September 16, 2012
Chemists at UC San Diego have developed a method that for the first time provides scientists the ability to attach chemical probes onto proteins and subsequently remove them in a repeatable cycle.
November 30, 2017
…pull everyone together. We’ll learn about sleep from the sleep scientists and they’ll learn about circadian biology from us. And it worked.” Today, the Center for Circadian Biology, which was launched in 2010 as a way to stimulate cross-campus collaboration in the field, has become a magnet not only for…
March 17, 2016
…The lab also hosts machining and measurement capabilities. Services are available via recharge to the entire campus community. StartR is a nonprofit accelerator for M.B.A. students and alumni at the Rady School of Management. This free six-month program is designed to provide entrepreneurs the tools needed to start and grow…
March 31, 2016
Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and University of British Columbia (UBC) have determined that, in mice, age diminishes ability to regenerate axons, the brain’s communication wires in the spinal cord. The study is published March 31 in Cell Reports.
April 13, 2017
Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells are the workhorses behind more than half of the top-selling biologics on the market today. Humira, Avastin and Rituxan are a few. Researchers at the UC San Diego CHO Systems Biology Center are developing new tools, such as genome-scale metabolic models, to optimize CHO cell…
September 23, 2021
Biological Sciences Associate Professor Elizabeth Villa has been selected as a 2021 Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator. As one of 33 scientists chosen out of pool of more than 800, Villa will receive $9 million over a seven-year HHMI Investigator term.
March 13, 2023
Designed to guide our startup community through those challenges, the Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIR) program continues to blossom with each new cohort. Now in its seventh year, the Office of Innovation & Commercialization (OIC) is excited to announce its newest cohort with the introduction of Dr.
February 5, 2018
In approximately 15 percent of cases where couples are unable to conceive, the underlying cause of infertility is not known. Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and in the Division of Biological Sciences at UC San Diego have identified a protein in mice that must be…
December 4, 2014
…year, he will be machining parts out of aluminum, graphite and plastic. “My job is to make this work,” he said. “I’m very nervous and very stressed. There are a lot of emotions.” Another team, led by aerospace students Narek Geghamyan and Aditya Zadgaonkar, is making sure that all the…
May 1, 2024
UC San Diego’s Research Communications Program focuses on practical training to help scientific researchers shine as they share their findings on and off camera.
