October 11, 2012
…lives. Topics range from nanomedicine in cancer therapies and algal fuels to effects of government. Speakers include: Adah Almutairi of the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Todd Coleman of the Jacobs School of Engineering, Valerie Ramey of the Division of Social Sciences, Seth Lerer of the Division of…
December 2, 2013
Nanosponges that soak up a dangerous pore-forming toxin produced by MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) could serve as a safe and effective vaccine against this toxin. This “nanosponge vaccine” enabled the immune systems of mice to block the adverse effects of the alpha-haemolysin toxin from MRSA—both within the bloodstream and on…
August 12, 2013
The new electron beam writer housed in the Nano3 cleanroom facility at the Qualcomm Institute is important for electrical engineering professor Shadi Dayeh’s two major areas of research.
May 2, 2013
…Center of Excellence in Nanomedicine, UC San Diego Roger Bingham, faculty member at the Center for Brain and Cognition, UC San Diego Todd Coleman, director of the Neural Interaction Laboratory, UC San Diego Kathryn Furby, Ph.D. student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego Pablos Holman, futurist and inventor…
September 21, 2023
UC San Diego engineers have devised a new solution to control a major agricultural menace, root-damaging nematodes. Using plant viruses, they created nanoparticles that can deliver pesticides to previously unreachable soil depths. This could potentially minimize environmental toxicity and costs.
June 8, 2023
With mentorship from UC San Diego’s Qualcomm Institute and Jacobs School of Engineering, postdoctoral fellow Ivonne Gonzalez-Gamboa has won the national Nanotechnology Entrepreneurship Challenge, making this the second consecutive year that a UC San Diego entry secured first place.
March 28, 2023
The UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute’s Nano3 facility recently received funding from the National Science Foundation to establish a nanotechnology workforce training program for veterans.
February 21, 2024
Innovations in the form of multi-scale sensors and devices, creation of humanoid avatars and the development of exceptionally realistic predictive models driven by AI can radically change our lifestyles and response to pathologies.
November 17, 2016
…how her interest in nanomedicine might overlap with the needs of the defense community. Applications and solutions designed in Hacking for Defense classes could be viable in the private sector as well. “One of the things we learned when coming up with the course is that 90% of the time,…
September 19, 2011
Five bioengineering Ph.D. students from the University of California, San Diego whose research is aimed at improving human health are among the 2012 recipients of the annual Siebel Scholars awards.
