October 9, 2017
CIPRES, for CyberInfrastructure for Phylogenetic RESearch, is a web-based portal or “gateway” launched by the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego that allows researchers to explore evolutionary connections among species. Over 20,000 users from 86 countries have run one or more jobs using CIPRES, generating about 3,500 peer-reviewed…
January 19, 2023
A team of researchers led by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography has discovered a new species of fish—a member of the eelpout family—that lives in the eastern Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica.
January 4, 2016
David Woodruff, a world-renown conservation geneticist and biogeographer who championed UC San Diego’s role in conservation science for 35 years, passed away at his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on December 16, 2015,
December 3, 2015
…of these conditions makes biodiversity loss in the oceans inevitable. That said, she concluded that there are changes society can make to reverse or at least slow the trend of degradation. Education, she said, is as important as increased study. “We need to ensure that the next generation cares about…
June 3, 2021
…Tiny Houses and Marine Biodiversity—with engaging new topics, including: Adventures Under the Sea: Middle school students will examine relationships among living things in ocean ecosystems, including food webs and predator-prey relationships. Website Design: Elementary students will discover how to use HTML and CSS to design effective websites. The workshop is…
June 13, 2023
Have you ever considered studying, teaching or conducting research abroad? Your dreams can become a reality through the Fulbright Program. For those who are considering applying, we connected with five UC San Diego students and recent alumni on what makes a successful application.
January 29, 2015
Researchers at San Diego State University and the University of California, San Diego, shed new light on how whales are able to hear, and more specifically on the role of the skulls of at least some baleen whales—fin whales to be precise.
May 15, 2014
…my Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation education through discussions with ethicists, anthropologists, glaciologists, sociologists, economists, politicians, biologists, religious leaders, atmospheric chemists, labor organizers, and people of so many more disciplines,” said Kelly, a fifth-year student in the lab of Scripps marine biologist Jennifer Smith. Ramanathan has met with John…
February 21, 2022
The salinity of freshwater ecosystems caused by road de-icing salts, agriculture fertilizers, mining operations and climate change is increasing worldwide and current water quality guidelines don’t do enough to address the issue, an international study with UC San Diego scientists has found.
May 18, 2023
Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla recently gathered a lively and engaged crowd at the Ida & Cecil Green Faculty Club to look back at all that we’ve accomplished and get a glimpse of what is to come in our remarkable campus transformation.
