October 27, 2014
October 27, 2014 —
A hinge in the RNA genome of the virus that causes hepatitis C works like a switch that can be flipped to prevent it from replicating in infected cells. Scientists have discovered that this shape is shared by several other viruses—among them one that kills cancer cells.
October 27, 2014
October 27, 2014 —
A self-driven reaction can assemble phospholipid membranes like those that enclose cells, a team of chemists at the University of California, San Diego, reports in Angewandte Chemie.
October 27, 2014
October 27, 2014 —
Scientists have created cells with fluorescent dyes that change color in response to specific neurochemicals. By implanting these cells into living mammalian brains, they have shown how neurochemical signaling changes as a food reward drives learning, they report in Nature Methods online October 26.
October 23, 2014
October 23, 2014 —
In a push to further speed clinical development of emerging stem cell therapies, Sanford Stem Cell Clinical Center at UC San Diego Health System was named today one of three new “alpha clinics” by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the state’s stem cell agency.
October 23, 2014
October 23, 2014 —
Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, has named Scripps alumna Deborah Zmarzly, Ph.D., as interim director. Zmarzly has been with Birch Aquarium since 1993, devoting more than 20 years to making science accessible and interpreting Scripps research for the public.
October 23, 2014
October 23, 2014 —
It’s a scene that many parents have witnessed, helplessly. It’s time for dinner and your toddler is getting restless. The object of their wrath? The dinner plate, which goes flying off the table and spills its contents all over the floor.
October 23, 2014
October 23, 2014 —
Starting in November, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, researchers and colleagues will embark on an
ambitious and arduous mission funded by the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs to install a seismic array on Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf.
October 23, 2014
October 23, 2014 —
UC San Diego’s Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies (USMEX) played host to an official stop on the International Diaspora Engagement Alliance’s tour Oct. 13. The stop was one of 65 events the Alliance held around the world dedicated to diaspora communities and their contributions to global development as part of Global Diaspora Week, Oct. 12 to 18.
October 23, 2014
October 23, 2014 —
Students at UC system campuses, including UC San Diego, are working to prevent sexual violence on college campuses. Earlier this year, the University of California Student Association (UCSA) launched an awareness campaign entitled “UConsent,” focused on the importance of consent in sexual activity through a three-pronged approach: awareness, education and advocacy.
October 23, 2014
October 23, 2014 —
Like any other successful relationship, political leaders and citizens must share accountability, offer truth and promote respect to maintain a healthy balance. A contract of consent is forged between public leaders and the people, promising policymaking that benefits society. What happens then when trust is tarnished and indifference sets in?
