February 5, 2024
Researchers from University of California San Diego have developed a new search tool to that can match microbes to the metabolites they produce with no prior knowledge, an innovation that could transform our understanding of both human health and the environment.
July 8, 2019
UC San Diego will launch a payload of stem cell-derived human brain organoids to the International Space Station. Researchers will document how these “mini brains” organize into the beginnings of a functional brain with implications for the future of human life in space.
May 13, 2016
On May 13, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced a new National Microbiome Initiative, a coordinated effort to better understand microbiomes and to develop tools to protect and restore healthy microbiome function. OSTP is launching the initiative with a combined federal agency investment of more…
March 1, 2023
Four UC San Diego faculty have been selected as 2023 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows, a prestigious award for early-career scientists of outstanding promise. The fellowships are awarded in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions.
May 19, 2016
…is a leader in metabolomics and data visualization, two technologies that are being increasingly applied to study the chemical environments surrounding microbiomes and to enable rapid interpretation of the results. Expand the microbiome workforce Developing a disruptive microbiome workforce is another key UC San Diego effort. In the second branch…
May 17, 2018
…samples, they also used metabolomics methods to identify the non-living molecules and chemicals present, and shotgun metagenomics to read out all of the genes. Emerging trends All of the data collected by the American Gut Project are publicly available, without participants’ identifying information. This open access approach allows researchers around…
August 27, 2024
To date in 2024, eight early-career researchers at the University of California San Diego have received awards from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER), furthering their work to solve pressing issues impacting today’s world.
January 24, 2023
The gut microbiome plays a critical but poorly understood role in how drugs work or don’t work in the body. It also presents therapeutic possibilities unto itself.
February 1, 2018
…the impact of antibiotics on the urinary microbiome and metabolome during urinary tract infection (UTI) recovery. The project includes an art installation that uses visualizations of clinical data. Ullah is mentored by UC San Diego faculty members Rob Knight, Pieter Dorrestein, Linda Brubaker and Fonna Forman.
March 15, 2018
…an individual’s microbiome and metabolome are unique, and because of that, we can track who touched what in the room.” The office environment included a desk, bookshelf, conference table, four chairs, garbage and recycling cans, the carpet-covered floor, phones, computers and computer accessories and walls. The team swabbed nearly 400…
