June 25, 2012
June 25, 2012 —
A team of doctors and scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, say de novo somatic mutations in a trio of genes that help regulate cell size and proliferation are likely culprits for causing hemimegalencephaly, though perhaps not the only ones.
June 22, 2012
June 22, 2012 —
After countless hours of research, longer-than-average school days and lengthy commutes, graduating senior Sharon Vongvanith will celebrate the culmination of seven years of hard work during The Preuss School UCSD commencement ceremony on June 29. And she won’t be alone—89 other bright and ambitious seniors will celebrate with her as well.
June 21, 2012
June 21, 2012 —
Psoriasis is an autoimmune disorder in which skin cells proliferate out of control. For some hard-to-heal wounds, the problem is just the opposite: Restorative skin cells don’t grow well or fast enough. In a paper published in the June 21, 2012 issue of Immunity, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine describe a molecule that may lead to new treatments for both problems.
June 21, 2012
June 21, 2012 —
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have uncovered a new signal transduction pathway specifically devoted to the regulation of alternative RNA splicing, a process that allows a single gene to produce or code multiple types of protein variants. The discovery, published in the June 27, 2012 issue of Molecular Cell, suggests the new pathway might be a fruitful target for new cancer drugs.
June 20, 2012
June 20, 2012 —
With a beam of infrared light, scientists have sent ripples of electrons along the surface of graphene and demonstrated that they can control the length and height of these oscillations, called plasmons, using a simple electrical circuit.
June 20, 2012
June 20, 2012 —
A record 340 middle and high school students have signed up for a wide range of science and technology workshops as part of 2012 StudentTECH Summer Program, organized by the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego.
June 20, 2012
June 20, 2012 —
With a single drug treatment, researchers at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine can silence the mutated gene responsible for Huntington’s disease, slowing and partially reversing progression of the fatal neurodegenerative disorder in animal models.
June 20, 2012
June 20, 2012 —
The UCSD division of Calit2 this week kicks off a summer of research opportunities for 30 undergraduates representing 17 academic majors. For the 12th summer in a row, Calit2 Summer Undergraduate Scholars are fanning out across campus to work full-time in the labs of Calit2-affiliated faculty members, doing research alongside graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and their advisors.
June 20, 2012
June 20, 2012 —
The data avalanche brought about by the digital revolution has made it possible to harness vast datasets for everything from statistical analysis to teaching machines to recognize patterns and respond in ‘intelligent’ ways.
June 19, 2012
June 19, 2012 —
The Preuss School UCSD was named the top charter school in California in a new report developed to strengthen accountability among California’s charter schools. The sixth-annual USC School Performance Dashboard includes a ranking of the state’s top 10 charter campuses. The report was developed by USC’s Center on Educational Governance at the Rossier School of Education and draws on data from 2003 to 2011 to rate charter schools across multiple measures of financial health and academic performance, including state test scores and classroom spending.
