Research Growth Tops $1.76B With Tremendous Portfolio of Discovery and Invention
August 8, 2023
University of California San Diego earned $1.76 billion in research funding last fiscal year, a 6 percent increase over the previous year.
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Five UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Graduate Students Named 2013 Siebel Scholars
September 19, 2012
Five University of California, San Diego graduate students pursuing research at the intersection of bioengineering, medicine and biology are among the 85 recipients of 2013 Siebel Scholars awards, announced by the Siebel Scholars Foundation on September 10, 2012.
Teaching Computers to Recognize Sick Guts: Machine-Learning and the Microbiome
January 12, 2017
A new proof-of-concept study by UC San Diego researchers succeeded in training computers to “learn” what a healthy versus an unhealthy gut microbiome looks like based on its genetic makeup.
UC San Diego Nanoengineer Selected as the U.S. Nominee for 2017 ASPIRE Prize
April 25, 2017
Nanoengineering professor Liangfang Zhang at the University of California San Diego has been selected as the U.S. nominee for the APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research and Education (ASPIRE). Zhang won the nomination for his revolutionary work in the field of nanomedicine, which focuses on nanomaterials for medical applications.
Wertheim Family Foundation Pledges $25 Million Lead Gift to UC San Diego’s Public Health Initiative
October 18, 2018
…era of public health research, education and advances that will promote healthier populations on a local, national and global scale because of the university’s increased focus on public health. Dr. Wertheim, the inventor of UV-blocking eyeglass tints, is the founder and CEO of Brain Power Incorporated (BPI), the world’s largest…
UC San Diego Marks Final Stretch of Record-Breaking Fundraising Campaign
August 5, 2021
As the University of California San Diego heads into the last year of its ambitious 10-year Campaign for UC San Diego, the university completed its fourth consecutive year of record-breaking philanthropy with an all-time annual high of $376.4 million raised for the fiscal year 2020-2021.
March Matchness 2017
March 13, 2017
Each year, at precisely the same moment — 12 p.m. on the East coast, 9 a.m. on the West — thousands of graduating medical school students across the country simultaneously tear open an envelope. The single sheet of paper inside informs each graduate where he or she will do their…
Data Released From Adolescent Brain Development Study Led by UC San Diego
February 13, 2018
The first datasets from the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in the United States—a project headed by a team of scientists at UC San Diego—were released to researchers around the world today by the National Institutes of Health.
A Novel COVID-19 Vaccine Using Modified Bacterial DNA
July 21, 2022
UC San Diego researchers describe a different way to build a COVID-19 vaccine, one that would, in theory, remain effective against new and emerging variants and could be taken as a pill, by inhalation or other delivery methods.
Bioengineers Receive $12M Grant from NIH to Further Research on Building Blocks of Human Metabolism
August 20, 2018
…Workbench, a searchable, interactive repository of data for all research in the field of metabolomics—the study of the small molecules called metabolites that are found within cells and biological systems.
