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Powerful People are Less Likely to be Understanding When Mistakes are Made

June 23, 2021

Those with power, such as the wealthy are more likely to blame others for having shortcomings and they are also less troubled by reports of inequality, according to recent research from the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management.

Iris and Matthew Strauss Give $2 Million to Endow Faculty Chair at UC San Diego

June 22, 2021

Longtime supporters of cancer research and patient care at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health have given University of California San Diego School of Medicine $2 million to establish the Iris and Matthew Strauss Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Head and Neck Surgery.

How Cells “Read” Artificial Ingredients Tossed into Genetic Recipe

June 17, 2021

UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers discovered that the enzyme RNA polymerase II recognizes and transcribes artificially added base pairs in genetic code, a new insight that could help advance the development of new vaccines and medicines.

TigerGraph Announces Center of Innovation in San Diego

June 17, 2021

TigerGraph, provider of the leading graph analytics platform, today announced plans to open a research and development-focused center of innovation in San Diego and recruit from the area’s extensive technology talent pool and will partner with UC San Diego’s Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute.

Center Brings Doctors, Scientists Together to Improve Health of Mother and Child

June 15, 2021

The Center for Perinatal Discovery at UC San Diego brings doctors and researchers together for clinical, translational and basic research to better understand maternal health, environmental exposures, fertility, pregnancy and the health of children.

SDSC Director Michael Norman Named to Federal Task Force for Advancing Artificial Intelligence

June 15, 2021

The Biden administration has launched the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Task Force, on which San Diego Supercomputer Center Director and Physics Professor Michael Norman will participate to help democratize access to resources and tools that fuel AI research and development.

AI Predicts How Patients with Viral Infections, Including COVID-19, Will Fare

June 11, 2021

UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers discovered gene expression patterns associated with pandemic viral infections, providing a map to help define patients’ immune responses, measure disease severity, predict outcomes and test therapies — for current and future pandemics.

UC San Diego Professor Renee Bowen Selected as White House Economic Advisor

June 10, 2021

Renee Bowen, the Pastor Faculty Fellow at the University of California San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy and the Department of Economics, has been selected to serve in the Biden administration as the senior economist for Trade with the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA).

Researchers Test Model to Predict Drug Overdose Deaths in U.S.

June 10, 2021

Researchers at UC San Diego, San Diego State University, and international collaborators have designed and validated a prediction model to signal counties at risk of future overdose death outbreaks.

SARS-CoV-2 Detectable — Though Likely Not Transmissible — on Hospital Surfaces

June 9, 2021

UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers discovered that SARS-CoV-2, or at least its genetic signature, abounds on hospital surfaces, often co-locating with one particular type of bacteria.
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