October 31, 2013
…UC San Diego-based structural map of the human brain that will provide researchers worldwide 2-D and 3-D images containing unprecedented levels of detail. The new map will be based on novel neuroimaging methods developed by me and my team and will leverage current digital and web technologies to enhance remote…
April 9, 2015
…relates to early B cell development. Using leading-edge sequencing and genome editing techniques, she is identifying novel long intergenic non-coding RNAs and determining their functions in developmental progression. Outside of the lab, Flores has served on various committees in the Division of Biological Sciences, including for admissions and recruitment. She…
October 29, 2015
…2D images to 3D maps of the world that allow self-driving cars to pinpoint the location of traffic participants such as pedestrians and vehicles. The data are combined with information about the car’s surroundings such as lanes, roads and traffic signs. The ultimate goal is scene understanding, especially in crowded…
March 20, 2012
…the basic workings of cells to understand how they use chemical signals to communicate and receive messages. “The excitement is in looking at this total black box that you think you could never understand, and finding a way to actually understand it, or at least some of it.” The first…
January 25, 2018
…building the first computerized map of the human brain. John S. O’Brien, MD, second chairman of the same department, discovered the genetic cause of Tay-Sachs disease and developed the first tests for the disorder. Daniel Steinberg, MD, PhD, founding head of the Division of Metabolic Diseases, was one of the…
December 1, 2016
…Center for Brain Activity Mapping at UC San Diego was established in 2013 and the campus has received grants from both President Barack Obama’s BRAIN Initiative and the state’s CalBRAIN initiative. Bloodgood’s research has earned funding from both, as well as honors such as the Pew Biomedical Scholars Award and…
April 8, 2021
…II, science’s ability to map the ocean floor led to a flurry of geological sampling. At the time when the Marine Vertebrate Collection was taking formal shape, so too did the Geological Collection. William Riedel, a renowned micropaleontologist, became the first curator of the Collection in 1955 and his research…
