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Two ‘Seasoned and Successful’ Entrepreneurs Join UC San Diego to Guide Student Innovators

February 29, 2016

UC San Diego’s Entrepreneurs-in-Residence program, which currently features three savvy business professionals who help advise students on start-up ideas, has gained two additional experts.

Two Physics Professors at UC San Diego Named 2016 Cottrell Scholars

February 25, 2016

A biophysicist and an astrophysicist at UC San Diego have been named 2016 Cottrell Scholars, an award given this year to only two dozen scientists nationwide. Eva-Maria Schoetz Collins, an assistant professor of physics and biology, and Dusan Keres, an assistant professor of physics, will each receive $100,000 awards for research and teaching given annually to the top early career academic scientists by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement.

Ten UC San Diego Student Teams Awarded First Funding for Promising New Projects

February 22, 2016

Ten teams of innovative students at UC San Diego have been awarded proof-of-concept funding to validate the product concepts behind their innovative projects.

Events, Activities Emphasize Importance of Ethics for Scholars and Scientists

February 17, 2016

As a public research university, UC San Diego is committed to the highest standards of integrity in research.

A New Method to Dramatically Improve the Sequencing of Metagenomes

February 16, 2016

An international team of computer scientists developed a method that greatly improves researchers’ ability to sequence the DNA of organisms that can’t be cultured in the lab, such as microbes living in the human gut or bacteria living in the depths of the ocean. They published their work in the Feb. 1 issue of Nature Methods.

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.

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.
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