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
November 12, 2020
UC San Diego was the first university in California to connect 40,000 student health records to the electronic health record platform of its top-ranked academic medical center, UC San Diego Health. The experience has created a model for other colleges.
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.
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…
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.
March 12, 2015
…for a cure for cancer. “I like to see them getting in there and thinking critically about what they see in the world around them,” said Sebastien Cormier, program representative at SDSC, in a recent INNOVATE 8 feature. “I can see that in some of them I’m awakening that interest,…
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.
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…
November 4, 2021
…to treat the brain cancer glioblastoma. To conclude the visit, President Drake visited the Hydraulics Laboratory for a preview of the new Scripps Ocean Atmosphere Research Simulator (SOARS), set to open for broad scientific use early next year. This impressive interdisciplinary instrument will be able to bring the ocean into…
January 8, 2015
…on early diagnosis of cancer and other diseases by monitoring DNA particles in the blood. Krishnan won the Entrepreneur Challenge in 2009. Prior to winning, he worked with the von Liebig Entrepreneurism Center at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering. Another key player is Philip Low (Ph.D. ’07,…
