November 2, 2015
The NSF has announced funding for a ‘Big Data’ Innovation Hub for the Western United States intended to facilitate collaboration among the region’s technology sector and other organizations to address research challenges across areas such as precision medicine, natural resource utilization, hazard management, and metro regional development. The Western Hub…
October 23, 2014
…through the emergency preparedness model, will keep UC San Diego Health System and the university updated as things evolve. Learn more about the Ebola virus. Read a Q & A on Ebola Reviewed by Dr. Robert Schooley, Head of UC San Diego Division of Infectious Diseases There is Zmapp, of…
July 14, 2020
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine are recruiting eligible children between the ages of seven and fourteen years for a Phase III clinical trial to determine whether cannabidiol (CBD) reduces severe behavior problems in children with autism spectrum disorder.
February 25, 2020
Scientists work to understand circadian rhythms at the molecular level to help develop innovative therapies for fixing biological clock dysfunctions caused by inherited conditions, modern habits, shift working or aging.
April 25, 2023
The U.S. News & World Report 2023-2024 Best Graduate Schools rankings named nine of UC San Diego’s graduate programs among the top 10 in the nation.
December 7, 2017
…antisense oligonucleotide therapy in animal models of ALS and Huntington’s disease.” He has made seminal contributions to the understanding of how brain cells grow during normal mammalian development and how defects in those mechanisms lead to inherited neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS and Huntington’s. Breaking with the mainstream belief in…
November 6, 2019
Scientists thought they knew everything there was to know about how and why bacterial cells moved around, but back-to-back articles in Nature by UC San Diego’s Terence Hwa reveal how little they understood bacteria movement en masse.
January 9, 2024
As part of Changemaker Week 2024, UC San Diego invites the campus community to join in a transformative weeklong celebration from Jan. 13-20 dedicated to igniting change and fostering the spirit of activism.
May 21, 2018
The Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) grants support the development of instruments that have a wide range of military applications. In all, 10 researchers from UC San Diego received awards that will help them improve ocean weather and climate prediction, reproduce the extreme conditions of matter that exist in…
December 6, 2011
…have shown promise in animal studies. The researchers hope to develop an ALS therapy based on using human embryonic stem cells to create astrocyte precursor cells for transplant into patients, where the hope is that the astrocytes would mature into new and healthy glial cells. Dr. Martin Marsala Dr. Martin…
