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Harnessing Human Evolution to Advance Precision Medicine

Scientists hope to advance precision medicine through the discovery of a gene variant that leads to the same phenotype in separate high-dwelling populations while taking a different evolutionary path.

Faulty DNA Disposal System Causes Inflammation

Each cell features mtDNA, instructions that mitochondria use to create energy. When mtDNA remains where it belongs, cells remain healthy. But when it goes where it doesn’t belong, mtDNA can initiate an immune response and inflammation. Scientists have discovered the pathways behind this process.

UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Doubles Size of Early-Career Faculty Acceleration Program

The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering has doubled the size of its Accelerating Interdisciplinary Research Collaborations for Early-Career Faculty program. The program helps faculty build interdisciplinary research to the point that it is competitive for multi-year research funding.

$3 Million Gift from CorDx to Boost Sustainable Energy Innovation at UC San Diego

Through his company CorDx, entrepreneur and philanthropist Aiiso Yufeng Li (Jeff) and Dongdong Guo (Doreen) have pledged $3 million to the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering. The gift will support research, education and entrepreneurship in the Sustainable Power and Energy Center (SPEC).

Finding Voice Through Art

Across stages, down walkways, from podiums and in classrooms, UC San Diego will commemorate Black History Month all February long. A lineup of in-person and virtual events is bringing the theme “Black Culture through Artistic Expression” into focus for UC San Diego’s Black History Month celebration.

Kyoto Prize Symposium to Honor Three Global Visionaries

UC San Diego and Point Loma Nazarene University will co-host the 23rd annual Kyoto Prize Symposium on March 13 and 14. The 2023 Kyoto Prize Laureates are Elliott H. Lieb for Basic Sciences, Ryuzo Yanagimachi for Advanced Technology and Nalini Malani for Arts and Philosophy.

UC San Diego is Part of DOE Grant to Establish Inertial Fusion Energy Hub

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a four-year, $16 million grant to a multi-institutional team including the University of California San Diego to establish a national Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) Science & Technology Accelerated Research for Fusion Innovation & Reactor Engineering Hub.