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UC San Diego and Mount Sinai Receive $8.5M NIH Award for Data Integration Hub

October 11, 2023

Researchers at UC San Diego and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have been awarded an $8.5 million grant to create a data integration hub aimed at accelerating novel therapeutics and cures for diseases within initiatives supported by the NIH Common Fund.

Study Finds Pattern in DDT Contamination Among Fish off Southern California

October 28, 2024

The toxic pesticide DDT was dumped into the ocean off Southern California more than 50 years ago by the Montrose Chemical Corporation, and it is still contaminating fish and sediments in the region decades later, according to researchers.

Personalized Medicine, Climate Change Focus of TED-Style Founders Symposium

November 6, 2014

…of the top 15 research universities in the world. But what innovative research is driving these accolades? As UC San Diego defines the future of a public research university, what’s next for the campus? The 5th annual Founders Symposium will kick off Founders Celebration this year and showcase how research…

SDSC Simulations Reveal How a Heart Drug Molecular Switch Is Turned On and Off

March 6, 2018

The study, published in the March 5 online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), describes how the supercomputing power of Gordon, Comet, and GPU clusters, all based at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego, were used with improved accelerated molecular dynamics (aMD)…

Graduate Students Honored as Siebel Scholars

September 23, 2021

Five graduate students working at the interface of engineering and medicine have been honored as 2022 Siebel Scholars. They are pursuing graduate degrees in bioengineering, electrical engineering, nanoengineering, and bioinformatics, all with a focus on advancing human health. Five graduate student

Leading-edge Technology Unmasks Protein Linked to Parkinson’s Disease

August 19, 2020

An elusive protein that many consider the key of fully understanding the causes of genetic Parkinson’s disease has come much more clearly into focus. Impacting millions around the world, Parkinson’s is a neurological disorder that progressively attacks motor functions.

UC San Diego Foundation Welcomes Seven New Trustees

November 21, 2013

…Preuss School UCSD, Moores Cancer Center, and more—were made possible through gifts to the Foundation. To ensure the continued success and growth of the campus, seven new trustees will join the 2013-14 Foundation board, including two UC San Diego alumni, a former chancellor and several regional business executives. “We are…

Roger Tsien Inducted Into National Inventors Hall of Fame

January 12, 2023

The late Roger Tsien, who won a share of the 2008 Nobel Prize for the development of fluorescent protein as a new way to illuminate the workings of life, has been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

KFMB’s INNOVATE 8 Initiative Shines a Light on UC San Diego STEM Outreach Efforts

March 12, 2015

…San Diego Center for Research on Educational Equity, Assessment and Teaching Excellence (CREATE). “The INNOVATE 8 partnership with UC San Diego has helped to increase awareness about the campus’s commitment to improving STEM learning opportunities on campus,” said Mica Pollock, professor of education studies and director of CREATE. “We have…

Common Diabetes Drug Shows Promise as Treatment for COVID-19 Lung Inflammation

June 8, 2021

Researchers identify molecular mechanism for the anti-inflammatory activity of diabetes drug metformin and, in mouse studies, say it prevents lung inflammation in animals infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

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