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Entrepreneurs Help Tritons Build the Businesses of Tomorrow

February 4, 2021

Being a part of a changemaker, rule-breaker campus like UC San Diego means students, faculty and staff skillfully find solutions to complex problems, create innovative ideas that can improve lives and build novel business concepts that can disrupt the conventional way of doing things.

When Strains of E.coli Play Rock-Paper-Scissors, It’s Not the Strongest That Survives

December 9, 2020

What happens when different strains of bacteria are present in the same system? Do they co-exist? Do the strongest survive? In a microbial game of rock-paper-scissors, researchers at the University of California San Diego’s BioCircuits Institute uncovered a surprising answer.

52 UC San Diego Researchers Are Named Highly Cited in 2020 Listing

November 23, 2020

52 faculty members and researchers at UC San Diego are among the world’s most influential in their fields, according to the Web of Science Group.

UC San Diego’s Center for Energy Research Awarded over $5M for Energy Projects

October 8, 2020

UC San Diego’s Center for Energy Research has been awarded two grants from the Department of Energy for research focused on developing environment-friendly and cost-competitive energy sources and systems.

Vice Chancellor for Research Sandra A. Brown Receives Two Prestigious Research Awards

October 2, 2020

UC San Diego Vice Chancellor for Research Sandra A. Brown has received two national recognitions for her pioneering research in the field of psychology from the APA and the NIAAA.

Converging on Entrepreneurship

August 27, 2020

Bolarin Lawrence, a third-year nanoengineering major, heard about the Converge Summer Incubator Program and realized it was a great opportunity to learn new business skills and also invest time in supporting first-generation students in STEM careers.

For Regents Scholars, Matchmaking is a Research Affair

August 6, 2020

The Regents Scholars Research Initiative is a program that pairs first-year or transfer Regents Scholars with faculty members who will provide mentorship and research support for the fall semester (or longer, per the faculty member) in a for-credit special study course.

Women Who Mean Business

July 2, 2020

UC San Diego is proud to have been named a top 25 undergraduate university for female-founded startups by Pitchbook, a financial data and software company. UC San Diego landed in the No. 22 spot with 45 female founders whose companies raised over $580 million in first-round funding.

Poseidon Innovation Announces Funding for Three UC San Diego Researchers

June 26, 2020

UC San Diego and Deerfield Management created Poseidon Innovation to support researchers working to advance disease-curing therapeutics by funding early stage projects and expediting the drug-development cycle. Poseidon announces it is funding three researchers.

Landmark ABCD Study of Adolescent Brain Renewed for Seven Years

April 17, 2020

The National Institutes of Health has renewed its commitment to the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, the largest long-term study of brain development and child health ever conducted in the United States. The awards to UC San Diego total just over $60 million.
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