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CHO Systems Biology Center Pioneers Efforts to Improve Cell Production of High-Value Pharmaceuticals

Health & Behavior

Optimizing CHO (Chinese hamster ovary) cell lines to accelerate biologic drug development is a goal of the CHO Systems Biology Center at the University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering. Center researchers are developing new technologies and training the next generation of cell line engineers and systems biology specialists to advance CHO cell engineering research.

CHO Systems Biology Center Pioneers Efforts to Improve Cell Production of High-Value Pharmaceuticals

Qualcomm Institute Invites Proposals for Tech-Infused Performing Arts Series

Humanities

The Qualcomm Institute (QI) at UC San Diego has launched its fifth annual invitation to faculty and students to propose residencies culminating in performances or presentations of works and research in visual arts, music, theatre and dance, as well as technology disciplines. The Call for Proposals was published online April 10 on the website of QI’s Initiative for Digital Exploration of Arts and Sciences (IDEAS).

Qualcomm Institute Invites Proposals for Tech-Infused Performing Arts Series

Study Discovers Fundamental Unit of Cell Size in Bacteria

Health & Behavior

By applying mathematical models to a large number of experiments in which bacterial growth is inhibited, a team of physicists, biologists and bioengineers from UC San Diego developed a “general growth law” that explains the relationship between the average cell size of bacteria and how fast they grow.

Study Discovers Fundamental Unit of Cell Size in Bacteria

Undergrads Create New Rocket Fuel as Part of Engineering Design Class

Science & Environment

How many undergraduates can say they published a paper on a new rocket fuel? Students in a mechanical and aerospace engineering senior design class at UC San Diego can.

Undergrads Create New Rocket Fuel as Part of Engineering Design Class

Former Provost Calls for Critical Thinking about Professional Protocols and Privilege

Humanities

For 38 years Don Wayne applied his time and talent to the University of California San Diego in various capacities, from graduate student in literature to provost of Revelle College. Wayne, now professor emeritus in the Department of Literature, returns to campus as the department’s featured Alumni Lecture speaker.

American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects UC San Diego Chancellor and Three Professors

Business & Economics

Three faculty members of the University of California San Diego and its chancellor have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the country’s most esteemed honorary societies and independent policy research centers.