Research

Key Pathway Leading to Neurodegeneration in Early Stages of ALS Identified

Health & Behavior

Meet UC San Diego Delegates Attending the 2024 UN Climate Conference in Azerbaijan

Science & Environment

Rady School Expertise Sheds Light on Military’s Economic Impact to San Diego Region

Business & Economics

The Military Economic Impact Report was released in conjunction with a press conference on Oct. 16 Admiral Kidd Club in San Diego.

The Latest

Cybercrime Fighter Wins Genius Award

Science & Environment

A few weeks ago, Stefan Savage, a UC San Diego computer science professor started receiving calls on a daily basis—sometimes more than once a day—from a phone number with a Chicago area code. The caller didn’t leave a voicemail. Savage never answers calls from a number he doesn’t recognize. He is a security researcher and at least one of his collaborators has been targeted by cybercriminals. So he looked up the phone number. To his relief, it tracked back to the MacArthur Foundation’s headquarters in Chicago.

Inflamed Support Cells Appear to Contribute to Some Kinds of Autism

Health & Behavior

Modeling the interplay between neurons and astrocytes derived from children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues in Brazil, say innate inflammation in the latter appears to contribute to neuronal dysfunction in at least some forms of the disease.

Inflamed Support Cells Appear to Contribute to Some Kinds of Autism

Germs Are Your Friends, Top UC San Diego Scientist Shares the Dirt

Business & Economics

A noted scholar and a world-leader in microbiome research, Rob Knight, Ph.D. will take guests inside the human body and share the dirt on the microbiome, the focus of his new book, published in June 2017. On Tuesday, October 24, Knight will discuss Dirt Is Good: The Advantage of Germs for Your Child’s Developing Immune System, from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. in Geisel Library’s Seuss Room. The UC San Diego Library talk is free to attend and open to the public. A reception and a book signing with Dr. Knight will follow. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event from the UC San Diego Bookstore.

Germs Are Your Friends, Top UC San Diego Scientist Shares the Dirt

SDSC’s ‘Comet’ Supercomputer Assists in Latest LIGO Discovery

Science & Environment

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announcement in early 2016 that scientists for the first time detected gravitational waves in the universe as hypothesized by Albert Einstein in 1915 has led to additional landmark discoveries with the assistance of advanced supercomputers, including Comet at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego.

SDSC’s ‘Comet’ Supercomputer Assists in Latest LIGO Discovery

UC San Diego Distinguished Chemist Wins 2017 Russell M. Pitzer Award

Science & Environment

The University of California San Diego’s history of outstanding chemists dates back to Nobel Prize winner Harold Urey, who joined the university in 1958. That tradition of excellence continues today, as exemplified by The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry’s J. Andrew McCammon. The distinguished professor, who also holds the Joseph E. Mayer Chair of Theoretical Chemistry, will deliver the Russ Pitzer Lecture Nov. 13 at Ohio State University, which named McCammon the winner of the 2017 Russell M. Pitzer Award. McCammon’s talk will address “Thermodynamics of Molecular Recognition.”

UC San Diego Distinguished Chemist Wins 2017 Russell M. Pitzer Award

Pair of Discoveries Illuminate New Paths to Flu and Anthrax Treatments

Health & Behavior

Two recent studies led by UC San Diego biologists have set the research groundwork for new avenues to treat influenza and anthrax poisoning. Published in PLOS Pathogens, the studies from Professor Ethan Bier’s laboratory used a series of experiments to identify key pathways and mechanisms previously unknown or overlooked in the body’s defenses, and possible treatments already developed.