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The Explorers: A Passion for Science Leads to New Territory

Science & Environment

After decades of working in industry and academia, biophysicists Alex Savtchenko and Elena Molokanova still have big dreams.

Fixing the Chicken-and-Egg Conundrum of Interdisciplinary Research Collaborations

Science & Environment

The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering has launched a program that provides funding to enable early-career faculty in engineering and computer science to build interdisciplinary research collaborations. The program is called the Jacobs School Early Career Faculty Development Award.

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Tallest Full-scale Building Ever Built on an Earthquake Simulator Put to the Test at UC San Diego

Technology & Engineering

A 10-story building made of cross-laminated timber will be tested on one of the world’s two largest earthquake simulators at the University of California San Diego this spring. Known as the Tallwood project, it is the tallest full-scale building ever to be constructed and tested on a shake table.

Picture of a 10-story cross-laminated timber building with a crane and a safety tower.

Biodegradable Polymer System Offers New Hope for Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis

Technology & Engineering

A team led by engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed a biodegradable polymer system to treat rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune and inflammatory disease, by working in concert with the power of the human immune system.

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UC San Diego Faculty Inducted Into Prestigious Biomedical Institution

Technology & Engineering

Three faculty members at the University of California San Diego were inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). Professors Victor Nizet, Karsten Zengler and Sameer Shah are among the 140 new AIMBE Fellows in the class of 2023. In ad

Victor Nizet, Sameer Shah, Karsten Zengler and Karen Christman

Center for AIDS Research Receives $15 Million Renewal Grant From NIH

Health & Behavior

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded a five-year, $15.45 million grant to the San Diego Center for AIDS Research at UC San Diego, renewing support that extends back to an original establishing grant in 1994 at the height of the AIDS epidemic.