Too Much of a Good Thing May Lead to Too Much of a Liver As Well
February 24, 2020
UC San Diego researchers suggest that prolonged exposure to a pair of antioxidant proteins may contribute to enlargement of the liver and fatty liver diseases.
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Genome-Wide Analysis Reveals New Strategies to Target Pancreatic Cancer
April 4, 2019
An international team of scientists led by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine employed an array of next-generation sequencing and gene-editing tools, such as CRISPR, to map the molecular dependencies – and thus vulnerabilities – of pancreatic cancer stem cells.
Q&A with Steffanie Strathdee
April 18, 2011
…in the Department of Medicine. In this interview, she talks about her research, the importance of collaboration in addressing global health issues, and how she and others at UC San Diego are taking action. Why is global health a growing concern? Strathdee: Just look at the recent triple tragedy in…
Nierenberg Prize Awarded to Biochemist Katalin Karikó for Pioneering Research on COVID-19 Vaccines
March 14, 2024
Hungarian-American biochemist and researcher Katalin Karikó has been selected by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego as the recipient of the 2023 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest.
Building Robust Collaborations to ‘ATTACK’ Future Pandemics
January 18, 2022
Six University of California campuses, in coordination with two national labs and more than one dozen industry partners, have formed the University of California-National Labs Antiviral Treatments Targeting All Coronaviruses and Key RNA viruses Consortium to prepare for and prevent future pandemics.
UC San Diego Engineering Dean Emeritus Receives Top Award from National Academy of Engineering
September 28, 2023
Robert “Bob” Conn, dean emeritus of the University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, has been selected to receive one of the oldest and most prestigious National Academy of Engineering (NAE) awards, the Simon Ramo Founders Award for 2023.
Five UC San Diego Experts Elected AAAS Fellows in 2020
November 24, 2020
American Association for the Advancement of Science honors the contributions of UC San Diego leaders in astrophysics, research advocacy, organic chemistry, psychiatry and geophysics.
Poseidon Innovation Announces Funding for Three UC San Diego Researchers
June 26, 2020
UC San Diego and Deerfield Management created Poseidon Innovation to support researchers working to advance disease-curing therapeutics by funding early stage projects and expediting the drug-development cycle. Poseidon announces it is funding three researchers.
Faulty DNA Disposal System Causes Inflammation
February 8, 2024
Each cell features mtDNA, instructions that mitochondria use to create energy. When mtDNA remains where it belongs, cells remain healthy. But when it goes where it doesn’t belong, mtDNA can initiate an immune response and inflammation. Scientists have discovered the pathways behind this process.
Brain Research at UC San Diego Brings Excitement to Celebration of Former Engineering Dean
May 2, 2013
Within days of each other, Robert W. Conn recently made two trips to Washington, D.C. to meet President Barack Obama at the White House. The Dean Emeritus of the University of California, San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, Dr. Conn is President of The Kavli Foundation.
