August 8, 2023
Gentry Patrick, a professor of neurobiology and director of the Center for Empathy and Social Justice in Human Health at UC San Diego, has been named as the inaugural holder of the Kavli and Dr. William and Marisa Rastetter Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Neurobiology.
April 8, 2021
…in UC San Diego neurobiology students. NIH Funds New Program to Broaden Diversity in Neurobiology STARTneuro designed to support and mentor transfer students from underrepresented backgrounds For some students, stepping onto the sprawling UC San Diego campus for the first time can be daunting. For transfer students, the challenges can…
February 15, 2022
Three researchers at the University of California San Diego are part of the 2022 class of 118 Sloan Research Fellows, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced Feb. 15, 2022. They are Matthew Lovett-Barron, Frederick R. W. M. Manners and Deian Stefan.
November 1, 2011
…More Info: 2012 Award Recipients(PDF) Nicholas Spitzer Professor of Neurobiology Award - Faculty Research Award Joel Watson Professor of Economics Award - Fellow of the Econometric Society
August 20, 2024
Recognized by the American Thoracic Society, Malhotra has been honored with the 2024 Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology Lifetime Achievement Award
July 13, 2015
…by Takaki Komiyama, PhD, assistant professor of neurosciences and neurobiology, reports that in mouse models, the brain significantly changed its visual cortex operation modes by implementing top-down processes during learning.
July 17, 2017
Scientists have linked specific wiring in the brain to distinct behavioral symptoms of depression. In a study published in Cell, researchers at UC San Diego found brain circuits tied to feelings of despair and helplessness and were able to alleviate and even reverse such symptoms in mice studies.
November 12, 2020
…from Ghana orphanage learn neurobiology from UC San Diego Extension and Boz Institute instructors Two evenings a week, a group of high school students in the West African nation of Ghana travel by taxi from the orphanage where they live to historic Cape Coast Castle, once a fort used to…
October 21, 2024
Dhananjay “DJ” Bambah-Mukku, assistant professor of psychology in the UC San Diego School of Social Sciences, has been awarded the prestigious NIH Director’s New Innovator Award “for bold and highly innovative research projects.”
March 3, 2014
In a detailed study of the neurons linking the eyes and brains of mice, biologists at UC San Diego discovered that the ability of our brains and those of other mammals to figure out and process in our brains directional movements is a result of the activation in the cortex…
