February 8, 2018
Working at the intersection of biology and physics, scientists at UC San Diego have made a surprising discovery at the root of cell formation. They found that DNA executes an unexpected architectural role in shaping the cells of bacteria. Studying the bacterium Bacillus subtilis, the researchers used an array of…
March 10, 2016
…square feet of offices, state-of-the-art laboratories and clinical space (including a research pharmacy) and will house a multitude of distinct research endeavors. Among them: the Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, the Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study, the Center for Cannabis Research, the Type 1 Diabetes Research Center, the Musculoskeletal Science Center,…
March 2, 2017
…printing technologies to create artificial blood vessels. But existing technologies are slow, costly and mainly produce simple structures, such as a single blood vessel — a tube, basically. These blood vessels also are not capable of integrating with the body’s own vascular system. “Almost all tissues and organs need blood…
March 31, 2022
…her father’s tools, making art, climbing trees and experimenting with electronics. By the time she reached college, she split the cost of a home computer with her parents as she worked toward earning a bachelor’s degree in computer science. The $3,000 state-of-the-art machine was equipped with Microsoft Windows 1, a…
December 11, 2014
…National Endowment for the Arts Playwriting Fellowship, Rockefeller Playwrights-in-Residence Grant and a Dramatists Guild/CBS Award. Shank also played a major part in creating UC San Diego’s Wagner New Play Festival – an annual showcase for emerging playwrights at UC San Diego – over the years mentoring playwrights, welcoming theater professionals…
October 27, 2021
University of California San Diego researchers, with international colleagues, describe how energy expenditure and heat production are regulated in obesity through a previously unknown cellular pathway.
May 4, 2017
…faculty members to vividly articulate their research to a variety of different audiences. Other workshops this year will teach researchers how to use video, images and social media to explain their work to the public, as well as to connect with venture capitalists and work with professional scientific societies to…
November 6, 2014
…creating welcoming and positive artwork as well as cleaning up the school grounds. At Baker, where the school mascot is a bobcat, volunteers painted 300 paws in the school’s walkways to help guide children to their classrooms and reinforce the school’s “PAWS” mantra, which stands for “Positive Actions and Words…
August 4, 2022
Successful Women Make the Best Advocates to Help Other Women Rise up in the Ranks Photo credit: Ponomariova_Maria/iStock Job referrals can have different effects depending on the gender and level of experience of who provides them New research utilizing data from U.S. Supreme Court law clerk hiring decisions finds that…
January 17, 2013
…helped to make the state-of-the-art building possible. Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla Set to open in 2016, the Altman CTRI will accelerate efforts to deliver new drugs, technologies and procedures to patients who need them most, speakers said. Its location, footsteps from many clinical facilities on the UC San Diego Health…
