Engineering Graduate Students Honored as Siebel Scholars
September 23, 2020
Five Jacobs School of Engineering graduate students conducting pioneering biomedical research have been named Siebel Scholars.
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COVID-19 Opens a Partisan Gap on Voting by Mail
September 22, 2020
Before the pandemic, there wasn’t any difference in the rates at which Democratic and Republican voters actually cast their ballots by mail or in-person. That may change now.
Mission: Search and Destroy Prostate Cancer
September 21, 2020
Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health is using advanced imaging, genomics, personalized medicine and new therapies to treat patients like Brian McCloskey, who has stage IV prostate cancer.
Biologists Create New Genetic Systems to Neutralize Gene Drives
September 18, 2020
Addressing concerns about gene-drive releases in the wild, UC San Diego scientists and their colleagues have developed two new genetic systems that halt or eliminate gene drives after release. The details are published in the journal Molecular Cell.
Introducing COVID19questions.org
September 17, 2020
A consortium of 12 health systems, led by UC San Diego Health, introduces COVID19questions.org, a site where clinicians, researchers, patients and the general public are invited to submit questions that could be answered by COVID-19 patient medical record data from 200+ hospitals.
Making Space Weather Forecasts Faster and Better
September 17, 2020
To improve the ability to forecast space weather, a multidisciplinary team of researchers, including Professor Boris Kramer at the University of California San Diego, received $3.1 million from the National Science Foundation.
Talk of a “Twindemic”
September 17, 2020
Even as the first wave of the pandemic still roils, fears are rising of a second crush of COVID-19 infections. But because the novel coronavirus is, well, novel, no one can yet say if that will happen. One thing is certain, though, another viral wave is coming: flu season.
Q&A: Wastewater Monitoring with Professor Rob Knight
September 17, 2020
Rob Knight, professor and director of the Center for Microbiome Innovation addresses questions from students, faculty and staff to submit their questions about the importance of testing wastewater for SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—and what happens when trace amounts are found.
Robots to Help Children Touch the Outside World
September 17, 2020
A team of University of California researchers is working to improve telepresence robots and the algorithms that drive them to help children with disabilities stay connected. The effort is funded by a $1 million grant from the National Robotics Initiative at the National Science Foundation.
A Sense of Belonging
September 17, 2020
UC San Diego will have a new program in Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies starting in fall, a long-awaited move that many students, faculty, staff and alumni have been eager to see.
