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UC San Diego Receives $1.3M from W. M. Keck Foundation to Study Origins of Dementia

August 16, 2022

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have received a $1.3 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation for a project that could help scientists better understand the role misfolded tau proteins play in causing neurodegenerative diseases like dementia, which may lead to more effective

Researchers Take First-Ever Cryo-EM Images of Nitrogenase in Action

July 28, 2022

For the first time, researchers at UC San Diego report near-atomic-resolution snapshots of nitrogenase during catalysis using cryoEM. The results were published in the journal Science.

The Outer Limits: Future Economic Growth in the Face of Diminishing Resources

July 21, 2022

In the face of diminishing finite resources, UC San Diego Professor of Physics Thomas Murphy believes our current trajectory of economic growth is unable to continue much longer.

Olga Dudko Receives Prestigious Simons Investigator Award

July 5, 2022

UC San Diego Professor of Physics Olga Dudko has been named a 2022 Simons Investigator, one of the most prestigious awards for a theoretical research scientist. Dudko is a theoretical physicist whose work seeks to establish unifying physical principles in biology.

Shelley Wright Named 2022 SETI Institute Drake Award Recipient

March 29, 2022

UC San Diego Associate Professor of Physics Shelley Wright will receive the 2022 Drake Award from the SETI Institute. Wright will be recognized for her decades-long work in the field of searching for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).

Unstable Molecule Clicks with Synthetic Strategy

March 25, 2022

Capitalizing on the diagonal relationship between phosphorus and carbon, researchers at the University of California San Diego report binding diphosphorus to a single metal ion center through coordination chemistry, something that had historically remained elusive.

Meddling with Metals: Escaping the Tyranny of Copper

March 4, 2022

Researchers in the University of California San Diego’s Division of Physical Sciences have reported a new protein-design strategy to sidestep the Irving-Williams Series, allowing other metals to bind to proteins ahead of copper.

Three UC San Diego Faculty Members Receive 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship

February 15, 2022

Three researchers at the University of California San Diego are part of the 2022 class of 118 Sloan Research Fellows, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced Feb. 15, 2022. They are Matthew Lovett-Barron, Frederick R. W. M. Manners and Deian Stefan.

Three UC San Diego Faculty Members Receive 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship

February 15, 2022

Three researchers at the University of California San Diego are part of the 2022 class of 118 Sloan Research Fellows, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced Feb. 15, 2022. They are Matthew Lovett-Barron, Frederick R. W. M. Manners and Deian Stefan.

Three UC San Diego Faculty Members Receive 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship

February 15, 2022

Three researchers at the University of California San Diego are part of the 2022 class of 118 Sloan Research Fellows, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced Feb. 15, 2022. They are Matthew Lovett-Barron, Frederick R. W. M. Manners and Deian Stefan.
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