February 17, 2022
…cutting edge of single-cell cancer biology and artificial intelligence technology. His research focuses on using quantitative cell imaging techniques to identify metastasis—the leading cause of cancer-related deaths—early in the process. A Ph.D. student in biology, Nevarez has also been named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Fellow, a National Academy…
December 5, 2012
UC San Diego Medical Center-Hillcrest is one of the first five facilities in the country, and the only center in San Diego County, to be certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center (CSC), the newest level of certification for advanced stroke care awarded by The Joint Commission. This certification recognizes the…
October 6, 2021
In a special issue of Nature, UC San Diego researchers further refine the organization of cells within key regions of the mouse brain and the organization of transcriptomic, epigenomic and regulatory factors that provide these brain cells with function and purpose.
September 7, 2011
Five teams of scientists from multiple campuses of the University of California and a Southern California hospital have been awarded up to $100,000 each to commercialize their ideas for new, lower cost health care technologies that will address a long-standing need for more affordable and efficient chronic disease management and…
April 16, 2015
…for cardiovascular disease, brain cancer and stroke. “There was a lot of rationalizing and denial on my part,” said Higgins even though his mother, maternal grandmother and an uncle all died of Parkinson’s disease, a group of progressive motor system disorders that affect as many as 1 million Americans. Free…
June 10, 2021
…of Ethnic Studies, she researched how Syrian women and youth curate mobile experiences of freedom—such as street theater and flowers bestowed in protest—while under siege. Ghadbian explores how women youth formed campaigns during the revolution, including “Freedom Days” that involved making tiny origami paper cranes with banned messages to distribute…
December 12, 2024
The UC Presidential Medal, the University of California’s highest honor, will be presented to San Diego-based philanthropist and business leader Irwin Jacobs, and in honor of his late wife and community leader, Joan, in recognition of their positive impact in education, health care, technology, the arts and more.
July 24, 2020
UC San Diego Health and the Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute will be sites for an accelerated national clinical trial to assess the efficacy and immunogenicity of a vaccine intended to protect against SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
April 25, 2012
University of California, San Diego scientists have used powerful computational tools and laboratory tests to discover new support for a once-marginalized theory about the underlying cause of Parkinson’s disease.
January 16, 2020
…efforts by Qualcomm Institute researchers and students bring wonders of nanotechnology to California high school students INNOVATE 8: STEAM Learning Matters Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math are the foundations of global leadership and excellence. INNOVATE 8 is NEWS 8’s educational, outreach and mentoring partnership with San Diego County Office…
