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Governor Approves Funding for New Research Program Aimed at Saving State Water

Budget signed by Brown supports launch of atmospheric river program that could enable storage of billions more gallons of water in state reservoirs.

Gene Mutation “Hotspots” Linked to Better Breast Cancer Outcomes

Using a database of human tumor genomic data, researchers at the University of California San Diego, School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center discovered that mutation hotspots known as kataegis are a positive marker in breast cancer — patients with kataegis have less invasive tumors and better prognoses. The study, published June 30 in Cell Reports, also suggests kataegis status could help doctors determine treatment options that might work best for patients with the mutation pattern.

Office of Innovation Adds Entrepreneurial Expertise to New Urban Innovation Collaboratory

The Office of Innovation and Commercialization at UC San Diego plays a significant role in the just-announced Urban Innovation Collaboratory, a partnership between UC San Diego Extension and the Downtown San Diego Partnership.

UC San Diego Tops List for Highest Number of Women Graduates in STEM

A recent study by BestColleges.com analyzing which colleges enroll and graduate women with majors in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) found that the University of California San Diego tops the list with one in three women graduating with a STEM degree. UC San Diego’s proportion of STEM graduates is three times the national average.

SDSC, UC San Diego Health Sciences to Launch Year 2 of Mentoring Program

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California San Diego, in collaboration with the UC San Diego Division of Health Sciences, is preparing to launch the second year of a new mentoring program designed to provide a pathway for high school students to gain access to experts in their field of interest.

Researchers Find a Likely Cause of Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumors

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have found that a likely cause of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors is deficiency in nonsense-mediated RNA decay (NMD), a system cells use to control which genes are activated.