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Researchers Uncover Possible Link Between Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease

June 14, 2018

Scientists don’t understand why exposure to low oxygen and high carbon dioxide might lead to cardiovascular disease—only that there appears to be a link. UC San Diego biological sciences graduate student Anupriya Tripathi and collaborator Gabriel Haddad, a Professor of Pediatrics at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, decided to probe the gut microbiome for answers.

SDSC Comet and Machine Learning Simulates H2O with “Unprecedented Accuracy”

June 13, 2018

A team led by researchers at UC San Diego’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and SDSC has used machine learning techniques to develop models for simulations of water with “unprecedented accuracy.” Published online in The Journal of Chemical Physics, the research demonstrates how popular ML techniques can be used to construct predictive molecular models based on quantum mechanical reference data.

UC San Diego Launches New Center for Anti-Parasitic Drug Discovery and Development

June 13, 2018

Neglected tropical diseases are a group of chronic and disabling parasitic infections that primarily affect poor and underserved communities. These diseases affect more than 1 billion people globally, yet are rarely the target of new drug discovery efforts. Leveraging its strengths in molecular biology, clinical research and pharmaceutical sciences, the University of California San Diego has now launched a new Center for Anti-Parasitic Drug Discovery and Development to address this unmet need in global health.

Engineer Receives Award From Energy Department to Advance Concentrating Solar Power Research

June 12, 2018

Renkun Chen, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of California San Diego, has received a $1.18 million dollar award from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office to develop technology that can advance next-generation concentrating solar power (CSP) systems. The project is aimed at developing an ultra-sensitive infrared camera that can rapidly measure and monitor heat transfer in CSP plant materials and assess their performance over decades of use.

Composition of Complex Sugars in Breast Milk May Prevent Future Food Allergies

June 12, 2018

The unique composition of a mother’s breastmilk may help to reduce food sensitization in her infant, report researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine with colleagues in Canada.

Three Social Innovators to Watch

June 7, 2018

Beneath Mandeville Auditorium, down a stairway once covered in graffiti and into a lofty open room, concepts are blooming. Connections are being built. Students are discussing business models, designing prototypes. New ideas emerge from underground.

An Economic Sleuth

June 7, 2018

As a member of many international communities, Gaurav Khanna, professor of economics at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS), seeks answers to many of the pressing policy-relevant questions around immigration, high-tech workers, education programs and more.

Craft Center Returns to Connect Campus and Community

June 7, 2018

In 2012, the popular UC San Diego Craft Center abruptly closed. Students, staff and faculty, who enjoyed a variety of non-credit classes and programs including ceramics and glass blowing to photography and weaving, were shocked and saddened. But the uproar from neighbors, who for decades also enjoyed the center that connected the campus and community, was surprising.

Live, Learn, Play: Vibrant New Neighborhood to Break Ground on Campus

June 7, 2018

When the North Torrey Pines Living and Learning Neighborhood breaks ground on June 18, a neighborhood like no other at UC San Diego will begin to take shape. Located between Muir and Marshall Colleges on the west campus, the new neighborhood will be a vibrant, mixed-use community incorporating residential, academic and administrative space, retail and parking.

A Global Community Affair

June 7, 2018

On June 8, the Conrad Prebys Music Center at UC San Diego will be home to “Interconnections for Peace: A Telematics Concert in San Diego, Seoul and NYC,” where top musicians in each of the three cities will be livestreamed together: just like playing in one global concert hall.
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