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Long-Read Genome Sequencing Uncovers New Autism Gene Variants

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UC San Diego Students Learn HPC Skills via SDSC’s Expanse

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Recent Pandemic Viruses Jumped to Humans Without Prior Adaptation, UC San Diego Study Finds

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To Ward off Fatty Liver, Breast is Best for Mom

Health & Behavior

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Kaiser Permanente have discovered that mothers who breastfed a child or children for six months or more are at lower risk for developing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) years later during mid-life. With no other current prevention options aside from a healthy lifestyle, they say the finding may represent an early modifiable risk factor for a serious and chronic disease.

What Happened in the Past When the Climate Changed?

Science & Environment

New research shows for the first time how the changing climate in Asia, from 5,000 to 1,000 years ago, transformed people’s ability to produce food in particular places. The computer model simulates crop failures and enables the co-authors to get at the causes of some dramatic historic and cultural changes.

UC San Diego Received $1.37 Billion in External Funding During Last Fiscal Year

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The University of California San Diego received a record-breaking $1.37 billion in total research and philanthropic funding during fiscal year 2017-18. The funding drives impactful research to solve some of the world’s most pressing issues and supports other important initiatives including student support, faculty recruitment, campus improvements and more.

SDSC Chief Data Science Officer Ilkay Altintas Named an HDSI Fellow

Science & Environment

San Diego Supercomputer Center’s Chief Data Science Officer Ilkay Altintas has been named a Fellow of the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI) at the University of California San Diego for her role in the stewardship of HDSI cyberinfrastructure (CI) resources and services, effective with the fall 2018 term.

Keeping it simple wins hacking prize for undergraduate pair

Business & Economics

How fast can you get into the Emergency Room? Thanks to a new mobile app developed by UC San Diego data science undergraduate pair, there's a way to get care more effectively. Their TimER won the annual UC Health Hack, with a mobile application that works even without a smartphone

Biologists Discover Source for Boosting Tumor Cell Drug Sensitivity

Health & Behavior

Biologists at UC San Diego have discovered a new way of re-sensitizing drug-resistant human tumor cells to the potency of DNA-damaging agents, the most widely used group of cancer drugs. In a new study, they describe how a human gene known as Schlafen 11 controls the sensitivity of tumor cells to DDAs. Their research may pave the way to new strategies to overcome chemotherapeutic drug resistance.

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UC San Diego Hosts 25th Annual Kyoto Prize Symposium March 11-12

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A Look at Love Your Wetlands Day 2026

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