HDSI Welcomes Dexcom
Business & EconomicsThe Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI) is pleased to welcome Dexcom to our robust Industry Partnership Alliance Program.
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Sewage-Handling Robots Help Predict COVID-19 Outbreaks in San Diego
Health & BehaviorUC San Diego School of Medicine researchers develop an automated process to test city sewage for SARS-CoV-2, allowing them to forecast the region’s COVID-19 caseload one to two weeks ahead of clinical diagnostic reports.
New Research Unlocks Mysteries of Soupfin Shark Migration and Reproduction
Science & EnvironmentA seven-year tracking study of California’s soupfin sharks has yielded a first for science. Scripps and USD researcher Andy Nosal found that these sharks return to the same waters off La Jolla every three years, the first documented evidence of triennial philopatry in any animal.
UC San Diego Music Professor Wins Prestigious Award
The ArtsUC San Diego music professor and composer Lei Liang will receive a Goddard Lieberson Fellowship in Music for 2021 from the American Academy of Arts and Letters at a virtual ceremony on May 19.
‘Comet’ Illustrates the Mechanical Process of Cancer Growth
Health & BehaviorTissues which consist largely of collagen were the focus of a recent collaborative study by a team from Stanford University and Purdue University. To accomplish their work, they used the Comet supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego.
Novel Drug Prevents Amyloid Plaques, a Hallmark of Alzheimer’s Disease
Health & BehaviorResearchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and elsewhere have identified a new drug that could prevent AD by modulating, rather than inhibiting, a key enzyme involved in forming amyloid plaques.
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