Find research at UCLA worth your time.

What we have from UCLA

Researchers

28,028

Publishing since 2020

14,109

Labs

1,332

Departments

503

Read from UCLA’s own department pages and lab sites, and from the published record of what each person writes. Not a directory scrape: the people here are the ones with work behind them.

Departments covered

The largest of 503 at UCLA, by how many researchers we hold in each.

• Medicine1,711
• Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences831
• Chemistry and Biochemistry579
• Molecular Biology554
• Electrical and Computer Engineering544
• Physics and Astronomy542
• Environment and Sustainability, Institute of the445
• Computer Science409
• Emergency Medicine409
• Bioengineering405
• Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering369
• History343

What UCLA publishes on

The subjects that come up most across UCLA papers. Any of them is a search.

• RNA modifications and cancer
• Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
• Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
• Neural dynamics and brain function
• CAR-T cell therapy research
• Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
• Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
• RNA Research and Splicing

How it works

1. Describe the work. A question, a paper, a niche — in your own words. There is no keyword to guess at, and no department to pick first.
2. See who does it. SciLink matches on meaning rather than spelling, so you find the right lab even when it describes itself in words you would never have typed.
3. Find a way in. Their recent papers, what their work is about, the lab they run and who is in it — enough to write an email that is about them rather than about you.

Your first few searches need no account. A free account keeps a saved list, tracks who you have emailed and who replied, and opens lab and conference search.

Questions students ask

How do I find a research position at UCLA as an undergraduate?

Start from the work, not the department. Pick a question or topic you care about, find the UCLA professors who have published on it recently, read one or two of their papers, and email them about that work specifically. SciLink does the finding: describe what you want to work on in your own words and it matches you with the UCLA researchers and labs publishing on it, across every department.

How do I find UCLA professors doing research I'm interested in?

Department faculty pages list names and often go years out of date. SciLink reads what UCLA researchers have actually published and matches on meaning, so a search for "sleep and memory" can find a lab even when it describes itself as "hippocampal replay".

How can I see who a UCLA professor works with?

SciLink shows each researcher's network: their advisors, students, co-authors and their co-authors' co-authors. A professor you would not have found directly is often one co-author away from one you already know. The network is part of SciLink's paid plan.

What should I say when I email a UCLA professor about research?

Keep it short and about them: name a recent paper of theirs, say what interested you in it, say what you can offer (courses, skills, hours a week), and ask whether they have room for an undergraduate. SciLink puts their recent papers and research themes in front of you so the email can be specific.

Is SciLink free?

Searching is free for students. Your first few searches need no account; a free account keeps a saved list, tracks who you have emailed and who replied, and opens lab and conference search. Each professor's network — co-authors, advisors, students and who they work with — is part of the paid plan.