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To Bangladesh and Back

February 20, 2014

…suffering of children with cancer I filmed at Love Canal, dying Navajo uranium miners in New Mexico and the survivors I met in Iraq whose families had been murdered. What continues to inspire me is the opportunity to empower people, in the U.S. and abroad, to bring their stories to…

UC President Makes First Visit to UC San Diego

November 4, 2021

…our innovative and impactful research. During his visit, he also made it a priority to speak with students, staff and faculty as well as thank frontline workers. Seeing the transformation unfold While walking the halls of UC San Diego Health Medical Centers in La Jolla and Hillcrest, President Drake had…

Largest Protein Yet Discovered Builds Algal Toxins

August 12, 2024

Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have discovered the largest protein yet identified in biology.

Film Project Highlights Entrepreneurism at UC San Diego and on Torrey Pines Mesa

January 8, 2015

…UC San Diego and research institutions across the Torrey Pines Mesa to encourage students to turn ideas and breakthroughs into startup companies. The short documentary film was produced and directed by Rajesh Grover, an assistant professor at The Scripps Research Institute and a visiting investigator at the J. Craig Venter…

Five UC San Diego Scientists Elected AAAS Fellows

April 30, 2024

Five University of California San Diego researchers have been elected 2023 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the world’s largest general scientific organizations.

Pamela Cosman Bridges Disciplines to Build a More Efficient, Equitable Future

November 30, 2023

Pamela Cosman has charted a career path that offers her the freedom to pursue electrical engineering, mentorship and work in gender equity and neurodiversity in STEM.

Injection of Virus-Delivered Gene Silencer Blocks ALS Degeneration, Saves Motor Function

December 23, 2019

Novel spinal therapy/delivery approach prevented disease onset in neurodegenerative ALS disease model in adult mice and blocked progression in animals already showing disease symptoms.

New Genetic Method Promises to Advance Gene Research and Control Insect Pests

March 19, 2015

…in a single generation that could rapidly accelerate genetic research on diverse species and provide scientists with a powerful new tool to control insect borne diseases such as malaria as well as animal and plant pests.

John Wooley: In Memoriam

May 5, 2015

Dr. John Wooley, the long-time associate vice chancellor for research and professor of pharmacology at the University of California, San Diego, passed away in April after a long battle with cancer.

The Happiness of Cities: Do Happy People Take Happy Images?

April 21, 2014

A team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego and The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY) is one of only six groups to win one of Twitter’s inaugural #DataGrants. To do so, they beat out more than 1,300 rival proposals from around the world.

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