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SDSC, Calit2 Awarded $1.4 Million NSF Grant for New Bioinformatics Tools

Science & Environment

Researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) and the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) at the University of California, San Diego, have been awarded a three-year, $1.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create a Kepler Scientific Workflow System module. Researchers will develop new tools to help manage ever-growing data sets used in next-generation DNA sequencing.

SDSC, Calit2 Awarded $1.4 Million NSF Grant for New Bioinformatics Tools

Study Shows Increased Prostate Cancer Risk from Vitamin E Supplements

Health & Behavior

Men who took 400 international units (I.U.) of vitamin E daily had more prostate cancers compared to men who took a placebo, according to an updated review of data from the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention (SELECT) Trial. The results appeared Oct. 12 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Study Shows Increased Prostate Cancer Risk from Vitamin E Supplements

Fueling Hope

Science & Environment

Chemistry lecturer teaches high school students how to power combustion engine using coffee grounds—but hopes they will also learn love for university life

Please Touch the Art

Humanities

UC San Diego is known for its world-renowned research and for being one of the hottest schools for science, but the campus also has robust programs in the arts and many offerings for students with creative interests. At the heart of the campus is the UC San Diego Crafts Center, where members of the campus and local community have the opportunity to make art ranging from ceramics to glassblowing and photography.

Genetically Influenced Responses to Alcohol Affect Brain Activation

Health & Behavior

A study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine suggests that differences in brain activation in individuals with a low level of response to alcohol may contribute to their inability to recognize modest levels of alcohol intoxication. Their findings could provide the potential to identify individuals who are at risk for developing an alcohol-use disorder before it develops – in essence, providing a marker for this vulnerability.

Genetically Influenced Responses to Alcohol Affect Brain Activation

Golden Age of Piracy to be Explored in Oct. 20 Talk at UCSD’s Geisel Library

Humanities

If the thought of pirates conjures up images of Captain Hook, forced plank-walkings, and bad boy pirate of the Caribbean Johnny Depp, it’s time to give pirates a more serious look. Contrary to popular stereotypes, pirates of the early modern period were more than rum-soaked villains of the sea. In fact, they were once an accepted and even welcomed class, and commonly purchased land, married local women, and even became members of the ruling elite in North American colonial communities.