An international team of scientists, co-led by researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, has created the first pan-cancer mycobiome atlas—a survey of 35 types of cancer and their associated fungi. The new study, published today in the journal Cell, found fungal DNA and cells in low abundances across many major human cancers. Read More»
Hundreds of new and returning students participated in Triton Weeks of Welcome, a campus-wide series of over 150 activities ranging from UC San Diego's annual UnOlympics to a big beach party. Read More»
Tennis standout Anna Tifrea, a student in the Medical Scientist Training Program at UC San Diego, is the recipient of the inaugural Sally Ride STEM Award from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. The award is named for the late astronaut, who taught physics at UC San Diego after retiring from NASA. Read More»
Researchers in the Department of Psychiatry at the UC San Diego School of Medicine will launch a new center focused on improving access to and delivery of child mental health services thanks to a five-year grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. Read More»
On Friday, the campus community gathered to celebrate the opening of Franklin Antonio Hall. The 186,000-square-foot building is home to 13 collaboratories: research laboratories designed to bring together researchers from different departments to solve a wide range of problems facing society. Read More»
With renewed funding from the DOE, UC San Diego-based Quantum Materials for Energy Efficient Neuromorphic Computing moves one step closer to neuromorphic, or brain-like, computing. Read More»
Early Tuesday morning, campus photographer Erik Jepsen captured a display of bioluminescence spotting the California coastline along Scripps Pier. The neon blue waves accompany what scientists call a “red tide,” caused by the accumulation of phytoplankton near the water’s surface.
