May 4, 2026
May 4, 2026 —
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the W. M. Keck Foundation each made separate awards with the goal of enabling UC San Diego researchers to continue their research in the face of today's uncertain funding landscape.
May 1, 2026
May 1, 2026 —
Coefficient Giving has awarded a grant for a study on how viruses may have evolved a process that enables them to disseminate, promoting disease development and spread. The grant will support research on viral toxins that are used to compromise integrity of cellular barriers, promoting virus spread.
April 30, 2026
April 30, 2026 —
UC San Diego professor Alan R. Saltiel was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, honoring his groundbreaking research, leadership and contributions to metabolic health and medicine.
April 30, 2026
April 30, 2026 —
UC San Diego biologists have identified a way to reinvigorate immune system cells, which can become exhausted after fighting disease. They found that protein recycling malfunctions after a cell burns out. Restoring a proper recycling system allows T cells to regain their cancer-fighting functions.
April 30, 2026
April 30, 2026 —
Introducing the ASL Club, a community of American Sign Language users that range from learners to experts.
April 30, 2026
April 30, 2026 —
What if a cancer diagnosis didn’t come with weeks of waiting? Or a mosquito bite couldn’t spread disease? Our researchers are rethinking how health works — long before illness begins.
April 30, 2026
April 30, 2026 —
Water molecules play an active, essential role in gene transcription, helping RNA polymerase II carry out the chemical steps needed to read DNA and build RNA.
April 30, 2026
April 30, 2026 —
Scripps Institution of Oceanography alumna Ayana Elizabeth Johnson — a marine biologist, climate policy expert and New York Times bestselling author — returns to UC San Diego for a Climate Dance Party centered on community action and climate solutions.
April 30, 2026
April 30, 2026 —
More than 100 undergraduate students enrolled in UC San Diego’s new artificial intelligence major took their first major-specific course, CSE 25: Intro to AI, over winter quarter. The class aims to introduce AI principles that the students will see repeatedly over the next four years.
April 30, 2026
April 30, 2026 —
UC San Diego researchers have developed T1GRS, a machine‑learning model that accurately predicts genetic risk for Type 1 diabetes, paving the way for earlier diagnosis and more personalized treatment.
