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UC San Diego Health System “Top Docs” Honored Locally

September 18, 2013

More than 130 physicians from UC San Diego Health System were named “Top Docs” in the annual San Diego Magazine “Physicians of Exceptional Excellence” annual survey. These physicians represent 47 diverse specialties from internal medicine to oncology, obstetrics, cardiovascular and surgical care.

Bioengineers Researching Smart Cameras and Sensors that Mimic, Exceed Human Capability

September 18, 2013

University of California, San Diego bioengineering professor Gert Cauwenberghs has been selected by the National Science Foundation to take part in a five-year, multi-institutional, $10 million research project to develop a computer vision system that will approach or exceed the capabilities and efficiencies of human vision.

PayScale Ranks UC San Diego 10th Best Public University for Alumni Salary-Earning Potential

September 16, 2013

Graduates of the University of California, San Diego are ranked 10th for salary earning potential in the 2013-2014 PayScale report measuring top state schools across the nation.

iPad App Teaches Students Key Skill for Success in Math, Science, Engineering

September 16, 2013

Engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have developed an iPad app that helps students learn spatial visualization, an essential skill for doing well in science, math and engineering. They have been testing the app during a high school summer program at the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego, as well as on undergraduate students at the school.

Biologists Discover New Method for Discovering Antibiotics

September 16, 2013

Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a revolutionary new method for identifying and characterizing antibiotics, an advance that could lead to the discovery of new antibiotics to treat antibiotic resistant bacteria.

“Wildly Heterogeneous Genes”

September 16, 2013

Cancer tumors almost never share the exact same genetic mutations, a fact that has confounded scientific efforts to better categorize cancer types and develop more targeted, effective treatments. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego propose a new approach called network-based stratification, which identifies cancer subtypes not by the singular mutations of individual patients, but by how those mutations affect shared genetic networks or systems.

UC San Diego Research Scientist Teams with TopCoder, NASA for Coding Challenge

September 13, 2013

A crowdsourcing effort led by University of California, San Diego research scientist Albert Yu-Min Lin has turned into a new type of challenge – inviting programmers worldwide to develop a machine-learning algorithm that would match human perception when picking out interesting features in satellite imagery used in Lin's search for the lost burial site of Genghis Khan.

Protein Essential for Maintaining Beta Cell Function Identified

September 12, 2013

Researchers at the Pediatric Diabetes Research Center (PDRC) at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have shown that the pancreatic protein Nkx6.1 – a beta-cell enriched transcription factor – is essential to maintaining the functional state of beta cells.

Biologists Uncover Mechanisms for Cholera Toxin’s Deadly Effects

September 11, 2013

Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have identified an underlying biochemical mechanism that helps make cholera toxin so deadly, often resulting in life-threating diarrhea that causes people to lose as much as half of their body fluids in a single day.

Data Visualization Team at UC San Diego Receives $3.8 Million for SCOPE Project

September 10, 2013

A team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego, has received $3.8 million in grant and matching funds to design and build new 3D display technologies for visualizing big data from macroscopic to microscopic scales.
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