February 8, 2016
Roughly one-quarter of all Americans – an estimated 100 million adults and children – have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a chronic condition that can lead to cirrhosis, liver cancer and liver failure. Combining a diverse array of basic science, biomarkers, imaging and clinical efforts, University of California, San Diego…
February 9, 2012
Three faculty members in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Peter C. Farrell, founder, chairman and CEO of ResMed, and a member of the Council of Advisors of the…
October 26, 2022
Researchers at UC San Diego have identified a new signaling process involving G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), a cellular target already exploited by hundreds of diverse drugs. The discovery opens the possibility of new therapies, including for multiple forms of cancer.
June 19, 2012
Five years on, a research center at the University of California, San Diego focused on technology and cultural heritage has become an important player in efforts to study, safeguard and preserve historic buildings, works of art as well as archaeological sites and artifacts.
September 24, 2024
UC San Diego has once again been named the sixth best public university in the country, according to the 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings released today. Overall, UC San Diego ranked No. 29 on the complete list of over 400 of the nation’s colleges.
December 5, 2019
…said Sicily Panattil, a bioengineering student and EnVision intern. “Would they want to move it around? Is their initial gut instinct to take it and walk away, or is their initial gut instinct to stay and look around? Those are a couple of the research ideas we had to work…
September 30, 2021
…student Nicole Sison and bioengineering student Honieh Hemati, two undergraduates from Muir College who met over Instagram and became roommates, the physical experience of being on campus is worth relishing. “I just feel so grateful—this is such a surreal experience,” said Sison. “To be here with so many other people…
June 10, 2021
…journeys. Cristina Barney Gutierrez Bioengineering/biosystems, Sixth College It was a course on human-centered design that first introduced Cristina Barney Gutierrez to UC San Diego’s Global TIES Program. With a team of peers in engineering, she helped design a solution for an international non-profit organization. Barney Gutierrez’s project was building a…
November 12, 2024
Disrupted sleep cycles are a well known problem for human health and function, and now researchers have found similar impacts on insects. A new study has found that artificial light disrupts the circadian rhythms of honey bees and poses a threat to their essential role as pollinators.
February 6, 2020
…work. Connie Gean, B.S. Bioengineering 2019: Even though we were in a foreign country that most of us had never been to before, we were able to connect to the people at the conference and the people at Jaipur Foot. Humans have a way of communicating and supporting each other…
