May 19, 2016
George Mandler – founding chair of the University of California San Diego’s Department of Psychology and one of the central figures in psychology’s cognitive revolution – died in his Hampstead, London home on May 6, 2016. He was 91.
December 8, 2020
UC San Diego researchers used brain organoids to identify two drug candidates that counteract the genetic deficiencies that cause Rett syndrome, a rare form of autism spectrum disorder.
March 17, 2022
…was Ege Yalcinbas, a neurosciences Ph.D. student who presented in the spring of 2021. In the lab, Yalcinbas studies the neural circuitry of learning and motivation. In her DASL talk, she described what’s kept her motivated in her career. Ege Yalcinbas As she led the audience along her winding path…
June 2, 2016
…an acute infection; in neurosciences who can characterize the impact of the virus on neural cells; who have been working on vaccines for HIV and are now turning their attention to this virus.” Indeed, last month in a pair of scholarly journals and in an international announcement, UC San Diego…
September 19, 2023
Five UC San Diego graduate students working at the intersection of engineering and medicine have been selected as 2024 Siebel Scholars.
May 16, 2017
…emerging methods of computational neuroscience and human behavior analysis to identify components of imagination in action as interactive elements in digital media experiences. “We have taken early examples of this work and developed exhibits that have been shown at places such as the World Future Society in Washington, D.C.,” said…
December 4, 2023
UC San Diego has the highest number of influential voices in the University of California system and ranks 7th highest among universities worldwide, according to Clarivate’s 2023 Highly Cited Researchers list.
February 11, 2021
UC San Diego researchers discovered a single gene alteration that may help explain cognitive differences between modern humans and our predecessor, and used that information to develop Neanderthal-like brain organoids in the lab.
November 2, 2023
Psychedelic research has taken place at UC San Diego since the 1970s. But today, thanks to an interdisciplinary team from departments all across campus, that research has expanded to include human clinical trials exploring a range of treatments including chronic pain and mental health.
November 7, 2011
…is a physiology and neurosciences major who plans to double major in psychology. As a youth, she was frequently left alone, but used this time to study. In high school, she independently utilized tutors and after-school programs to improve her grades. She dreams of becoming a leader in the foster…
