Vicious Circles: Ring-shaped DNA Provides Cancer Cells with a Malignant Twist
November 20, 2019
UC San Diego researchers describe how circular extrachromosomal DNA in cancer cells boosts aggressiveness and resistance to therapies.
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UC San Diego’s Big Ideas for 2016 — and Beyond
January 7, 2016
…of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and director of the Center for Excellence in Nanomedicine What’s the biggest challenge in health care today? “Patient adherence to taking medication,” says Almutairi. People usually don’t remember or want to take a pill every day, and that’s a big hurdle to researchers like Almutairi,…
CISA3 Archaeologist Advises Unprecedented Exhibition of Maya Artifacts
June 17, 2015
Curators at the San Diego Natural History Museum have enlisted University of California, San Diego archaeologist Dominique Rissolo as a content expert for a new exhibition offering insight into the ancient Maya.
NSF Funds CSE Professor to Model Human-Robot Teamwork in Uncertain Environments
August 29, 2017
Laurel Riek, associate professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California San Diego, will lead a three-year National Science Foundation (NSF) project on new methods for coordinating teams of robots and people in complex, uncertain environments.
Grassroots Graduate School Mentorship Program
July 20, 2023
Soon after Alexander Chen began as a chemical engineering graduate student at UC San Diego, he stumbled on a problem that he couldn’t help but work to fix. Instead of just admiring the problem, Chen built a grassroots mentorship program for undergraduates considering graduate school.
Top Summer Reading Picks Recommended by UC San Diego Library Staff
July 25, 2023
The UC San Diego Library’s community of librarians and staff are sharing a diverse array of book recommendations perfectly suited for summer vacation. All of the books listed can be found in the collections of the UC San Diego Library.
John Wooley: In Memoriam
May 5, 2015
Dr. John Wooley, the long-time associate vice chancellor for research and professor of pharmacology at the University of California, San Diego, passed away in April after a long battle with cancer.
James Cameron to be Publicly Honored with Scripps Nierenberg Prize
May 15, 2013
Ocean frontier explorer and world-renowned filmmaker James Cameron has been named by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego as the recipient of the 2013 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest.
Alumnus and Qualcomm Co-Founder Franklin Antonio Gives $30 Million to UC San Diego
November 17, 2017
University of California San Diego alumnus and Qualcomm co-founder Franklin Antonio is donating $30 million to the university in support of programmatic expansion of the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.
Keeping Track of Time in Cyber-Physical Systems
June 13, 2014
The National Science Foundation today announced a five-year, $4 million “Frontier” award to tackle the challenge of time in cyber-physical systems (CPS)—engineered systems that are built from and depend upon the seamless integration of computational algorithms and physical components.
