January 24, 2019
January 24, 2019 —
As a freshman at Lincoln High School, Lizbeth Roman knew that she wanted to achieve more than a high school diploma. She participated in a college readiness program and worked hard to maintain top grades with the goal of becoming the first in her family to attend a university.
January 24, 2019
January 24, 2019 —
A flurry of egg parachutes made with orange-tinted bubble wrap, duct tape, cardboard and trash bags rained down on the grounds outside UC San Diego’s Mayer Hall recently. A group of Generation Z aspiring physicists quickly checked the eggs to see if they have survived the long drop from one of the building’s balconies.
January 23, 2019
January 23, 2019 —
Using active genetics technology, biologists have developed the world’s first CRISPR/Cas9-based approach to control genetic inheritance in a mammal. The achievement in mice lays the groundwork for further advances based on this technology, including biomedical research on human disease.
January 22, 2019
January 22, 2019 —
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that a diet low in free sugars (those added to foods and beverages and occurring naturally in fruit juices) resulted in significant improvement in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in adolescent boys.
January 21, 2019
January 21, 2019 —
Early adult general cognitive ability is a stronger predictor of cognitive function and reserve later in life than other factors, such as higher education, occupational complexity or engaging in late-life intellectual activities.
January 17, 2019
January 17, 2019 —
3D printed implants could one day help restore neural connections and lost motor function in patients with spinal cord injury. The implants, developed by engineers and neuroscientists at the University of California San Diego, are soft bridges that guide new nerve cells to grow across the site at which the spinal cord has been severed. The work has so far shown promise in rats with severe spinal cord injury.
January 17, 2019
January 17, 2019 —
Dystopian visions of a ruined planet and disastrous future are found everywhere in popular culture, but literature, art and theory could help create more sustainable and equitable worlds—just as microbes found in marine sediment could usher in new insight for natural drug discovery, and a new evolutionary path for viruses could lead to innovative approaches to teaching and research.
January 17, 2019
January 17, 2019 —
As she navigated the pathways of a long and distinguished career in academia, Kimberley Phillips Boehm steadily became aware that one day she would need to step up and give back.
January 17, 2019
January 17, 2019 —
At the moment he was born, the odds already tilted against Gentry Patrick. The percentages said an African-American from South Central Los Angeles was not likely to become a tenured neuroscience professor at a major research universtiy …
January 17, 2019
January 17, 2019 —
The New Year is a time of fresh starts and positive change. At UC San Diego, students, faculty and staff are celebrating this time with Changemaker Week from Jan. 20-26. The weeklong series of events will feature an array of free activities focused on making positive change.
