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Polygenic Risk Score May Identify Alzheimer’s Risk in Younger Populations

For the first time, an international team of scientists, led by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, have determined that an Alzheimer’s disease (AD) polygenic risk score can be used to correctly identify adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) who were only in their 50s. MCI is considered a precursor to AD.

How a Yeast Cell Helps Crack Open the “Black Box” Behind Artificial Intelligence

UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers developed a visible neural network and used it to build DCell, a virtual model of a functioning brewer’s yeast cell. To do this, they amassed all knowledge of cell biology in one place and created a hierarchy of these cellular components. Then they mapped standard machine learning algorithms to this knowledgebase. DCell can be viewed at d-cell.ucsd.edu. The technical details are published March 5 in Nature Methods.

Lyft and UC San Diego Establish First Comprehensive University Partnership in Nation

The University of California San Diego and Lyft, the fastest growing rideshare company in the U.S., have forged a partnership aimed at developing innovative commuter solutions to meet the university’s evolving transportation needs.

UC San Diego Scientists: Is a Dark Particle the ‘Dark Horse’ of Dark Matter?

Dark Matter is more than the name of a show on the SyFy channel. It's the stuff that makes up about 85 percent of the universe. But because dark matter does not emit light or energy, scientists cannot directly observe it-and it remains one of the biggest mysteries of science.

UC San Diego Hosts Its First Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality Hackathon

Anish Kannan, a fourth year computer science student at UC San Diego, had no interest in virtual reality (VR) until one fateful hackathon four years ago.

Scripps Joins Mission to Understand a Major Southern Ocean Climate Influencer

Climate scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego are joining colleagues at other institutions in the United States and Australia to get an unprecedented look at a region with the most tempestuous weather on Earth.

Gifts from the Heart

What do you get when you bring together outstanding undergraduates and the generous donors who established scholarships to support them? At UC San Diego's Hearts and Scholars dinner, it's an inspiring evening demonstrating the real-world impact of scholarships

First-Generation Faculty Share Stories of Overcoming Setbacks to Pursue their Passions

Being the first in your family to go to college comes with unique opportunities and challenges. At a recent panel discussion, current first-generation students had the opportunity to hear from faculty members who were once in their shoes.

A Campus Hub for Data Science

A new institute at UC San Diego, which will be celebrated tomorrow at a campus dedication, is building on the university's strengths of multidisciplinary collaboration and data science to allow researchers across the campus to incorporate data science into their respective disciplines to better understand and make predictions about the world around us.

Scott Barton, Principal of The Preuss School at UC San Diego, Honored by Local Rotary

The La Jolla Golden Triangle Rotary announced that the recipient of the 2018 Hahn Visionary Award is Scott Barton, principal of The Preuss School UCSD, a charter middle and high school on the University of California San Diego campus for low income students who strive to become the first in their families to graduate from college.