June 26, 2020
UC San Diego and Deerfield Management created Poseidon Innovation to support researchers working to advance disease-curing therapeutics by funding early stage projects and expediting the drug-development cycle. Poseidon announces it is funding three researchers.
November 4, 2021
…and research using LIDAR imaging to track erosion of beaches and cliffs. President Drake also learned about important climate programs managed by Scripps, including the Keeling Curve, Argo and ALERTWildfire. The director for the Center for Marine Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Bradley Moore, who shares a joint appointment with Skaggs School…
May 18, 2023
Across disciplines and specialties, from cells to systems, artificial intelligence is on its way to altering how we understand and treat disease.
October 11, 2018
…the word autism, the image that comes up is of a child, but this is a disorder that is lifelong,” said Chukoskie. “The goal of this program is to shine a light on this community, demonstrate that this is the tech talent companies have been missing. These people have a…
June 14, 2018
The Pew Charitable Trusts has announced that UC San Diego Biological Sciences Assistant Professors Matthew Daugherty and Enfu Hui have been selected to the 2018 class of Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences. Pew also announced that Diego Alvarez and Grisel Cruz Becerra, Biological Sciences postdoctoral researchers, have been named…
April 14, 2022
…field of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology, Patrick Ledden ’89 earned an MD from Harvard University before founding Nova Medical, Inc. His company’s technology is used all over the world to help further the study of brain diseases such as epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s. Ledden is an avid supporter…
September 27, 2011
President Barack Obama today named University of California, San Diego bioengineering professor Shu Chien one of the seven eminent researchers to receive the National Medal of Science, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on scientists and engineers. Chien is the only engineer among the seven medalists.
November 2, 2023
Artificial intelligence in all its varied forms is rapidly accelerating, transforming our everyday lives and providing a powerful tool for scientific research. But what does it all mean and what does the future hold? Six UC San Diego experts share their insights.
March 17, 2022
…printed with real microscopic images of cells. It took her a while to realize that she didn’t have to choose between her passions. When she started her Ph.D. at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology in Vienna, Mierzwa focused entirely on her lab work. It wasn’t until midway through her doctoral…
March 19, 2015
…with the Center for Brain Activity and Mapping. Her research involves the relationship between DNA and brain activity—how the interactions between the two allow us to sense, act and have cognition. Bloodgood’s work has yielded imagery that literally illuminates how the brain works, creating maps of brain activity reminiscent of…
