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Qualcomm Institute’s Ashley Richter Wins Interdisciplinary Research Award

April 26, 2013

Archaeological Anthropology Ph.D. candidate Ashley M. Richter has won an Interdisciplinary Research Award from the University of California, San Diego’s Office of Graduate Studies and Graduate Student Association.

Boosting the Powers of Genomic Science

April 25, 2013

In a pair of papers published in PLOS Genetics, two diverse teams of scientists, both headed by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, describe novel statistical models that more broadly and deeply identify associations between bits of sequenced DNA called single nucleotide polymorphisms or SNPs and say lead to a more complete and accurate understanding of the genetic underpinnings of many diseases and how best to treat them.

Longer Days Bring ‘Winter Blues’—For Rats, Not Humans

April 25, 2013

Biologists at UC San Diego have found that rats experience more anxiety and depression when the days grow longer. More importantly, they discovered that the rat’s brain cells adopt a new chemical code when subjected to large changes in the day and night cycle, flipping a switch to allow an entirely different neurotransmitter to stimulate the same part of the brain.

Fiesta de las Estrellas Celebrates ‘Star’ Scholars at UC San Diego

April 25, 2013

The UC San Diego Hispanic Scholarship Council will host its 16th annual Fiesta de las Estrellas April 25 to raise scholarship funds for outstanding students, with an opportunity for donors to meet the students whose lives will be transformed by their gift.

UC San Diego’s “Simphony” Research Earns Grammy Foundation Support

April 25, 2013

A UC San Diego study of the impact of music training on the brain and behavioral development in children has been awarded a grant of nearly $20,000 by the Grammy Foundation.

Language Crafters

April 25, 2013

Nobody wore a ridged rubber forehead, or painted their skin Pandora blue. If there were craggy beards and long locks, these seemed more homage to 1960s counterculture than to “Game of Thrones.”

Joint Program with World Wildlife Fund Program Aims to Train Professionals from Around World in Meas

April 25, 2013

UC San Diego and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) will launch in August a new international certificate program in Advanced Terrestrial Carbon Accounting.

UC San Diego Named One of Greenest Colleges in U.S. and Canada by Princeton Review

April 24, 2013

The University of California, San Diego has been named one of the most environmentally responsible “green colleges” in the U.S. and Canada by the Princeton Review.

Discovery of Wound-Healing Genes in Flies Could Mitigate Human Skin Ailments

April 24, 2013

Biologists at UC San Diego have identified eight genes never before suspected to play a role in wound healing that are called into action near the areas where wounds occur.

Unique Chemistry Reveals Eruption of Ancient Materials Once at Earth’s Surface

April 24, 2013

An international team of researchers, including Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, geochemist James Day, has found new evidence that material contained in oceanic lava flows originated in Earth’s ancient Archean crust.
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