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Inside San Diego’s Innovation Engine

What powers San Diego’s innovation engine? When leading minds from academia, industry and government gathered at UC San Diego, the answer was clear: collaboration.

Corn Stalks. It’s What’s for Dinner … If You’re a Microbe.

Engineers have developed a strain of a common bacterial species that can feed exclusively on the three major sugars present in corn stalks. This work has exciting implications for the future of biomanufacturing.

With ARPA-H Award, UC San Diego Engineers will Develop a Soft, Autonomous Robot for Stroke Care

A research team led by engineers at UC San Diego was awarded up to $26.1M from ARPA-H to develop a soft, flexible robot that can safely and autonomously navigate through the tiny blood vessels of the brain and remove clots, expanding access to a life-saving stroke treatment.

NSF Funds Major Center at UC San Diego to Make New Quantum Materials

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded University of California San Diego researchers a six-year $18M grant to fund a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) focused on making new kinds of quantum materials.

UC San Diego Researchers Use SDSC’s Expanse to Better Understand Bone-Like Minerals

Hydroxyapatite is already widely used in medical materials to help strengthen teeth and bones, since it is the primary mineral naturally found in bone. Researchers introduced europium’s light-emitting properties to make the material easier to see in bioimaging applications.

Sweat-Powered Fingertip Patch Accurately Monitors Parkinson’s Medication

Researchers developed a patch that continuously tracks a patient’s Parkinson's disease medication levels through their fingertip sweat. The device operates using chemicals in this sweat — no batteries required. Its measurements were comparable to those obtained by standard laboratory blood tests.

Insect-inspired electronic nose: turning semiconductor chips into olfactory sensors

Bioengineers at UC San Diego integrated the olfactory receptor of an insect called a jumping bristletail into semiconductor chips made of graphene, creating an electronic nose capable of sniffing out a wide variety of small organic compounds.

New Wearable Ring Tracks Glucose, Ketone and Other Biomarkers in Sweat Simultaneously

Engineers created a smart ring that simultaneously and continuously monitors up to four different chemical biomarkers — a combination of glucose, ketones, vitamin C, uric acid, lactate or alcohol — from finger sweat. The technology could aid in diabetes management, nutrition tracking and more.

Bioengineering Alumnus Launches Venture Capital Fund Focused on San Diego MedTech Startups

Alumnus Garrett Smith is bringing these decades of experience across the innovation ecosystem back to San Diego, as founding managing partner of recently launched ReefHaven Ventures. The San Diego-focused venture capital fund is dedicated to early-stage medical technology startups.

Drug Candidate Could Help L-Dopa Work Better for Patients with Parkinson’s

For Parkinson's patients, the drug that restores movement can stop working reliably and cause involuntary movements of its own. A new candidate from UC San Diego-born biotech Sinopia Biosciences may fix both — boosting L-dopa's benefits while easing dyskinesia.

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