June 19, 2012
…research on the green algae Anabaena holds exciting possibilities for the future of biofuels and developing green energy. In addition, she participates in science outreach programs for high school students. “Being a grad student poses financial challenges. You can’t really save money and you have unique needs—a fast computer, textbooks,…
May 21, 2013
Capitalizing on UC San Diego’s unique ability to address environmental threats to public health, a new center based at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego will target emerging contaminants found naturally in common seafood dishes as well as man-made chemicals that accumulate in human breast milk.
October 2, 2014
…as producing fuel from algae, one of the most exciting areas for the development of alternative fuels—that define the excellence that is UC San Diego. And this year we commemorate another milestone—the 50th anniversary of the enrollment of UC San Diego’s first undergraduate students. The inaugural freshmen class, made up…
May 24, 2018
…on UC San Diego’s algae biotechnology innovations, demonstrations of LiDAR technology monitoring and tracking coastal cliff erosion in San Diego County, and instrumentation used in the ocean to measure waves and ocean temperature and monitor ocean coastal conditions. “The County has partnered with UC San Diego on several upgrades to…
November 15, 2017
Scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego developed new technology to study coral reefs, by creating detailed 3D photomosaics and software that allows researchers to digitally classify corals. A new study in Coral Reefs used this technology to analyze the reef at Palmyra Atoll, where researchers…
April 3, 2012
…powered by biofuel from algae. Attendees also will be able to journey from coastal shores to the bottom of the sea through an interactive display by Scripps scientists, featuring mysterious sea creatures from local tide pools and the world’s deepest ocean trenches. Visitors can discover preserved sea stars, urchins, worms,…
December 6, 2011
…nuclear fusion, photovoltaic systems, algae biofuels, cellulosic fuels, wind turbines, and other alternatives. Tynan summarized not only his own presentation, but also the broader message of the symposium, when he observed that the research of the next decades is “worthy of the legacy we have inherited, and its achievement should…
April 4, 2019
…of California Center for Algae Biotechnology and Professor at UC San Diego Elly Brown, Director of the San Diego Food System Alliance Peter Cronin, Lead Quality Analyst at Ale Smith Brewing Company 10th Annual UC San Diego Sustainability Awards Ceremony, May 9, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Price Center East Ballroom:…
January 16, 2020
…between sea ice and algae might play into the global carbon budget. Arctic sea ice is on the decline at a rate of 3.6 percent per decade, according to data collected since 1979 from the National Snow and Ice Data Center. In 2019, Arctic sea ice reached its second-lowest summer…
March 15, 2018
…a surfboard made of algae, is studying human-environment interactions in the lab of UC San Diego School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences professor Pieter Dorrestein. The Dorrestein lab has conducted studies on what small molecules left on surfaces reveal about one’s personal lifestyle in the…
