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UC San Diego Celebrates 20th Annual Black History Month

February 3, 2022

…of the Clinical Molecular Microbiology Laboratory at UC San Diego Health. As an infectious disease specialist, Pride runs a research laboratory that specializes in viruses and has been in a leader in the university’s development of testing strategies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a recent Q&A in Discoveries…

Evenings of Nonconventional Wisdom Series to Showcase Expertise of Campus Community

February 11, 2021

…specializing in infectious diseases, microbiology and immunology. I received my medical training at Stanford University School of Medicine. Over more than two decades at UC San Diego, I have led a large, collaborative and highly interdisciplinary research laboratory developing innovative approaches to prevent or treat difficult infections. Some of our…

UC San Diego Announces Recipients of Chancellor’s and Revelle Medals

October 10, 2019

…remarkable breakthroughs in marine microbiology, conservation efforts, science communication, quantum materials, astrophysics and patient care that inspire others to look deeper.” Recognized in 2017 as California’s most generous philanthropists, Gordon and Betty Moore have made lasting contributions to science, health, technology, education and environmental conservation. Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel,…

Microplastics: A Macro Problem

February 13, 2020

…teach them about marine microbiology and educate them on plastic pollution. The samples and data the students collect in these sessions are then incorporated into their coursework for the term. Microfibers seen in fine detail through a microscope. Graduate students in the Bowman Lab later perform more detailed analyses of…

Talk of a “Twindemic”

September 17, 2020

…director of the molecular microbiology laboratory at UC San Diego Health, said test manufacturers are developing assays to detect and differentiate between flu and novel coronaviruses, though he said it’s unlikely they will be widely available this season or “game-changers.” At UC San Diego Health, Pride said patients presenting symptoms…

Un Empuje Para Disminuir la Disparidad en la Vacunación

May 13, 2021

…desarrollo en UC Santa Cruz. Obtuvo su doctorado en microbiología en UC Davis. Completó su investigación postdoctoral en la Escuela de Medicina de Harvard antes de unirse a la facultad de UC San Diego en 2020.

Unprecedented Case Series Advances Promise of Phage Therapy

June 9, 2022

An international team of researchers, led by scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the University of Pittsburgh, report promising results from the largest case series yet of patients treated with bacteriophage therapy for antibiotic-resistant infections.

UC San Diego Receives $7.35 Million in Federal Community Project Funding

March 17, 2022

…accumulation, and trophic transfer. Microbiologists will analyze samples collected in prior expeditions to assess the roles of microbes in degrading DDT and explore microbiological remediation strategies. Scripps researchers aboard the Research Vessel Sally Ride deploy the REMUS 6000 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to survey the seafloor for discarded barrels in…

Fermentation Festival Leads to Rapid Response System at Center for Microbiome Innovation

April 26, 2016

While technological advances have made it easier to map our microbiomes and metabolomes, these studies typically take too long for that data to be medically useful. Researchers at the University of California San Diego Center for Microbiome Innovation used the 2016 San Diego Fermentation Festival as a test case for…

UC San Diego’s Scripps Oceanography Awarded $5.6 Million for DDT Ocean Dumpsite Research

September 26, 2022

New congressionally-directed funding awarding $5.6 million to Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego will aim to improve characterization of the extent of the dumpsite, and support additional monitoring and research.

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