February 22, 2018
…with a specialization in neuroscience. Thai is excited about the prospect of having students come together to discuss controversial diversity and social justice topics. “I thought it would be a great idea if I could help mediate conversations about difficult topics and help build a more inclusive and understanding community,”…
August 16, 2022
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have received a $1.3 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation for a project that could help scientists better understand the role misfolded tau proteins play in causing neurodegenerative diseases like dementia, which may lead to more effective
September 22, 2022
With a $126 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, a multi-institution team of researchers at UC San Diego, Salk Institute and elsewhere has launched a new Center for Multiomic Human Brain Cell Atlas to describe human brain cells in unprecedented detail over a lifetime.
July 22, 2024
San Diego’s only medical school earns the highest tier rating among research-intensive medical schools in the nation.
October 2, 2014
…Based on research in neuroscience and cognitive psychology, the four-week class drew nearly 200,000 people from around the world in August and appears to be the only university MOOC of its kind: It focuses on learning itself. And it presents practical tips that can be put to use by learners…
November 30, 2012
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the VA San Diego Healthcare System have found that deficiencies in the neural processing of simple auditory tones can evolve into a cascade of dysfunctional information processing across wide swaths of the brain in patients with schizophrenia.
October 31, 2013
…biological sciences and the neurosciences. I am experienced in neuroanatomical and histological techniques, as well as computer-aided microscopy and morphometry by image analysis, and have designed novel techniques for the quantitative study of neurological structures with MRI and histology. I received my bachelor’s degree in biology and master’s degree in…
March 16, 2022
Engineering researchers have invented an advanced brain-computer interface with a flexible and moldable backing and penetrating microneedles. Adding a flexible backing to this kind of brain-computer interface allows the device to more evenly conform to the brain’s complex curved surface.
March 2, 2021
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and elsewhere have identified a new drug that could prevent AD by modulating, rather than inhibiting, a key enzyme involved in forming amyloid plaques.
July 11, 2018
…Diego has answered a question that has long puzzled neuroscientists, and may hold a key to better understanding the complexities of neurological disorders: Why are axons, the spindly arms extending from neurons that transmit information from neuron to neuron in the brain, designed the way they are?
