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SDSC Resources, Expertise Used in Genomic Analysis of 115 Year-Old Woman

Health & Behavior

A team of researchers investigating the genome of a healthy supercentenarian since 2011 has found many somatic mutations – permanent changes in cells other than reproductive ones – that arose during the woman’s lifetime. Led by Erik Sistermans and Henne Holstege from the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam, the team recently published its findings in the journal Genome Research as reported by GenomeWeb.

SDSC Resources, Expertise Used in Genomic Analysis of 115 Year-Old Woman

UC San Diego Health System Excels in Patient Safety

Health & Behavior

Designed to rate how well hospitals protect patients from accidents, errors, injuries and infections, the latest Hospital Safety Score honored UC San Diego Health System with an “A” – its top grade in patient safety.

UC San Diego Health System Excels in Patient Safety

Filmatic Festival: Expanding Cinema, Collaboration and Consciousness

Humanities

In a world where people prefer to be alone together, what will become of filmmaking and film-going? It sounds as much like the beginning of a futuristic movie trailer as it does the impetus for a film festival — specifically the inaugural Filmatic Festival, a collaboration between ArtPower! and the Qualcomm Institute at the University of California, San Diego.

Filmatic Festival: Expanding Cinema, Collaboration and Consciousness

Microscopic Organism Plays a Big Role in Ocean Carbon Cycling, Scripps Scientists Discover

Science & Environment

It’s broadly understood that the world’s oceans play a crucial role in the global-scale cycling and exchange of carbon between Earth’s ecosystems and atmosphere. Now scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have taken a leap forward in understanding the microscopic underpinnings of these processes.

Microscopic Organism Plays a Big Role in Ocean Carbon Cycling, Scripps Scientists Discover

Researchers Discover New Genetic Brain Disorder in Humans

Health & Behavior

A newly identified genetic disorder associated with degeneration of the central and peripheral nervous systems in humans, along with the genetic cause, is reported in the April 24, 2014 issue of Cell.

Researchers Discover New Genetic Brain Disorder in Humans

New Online Voting Platform Aims to Give Public Unprecedented Lobbying Power

Politics & Society

A new online voting platform developed by UC San Diego alumnus Arshya “Ary” Sharifian and UC San Diego undergraduate Miles Minton now allows voters in North County San Diego to directly lobby their elected officials through weekly polls.