Prominent Circadian Biologists Gather for Influential Annual Symposium
February 4, 2016
Some of the most prominent scientists conducting very “timely” research are coming to campus.
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UC San Diego Researchers Cited Among “World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds”
February 1, 2016
Twenty-two University of California, San Diego scientists and physicians are among the 2015 listing of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds,” an annual compendium of “Highly Cited Researchers” by Thomson Reuters, a multinational mass media and information company.
Biologists Develop Method for Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing
January 22, 2016
A team of biologists and biomedical researchers at UC San Diego has developed a new method to determine if bacteria are susceptible to antibiotics within a few hours, an advance that could slow the appearance of drug resistance and allow doctors to more rapidly identify the appropriate treatment for patients with life threatening bacterial infections.
SDSC’s Health CI Division, City of Hope to Create Cancer Research Infrastructure
January 21, 2016
The Health Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Division of the San Diego Supercomputer Center is participating in a multi-million dollar project with City of Hope, a National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, and other organizations to create a research cyberinfrastructure that includes a secure, cloud-based data management platform.
UC San Diego Receives Record 84,198 Freshman and 18,480 Transfer Applications for Fall 2016
January 11, 2016
The University of California, San Diego has received a record total of 102,678 freshman and transfer applications for fall 2016. The university had the second highest number of applicants among the University of California campuses.
In Memoriam, David Woodruff, 1943-2015 Renowned Conservation Biologist at UC San Diego
January 4, 2016
David Woodruff, a world-renown conservation geneticist and biogeographer who championed UC San Diego’s role in conservation science for 35 years, passed away at his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on December 16, 2015,
New Class of Anti-infective Drugs May Overcome Antibiotic Resistance
January 4, 2016
A team of researchers, with the aid of the Gordon supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center based at UC San Diego, has identified a class of possible antibiotics with the potential to disable previously drug-resistant bacteria.
UC San Diego Innovators Gain Guidance from New Entrepreneurs-in-Residence
December 16, 2015
The renewed emphasis on strengthening the university’s “innovation ecosystem” gets a big boost this week with the launch of the UC San Diego Entrepreneurs-in-Residence program.
SDSC, Sweetwater Schools Catch Eye of NSF, White House
December 10, 2015
Five years ago, there were no computer science classes offered by schools within San Diego’s Sweetwater Union School District. Today, Sweetwater High School has a number of such classes, several of them Advanced Placement classes that encourage students to continue their education. That progress earned teacher Arthur Lopez, among others, and student Karla Gonzalez an invitation to meet with White House and National Science Foundation officials late last week.
New Method Allows Scientists to Screen Natural Products for Antibiotics
December 8, 2015
Biologists at UC San Diego have found that a method they developed to identify and characterize new antibiotics can be employed to screen natural products quickly for compounds capable of controlling antibiotic resistant bacteria.
