June 7, 2018
…classrooms, which are student-centered, technology-rich spaces, designed to facilitate student interaction. There will also be four lecture halls of varying sizes–two 250-seat halls, one 350-seat hall and a large-scale 600-seat lecture hall. In addition to providing much-needed living and academic space, the North Torrey Pines Learning and Living Neighborhood will…
June 17, 2020
Nanoparticles cloaked in human lung cell membranes and human immune cell membranes can attract and neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 virus in cell culture, causing the virus to lose its ability to hijack host cells and reproduce.
November 10, 2022
Eight researchers from UC San Diego are listed in the first-ever ranking of the “1,000 Best Female Scientists in the World” by research.com, an analytics platform that advocates for improved research quality and also ranks universities, scholarly journals and academic conferences.
December 5, 2013
…in both science and medicine. It was conducted in collaboration with the nonprofit Innovations for Poverty Action and funded by the National Institutes of Health Common Fund. About 500 men and women received $404 each. The gift was delivered either in a lump sum or in monthly installments over the…
March 11, 2021
…such as manufacturing and medicine. The team is currently working with the JGI to sequence the genomes of 10 different types of biosynthetically “gifted" red seaweeds found in San Diego, something that has never been done before. “I’m excited to read some of the first genome sequences from red algae…
June 16, 2022
…San Diego’s School of Medicine Alondra Osuna Orozco (seated third from the left) with Triton Transfer Hub peer coaches and program manager Jackie Duerr (far right back row). “My supervisor at the Triton Transfer Hub, Jackie Duerr, has had a great impact on my journey at UC San Diego. This…
April 21, 2016
…Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine and was attended by more than 150 Chancellor’s Associates donors, faculty, staff, students and guests. The event was hosted by Faculty Excellence Awards Selection Committee Chair Karen Garsson ’88 and celebrated the accomplishments of UC San Diego faculty as a whole, while highlighting the important…
March 17, 2022
…and girls in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to shape a better world. From March 5 to 27, the Smithsonian will present “#IfThenSheCan - The Exhibit,” a collection of 120 statues of women in STEM—the largest collection of statues of women ever assembled in one location, at one time.…
June 19, 2012
…includes a School of Medicine, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, two hospitals, and multiple primary and specialty care outpatient centers. This is a dynamic campus and it needs a dynamic leader. What was your reaction when Pradeep Khosla was chosen as UC San Diego’s eighth Chancellor? I am…
November 18, 2021
…the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine COVID-19 Task Force. COVID-19 infections are more severe in pregnant people “Early on in the second trimester, women become more short of breath,” said Dr. Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, chair and professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at UC San Diego Health. “As the uterus grows…
