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Waters Corporation Sponsors New Clinical Fellowship at the UC San Diego School of Medicine

Health & Behavior

Waters Corporation announced today their sponsorship of a new, two-year, postdoctoral Clinical Chemistry Fellowship at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. Fellows will be trained in classical clinical chemistry, laboratory administration and research practices to prepare them for directorship positions at medical schools or hospital-based clinical chemistry laboratories.

Waters Corporation Sponsors New Clinical Fellowship at the UC San Diego School of Medicine

Qualcomm Institute’s Lin Named Desert Research Institute Nevada Medalist

Technology & Engineering

The Desert Research Institute, the environmental research arm of the Nevada System of Higher Education, has awarded University of California, San Diego research scientist Albert Yu-Min Lin its 27th annual Nevada Medal for his work in digital exploration and science education. Lin is the youngest research scientist and the first materials scientist and engineer to receive the DRI Nevada Medal.

Qualcomm Institute’s Lin Named Desert Research Institute Nevada Medalist

UC San Diego Biologists Receive $1 Million W.M. Keck Foundation Grant

Science & Environment

Biologists at UC San Diego who recently discovered that the brain cells of adult rats can alter the neurotransmitters they secrete in response to changes in the amount of daylight have been awarded a $1-million research grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation.

UC San Diego Biologists Receive $1 Million W.M. Keck Foundation Grant

Luau and Longboard Invitational Celebrates 20th Anniversary of ‘Surfing for a Cure’ Aug. 18

Health & Behavior

A surfer and San Diego resident at the time, Kary Mullis won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1993 for his invention of the polymerase chain reaction, considered one of the monumental scientific techniques of the 20th century. That year, Mullis also became the founding honorary chair of the Luau and Longboard Invitational, a fundraising event for the UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center that unites two passions common in San Diego: surfing and science.

Luau and Longboard Invitational Celebrates 20th Anniversary of ‘Surfing for a Cure’ Aug. 18

Studies Suggest New Key to “Switching Off” Hypertension

Health & Behavior

A team of University of California, San Diego researchers has designed new compounds that mimic those naturally used by the body to regulate blood pressure. The most promising of them may literally be the key to controlling hypertension, switching off the signaling pathways that lead to the deadly condition.

Studies Suggest New Key to “Switching Off” Hypertension

Brian Schultz Golf Classic to Raise Funds for UC San Diego Cancer Research August 10

Health & Behavior

The annual Brian Schultz Memorial Golf Classic will take place Saturday, August 10 at the Rancho Bernardo Inn, with proceeds benefiting cancer research at the UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center. The event will feature a golf tournament, banquet and entertainment—all to support the quest to conquer cancer.