tuesday & @nyu.edu chemistry on Wednesday #nano
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
I will be giving a plenary talk Monday morning at bit.ly/TCW25 #TechConnect in Austin - see you there!
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
We are hosting Prof. Jungwon Park @seoulnatluniv.bsky.social today @uclacb.bsky.social - sharing his pioneering work in liquid-phase electron microscopy #nano
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
We have Prof. Khalid Salaita @emoryuniversity.bsky.social speaking in biophysics today @ucla.edu on the mechanobiology of immune cells #nano
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Chris Chang @christhechang.bsky.social @princeton.edu is giving our student-invited chemistry seminar @uclacb.bsky.social @ucla.edu
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Here is an exciting new paper on 3D printing in vivo with ultrasound with @pswnano.bsky.social group alumna Prof. Elham Davoodi, now @utah.edu, from her work at @caltech.edu with @weigaolab.bsky.social bit.ly/InVsound3D @science.org
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Imaging-guided deep tissue in vivo sound printing
Three-dimensional printing offers promise for patient-specific implants and therapies but is often limited by the need for invasive surgical procedures. To address this, we developed an imaging-guided...
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Prof. Andrea Liu @upenn.edu returns to @uclacb.bsky.social to give our physical chemistry seminar
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
We are celebrating Prof. Naomi Halas @riceuniversity.bsky.social with a symposium @upenn.edu in honor her Franklin Institute Medal in chemistry #nano
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
I am looking forward to giving the chemistry seminar tomorrow (Monday) afternoon @tulaneu.bsky.social in New Orleans and visiting @tulanemedicine.bsky.social & Tony Hu on Tuesday! #nano
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
AJ, Jennifer, & Michelle presenting our group poster at the UCLA Microbiome Center Symposium @cnsiatucla.bsky.social
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I will be speaking this afternoon at the MRS @materials-mrs.bsky.social meeting in Seattle on our collaborations in Africa and the developing world #nano #materials #albinism #SCD
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I am looking forward to giving the Mitsch Lectures at & visiting Hamline University today (Thursday) & tomorrow - bit.ly/Mitsch25
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I will give my final talk of this @acs.org meeting today (Wednesday) on cage-molecule self-assembly & precise building blocks in Pacific 24 of the San Diego Marriot #nano Don't miss AJ Addae's talk on a novel ZnO tetrapod-based sunscreen on Thursday @ 8:50 AM in Marina G, also @ San Diego Marriot
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
I will be speaking this afternoon at the @acs.org meeting in San Diego in a symposium celebrating Tom Mallouk, chair of the @upenn.bsky.social chemistry department & my former colleague @pennstatechemistry.bsky.social #nano - SDCC 28A, 4:20 PM
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
See you at the spring @acs.org meeting in San Diego, starting early this morning! Here are our @uclacb.bsky.social, @uclasamueli.bsky.social, @cnsiatucla.bsky.social group presentations on nanoscience, chemistry, physics, materials, chirality, sustainability, & skincare
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Next up in the early Sunday morning @acs.org Global Virtual Symposium, Dr. Tianhan Liu @ PRL on chirality & spin polarization #nano
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
I am not sure whose idea it was to have (online) talks starting at 5:30 AM on a Sunday at the @acs.org meeting, but I would like a word. My first talk of the meeting will be at 7 AM - I will send out a group schedule soon. #chemistry #nano
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
I will be giving a YSLL online talk to 1500 high school students this morning before heading to San Diego for the @acs.org meeting - nano science outreach
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Today, we celebrate the lives of my predecessor @uclacb.bsky.social Prof Sir Fraser Stoddart & our noted alumnus Glenn Seaborg. Fraser was to be awarded the UCLA Chemistry Department's Seaborg Medal. Our symposium features Nobel Laureate @nobelprize.bsky.social Ben Feringa (shared prize w Fraser).
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
It was an honor and a lot of fun to give the annual student-invited talk in chemistry at the University of Houston @uh.edu What a terrific and engaged group of PhD students across fields!
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
This Friday's iCANX talk will be our amazing collaborator Prof. Tony Huang at Duke University on acoustofluidics - I will co-host www.ican-x.com/icanx-talks
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Today, we have Prof. Mireille Kamariza @uclasamueli.bsky.social giving our @uclacb.bsky.social physical chemistry seminar on tuberculosis diagnostics
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Prof. Andrea Ghez @uclacollege.bsky.social receives the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Rumford Prize in Heat & Light
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Our colleague & friend Prof. Aydogan Ozcan @uclasamueli.bsky.social @cnsiatucla.bsky.social is giving the @terasakiinstitute.bsky.social Keith Terasaki Award Lecture at our Innovation Summit
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Prof. Cato Laurencin @uconn.bsky.social giving the @terasakiinstitute.bsky.social Paul Terasaki Award Lecture on regenerative medicine & engineering
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Next up at the @terasakiinstitute.bsky.social Innovation Summit, our colleague, collaborator, & friend Prof. Tony Huang @dukeuni.bsky.social on acoustofluidics, which he pioneered. #nano
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Today thru Friday, we have the @terasakiinstitute.bsky.social Innovation Summit w/ an amazing lineup, incl Natalie Artzi, @tejaladesai.bsky.social, Chad Mirkin, @stephenquake.bsky.social @dinodicarlo.bsky.social y.social @aydoganlab.bsky.social & more terasaki.org/institute/ti... #nano #biomedicine
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
We had the pleasure of seeing and hearing about the extraordinary early STM work of Prof. Shaowei Li @ucsd.bsky.social in our UCLA Physical Chemistry @uclacb.bsky.social seminar this week. #nano
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
We are delighted to have my Bell Labs @belllabs.bsky.social office mate NIST @nist.bsky.social Fellow Dr. Mark Stiles @markstiles.bsky.social giving today's UCLA Condensed Matter Physics Seminar on spintronics & efficient computing
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Today, we are excited to have Max Planck Institute @mpi-nat.bsky.social Director & long-time friend and colleague Dr. Alec Wodtke visiting and giving our physical chemistry seminar on heterogeneous catalysis at @uclacb.bsky.social
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Our distinguished UCLA chemistry lecturer for winter quarter @uclacb.bsky.social Prof. Karen Wooley of @tamu.bsky.social will be visiting & speaking today. #nano
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
See our new colleague @tompfay.bsky.social @uclacb.bsky.social in Thursday's quantum biology colloquium!
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UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry @uclacb.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
🏆 Congrats to Jason Q.L. Williams, a fourth-year chemistry grad student in the @pswnano.bsky.social group, who is one of six outstanding scholars joining the UCLA chapter of the national Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society (BGHS) this academic year!🎉 bit.ly/4b3bAnh
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
We are delighted to have nanoscience star Prof. Dmitri Talapin of the University of Chicago visiting and giving the physical chemistry seminar @uclacb.bsky.social at UCLA today. See you there! #nano
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Today, we are excited to have our colleague, collaborator, & friend Prof. Suzanne Paulson @suzanneaq.bsky.social of UCLA AOS @uclaioes.bsky.social giving our @uclacb.bsky.social physical chemistry seminar
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Paul S. Weiss @pswnano.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
We are excited to have Prof. Kiana Aran from UCSD Nanoengineering & @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social speaking today @uclacb.bsky.social @uclasamueli.bsky.social #nano #sensors #precisionmedicine
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