November 4, 2025
November 4, 2025 —
The grantmaking organization Open Philanthropy has awarded funding for a UC San Diego technology designed to stop the spread of malaria. The $500,000 grant will support the development of a new gene-editing system that blocks mosquitoes from spreading parasites that cause malaria.
October 27, 2025
October 27, 2025 —
Researchers are redefining the nutritional value of prey. Studying the dynamics of sea lion predators and their prey, the researchers found that not all prey are the same — even those of similar size and weight of the same species — offering new perspectives for understanding ocean food resources.
October 23, 2025
October 23, 2025 —
Today’s batteries power our daily lives, from our smartphones to digital communication networks to transportation and electricity systems. UC San Diego researchers in the Center for Energy Research are inventing the next generation of batteries that provide reliable, clean and mobile power. Hear from Mike Ferry, the Director of Energy Storage and Systems at UC San Diego Office of Research and Innovation on the critical importance of federal funding to keep the nation at the peak of battery research innovation.
October 16, 2025
October 16, 2025 —
Assistant Professor Nabora Reyes de Barboza studies critical factors that influence lung functions during development, regeneration and aging. Hear how cuts to federally funded research is impacting her lab’s vital research and the next generation of scientists.
October 6, 2025
October 6, 2025 —
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to UC San Diego alumnus Fred Ramsdell, a 1983 bachelor’s degree graduate in biochemistry and cell biology. He is being honored for transformative research on the immune system that has led to possible new treatments for a range of diseases.
October 2, 2025
October 2, 2025 —
The Keck Foundation has awarded $1.2 million to Neurobiology’s Vineet Augustine to study heart attacks as events that combine systems. The research will focus on heart attacks as episodes that cut across neurological and immunological systems, driven by the interaction between the heart and brain.
September 30, 2025
September 30, 2025 —
UC San Diego biologists have created a transformative new way to monitor genes. The game-changing tool known as RUBY is an inexpensive, easy-to-use technology that allows researchers to visualize genetic changes. The tool has expanded globally from plant biology into a range of other fields.
September 2, 2025
September 2, 2025 —
Researchers have unraveled key functions of TRIM37, a gene that when inactivated leads to a rare disorder known as Mulibrey nanism, which results in growth delays and abnormalities in several organs. TRIM37, they found, is critical in preventing processes tied to abnormal cell division.
July 23, 2025
July 23, 2025 —
Researchers have developed a system that blocks malaria transmission in mosquitoes, which continue to be the deadliest animals on Earth. The CRISPR-based gene-editing system changes a single molecule within mosquitoes, a tiny but effective change that stops the malaria-parasite transmission process.
