June 18, 2020
June 18, 2020 —
Using the NSF-funded Frontera supercomputer, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Rommie Amaro, along with her UC San Diego colleagues and researchers from the Hamilton Institute at Maynooth University in Dublin, Ireland, reveals the atomic makeup of the coronavirus's sugary cloak.
June 18, 2020
June 18, 2020 —
‘Doctor Bob’ and ‘Doctor Ball’ converse warmly in a way that only friends who have overcome life-changing obstacles can. When Robert J. Shillman, Ph.D.—known as “Dr. Bob”—was diagnosed with lymphoma, he began a nationwide search for treatment that led him to Edward D. Ball, M.D.
June 18, 2020
June 18, 2020 —
Confronting a pandemic and the virus of racism, UC San Diego’s keynote commencement speaker inspires graduates to create meaningful change for ‘healing, rebuilding, re-imagining’.
June 17, 2020
June 17, 2020 —
Nanoparticles cloaked in human lung cell membranes and human immune cell membranes can attract and neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 virus in cell culture, causing the virus to lose its ability to hijack host cells and reproduce.
June 16, 2020
June 16, 2020 —
SDSC's Sherlock Division has expanded its multi-Cloud solution, Sherlock Cloud, to include the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) in addition to AWS and Microsoft Azure.
June 16, 2020
June 16, 2020 —
A first-in-class clinical trial suggests a novel treatment measurably slowed progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease to its more progressive and deadly form.
June 15, 2020
June 15, 2020 —
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues elsewhere, will receive almost $19 million over five years for the fourth phase of the Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging, which investigates cognition, aging and the risk for mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease.
June 15, 2020
June 15, 2020 —
The Pew Charitable Trusts today announced that Sonya Neal, an assistant professor in the University of California San Diego Division of Biological Sciences, has been selected to join the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences.
June 11, 2020
June 11, 2020 —
Larry Smarr will step down as the director of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) and retire as a distinguished professor from the Jacobs School of Engineering Computer Science and Engineering Department at the end of this month.
June 11, 2020
June 11, 2020 —
A new study offers perspectives on the ecological and economic impact of sea otters. Comparing regions with and without otters reveals contrasts in kelp forests, fish, urchins, carbon and tourism. The study’s results indicate the economic benefits of having otters present outweigh the costs.
