Researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences have developed a new approach to scour the oceans for novel compounds that could become the medicines and products of tomorrow.
Analysis led by Vashan Wright, a geophysicist at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, provides the best evidence to date that the planet still has liquid water in addition to that frozen at its poles.
New research led by scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography reveals how rising water temperatures influence a deadly herpes virus in juvenile Pacific oysters in San Diego Bay. While the ostreid herpesvirus (OsHV-1) does not pose a threat to humans, it is capable of causing mass mortality events among oysters, potentially hindering oyster aquaculture operations.
Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have discovered the largest protein yet identified in biology.
The Nanotechnology Summer Institute at the UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute guides middle and high school teachers through integrating nanotechnology into their science curricula.
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The UC San Diego Alumni Association has welcomed a new slate of executive officers and directors to its ranks, led by incoming board president Melody Gonzales ’02.
Key projects that exemplify our focus on becoming a destination public university that is student-centered, research-driven, patient-dedicated and service-oriented were discussed by the University of California Board of Regents during their July meeting.
New gifts to Rady graduate fellowships of $10,000 or more will be matched through June 2027 The importance of graduate fellowships cannot be overstated for students who want to break through financial barriers and access advanced degrees. “Without the support of a fellowship, there is no way I would be able to attend the Rady School of Management,” said Jai'lyn Richardson, a second-year full-time Master of Business Administration (MBA) student at the school. “It has made a UC San Diego education possible because I would have never been able to move from my home state of Alabama to pursue a graduate education in California without the extra financial support.” Richardson’s fellowship will enable her to do an internship in Nashville this summer, where she will be a venture fellow at LaunchTN, supporting economic development through venture capital in the region.
“Creating endowed chairs is absolutely critical to our efforts to build and strengthen the Jacobs School’s world-class, innovation-driven community where engineers and computer scientists advance research and education for the public good.”
“The breadth of research being done across UC San Diego means that we can pull a whole team together largely from our own bench.”
“Pride is about being able to hold all my identities, all at once, and say, ‘This is me—Here I am.'”
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