UC San Diego to Partner with New Allen Institute for Immunology
UC San Diego researchers join national effort to better understand human immune system as part of new Allen Institute of Immunology.
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SDSC’s ‘Trestles’ Supercomputer Still Going Strong Three+ Years Later
The Trestles supercomputer, which was acquired more than three years ago by the Arkansas High Performance Computing Center (AHPCC) at the University of Arkansas after entering service at the San Diego Supercomputer Center in 2011, is still going strong.
UC San Diego Researcher Gets $4 Million NCI Award to Study Cancer Drug Resistance, Spread
David Cheresh, Distinguished Professor at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, received $4.2 million National Cancer Institute Outstanding Investigator Award to continue his research into cancer’s ability to overcome stress, gain drug resistance and metastasize.
Targeted Cognitive Training Benefits Patients with Severe Schizophrenia
Researchers find that patients with severe, refractory schizophrenia benefit from targeted cognitive therapy, improving auditory and verbal outcomes and the way they process information.
Half a Million Tests and Many Mosquitoes Later, New Buzz about a Malaria Prevention Drug
Researchers spent two years testing chemical compounds for their ability to inhibit the malaria parasite at an earlier stage in its lifecycle than most current drugs, revealing a new set of chemical starting points for the first drugs to prevent malaria instead of just treating the symptoms.
Graduate Student’s Steerable Brain Catheter Wins Big at Inventors Competition
Gopesh Tilvawala’s path to San Diego spans four countries and four continents. That journey led him to UC San Diego and the pursuit of a Ph.D. in mechanical and aerospace engineering with a focus on medical device technology. For the past four years, he’s been working to develop a first-of-its-kind catheter that can be remotely controlled to navigate the tiny arteries in the brain.
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