July 7, 2022
Scientists and physicians at UC San Diego and Scripps Research describe how wastewater sequencing provided dramatic new insights into levels and variants of SARS-CoV-2 on campus and in the broader community — a key step to public health interventions in advance of COVID-19 case surges.
June 11, 2020
…Diego County, the Molecular Microbiology Laboratory in the Center for Advanced Laboratory Medicine (CALM) at UC San Diego Health was able to provide some of the first COVID-19 test results to Father Joe’s Villages’ homeless population. “Coordinating the logistics of external testing required significant work, but it was worth every…
November 1, 2022
UC San Diego icon Nick Spitzer, known for his warm, engaging personality and a passion for teaching and research, is marking 50 years on campus. A campus celebration and new innovation award have been set to mark his lasting contributions to science and the university.
October 5, 2017
…native Tia Rabsatt studied microbiology in the lab of Scripps Assistant Professor Jeff Bowman during the summer program. She worked on a project to determine whether the presence of seagrass affects the abundance of bacteria in the San Diego Bay. “We’re trying to see if seagrass has the ability to…
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 21, 2021
…DNA in space. “Studying microbiology on station is very similar to the earth, except for you’re floating, maybe doing the same experiment but you’re conducting it on the ceiling because that’s a convenient place to work,” said Rubins, in a NASA video introducing the Artemis team. “Kate Rubins provides a…
June 1, 2017
…School Biochemistry Department and Microbiology and Immunology Department. Rubins conducted her undergraduate research on HIV-1 integration in the Infectious Diseases Laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Prior to joining NASA, she worked at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research heading 14 researchers studying viral diseases affecting Africa. Total…
February 22, 2018
…Donald Bren Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and a renowned mosquito scientist. “I’m really happy that there’s somebody of his caliber working on the Aedes aegypti species because they are a big deal. I view him as one of the two or three people worldwide who are doing excellent…
October 23, 2014
…top third of salaries, ahead of such fields as microbiology or business administration. “Philosophy gives you the ability to think—a career-independent skill,” Grush said. “It will help you advance no matter what you do.”
January 7, 2016
…has a doctorate in Microbiology/Virology from Iowa State University. Company description: Dermala Inc. is a spinout from UC San Diego. Dermala utilizes the human microbiome to develop treatments for chronic skin diseases that are associated with defects—dysbiosis—in the skin microbiome. Dermala has built a proprietary platform that enables discovery of…
