Enzyme Offers New Therapeutic Target for Cancer Drugs
June 21, 2012
…discovery, published in the June 27, 2012 issue of Molecular Cell, suggests the new pathway might be a fruitful target for new cancer drugs.
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UC San Diego Researchers May Be Shedding Light on Life’s Chemical Origins
October 3, 2017
…modern living organisms are molecularly complex. But scientific interest in developing simple self-reproducing living systems is gaining attention. This is because such molecular assemblies could answer key questions about the origins of life. With this in mind, biochemical researchers at the University of California San Diego—Neal K. Devaraj, associate professor…
3D Enzyme Model Provides New Tool for Anti-Inflammatory Drug Development
January 26, 2015
To better understand PLA2 enzymes and help drive therapeutic drug development, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine developed 3D computer models that show exactly how two PLA2 enzymes extract their substrates from cellular membranes. The new tool is described in a paper published online the week…
UC San Diego Superfund Research Program Receives $15 Million Grant Renewal
May 22, 2012
…$15 million grant will fund continued research on the molecular and genetic consequences of exposure to uncontrolled toxicants from Superfund and other hazardous waste sites.
Biosynthesis Captured in Motion
December 22, 2013
Chemists have caught molecules in the act of biosynthesis revealing an animated view of how a fundamental piece of cellular machinery operates. The system they observed, a critical metabolic pathway, generates fatty acids, essential components of fats and structures such as cell membranes. Nature published their findings in the early…
Two UC San Diego Biologists Named 2015 Searle Scholars
April 23, 2015
…received his Ph.D. in molecular and cell biology from UC Berkeley and carried out his postdoctoral training in the department of psychiatry and behavioral science at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Lim is also a Davis Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow. Byungkook Lim. Photo by Kim Cooper Searle Scholars are selected…
52 UC San Diego Researchers Are Named Highly Cited in 2020 Listing
November 23, 2020
52 faculty members and researchers at UC San Diego are among the world’s most influential in their fields, according to the Web of Science Group.
Biological Activity Found to Affect Aerosols Produced from Sea Spray
May 11, 2017
Chemists have discovered that tiny particulate matter called aerosols lofted into the atmosphere by sea spray and the bursting of bubbles at the ocean’s surface are chemically altered by the presence of biological activity.
Researchers Reveal Behaviors of the Tiniest Water Droplets
August 15, 2012
A new study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, and Emory University has uncovered fundamental details about the hexamer structures that make up the tiniest droplets of water, the key component of life – and one that scientists still don’t fully understand.
UC San Diego Professor Named Blavatnik National Laureate in Chemistry
June 27, 2018
…answer questions about life’s molecular origins. Professor Neal Devaraj continues that UC San Diego legacy by using chemistry to solve questions in biology, while also developing new tools that uniquely perform tasks within living cells. For his inventive work, the Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences…
