January 22, 2025
January 22, 2025 —
A new study led by a team of scientists reveals how cells known as tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells play unique and specialized roles based on where they are located. The discovery sheds light on how such cells adapt to their location and could lead to improved immunotherapy and vaccines.
January 22, 2025
January 22, 2025 —
Specific protein receptors in the brain play a vital role in how neurons slow down or stop firing, making them targets for many disorders. Researchers have now constructed a detailed structural map of these receptors in the human brain, revealing how they assemble and how drugs bind to them.
January 22, 2025
January 22, 2025 —
Coronel, a fourth year Pharm.D. student, shares more about her drive to close healthcare gaps through pharmacy practice and why UC San Diego’s proximity to the border made it the ideal pharmacy school for her career goals.
January 21, 2025
January 21, 2025 —
A new paper led by Professor Imanuel Lerman of UC San Diego provides a review of the field of bioelectronic medicine and the most promising opportunities for life-changing new therapies and diagnostics.
January 21, 2025
January 21, 2025 —
An international leader in the scientific study of microbes, Rob Knight, Ph.D., has been named the 2025 Scientist of the Year by the Achievement Rewards for College Students (ARCS) Foundation San Diego chapter.
January 21, 2025
January 21, 2025 —
Two major theories of aging both involve DNA, but in very different ways. Researchers at UC San Diego have revealed that these theories may not be so different after all.
January 21, 2025
January 21, 2025 —
A multiyear collaboration between UC San Diego’s School of Arts and Humanities and the San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) to increase the number of students studying and embarking on successful careers in the arts and humanities is receiving a $3 million grant from the Mellon Foundation, the third grant garnered since the program’s inception in 2016.
January 21, 2025
January 21, 2025 —
San Diego-based business leader and philanthropist Aiiso Yufeng Li (Jeff) and his wife DongDong Li (Doreen) have made a new $3M gift to the University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering. The gift celebrates the Jacobs School’s ongoing efforts to empower researchers to translate their innovations to the marketplace.
January 20, 2025
January 20, 2025 —
In a joint experimental-theoretical work, a team of researchers, including theorists from UC San Diego, have shown for the first time that heat transfer in the form of infrared radiation can influence chemical reactions more strongly than traditional convection and conduction methods.
January 17, 2025
January 17, 2025 —
President Joseph R. Biden announced this week the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), including five faculty members from the University of California San Diego. The PECASE is the highest honor bestowed by the United States government to scientists and engineers in the early stages of their independent research careers.
