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HumanitiesThe UC San Diego Department of Literature’s New Writing Series has introduced hundreds of writers to the greater San Diego community since 1986. The six events set for Spring Quarter kicks off April 17.
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UC San Diego Electrical Engineer Massimo Franceschetti Named a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow
Science & EnvironmentMassimo Franceschetti, a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC San Diego, has been awarded a 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship. His work focuses on the mathematical foundations of engineering systems, with applications to networks, control, computation, communication, and sensing.
In Mice, Eliminating Damaged Mitochondria Alleviates Chronic Inflammatory Disease
Health & BehaviorTreatment with a choline kinase inhibitor prompts immune cells to clear away damaged mitochondria, thus reducing NLRP3 inflammasome activation and preventing inflammation
Philosophy Professor Awarded $1.2 Million Grant to Advance Research on Free Will and Responsibility
HumanitiesUC San Diego Department of Philosophy professor Manuel Vargas and Santiago Amaya of the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia have been awarded a $1.2 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation to advance understanding of agency, free will and responsibility.
NASA Twin Study Provides a Multi-omics View of the Human Body’s Response to a Year in Space
Health & BehaviorThe NASA Twins Study is the most comprehensive integrated multi-omics, molecular, physiological, and behavioral analysis of how the human body responds to space flight to date. Study results were published in the April edition of Science
Magnets with ‘Magic Angle’ Offer New Way to Study Jelly States of Genes
Science & EnvironmentChemistry & Biochemistry researchers at UC San Diego ventured into the tiny atomic world of protein molecules within cells with a technological approach never before applied. Their findings offer other researchers a new way to do their work.
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