October 16, 2014
…the data involved with DNA sequencing. In his first year, Richmond worked with technology company Cognex to design an ultra-high-speed image processing pipeline—specifically for active 3D scanners—that could decompress and process 20,000 images per second. “I like the applications side of my work because I get to help people, and…
November 20, 2014
…photos, ecological information, and genetic-sequence data for the organisms they find and study. Many have the opportunity to add their scientific contributions to the great encyclopedia of knowledge continually being assembled – and to have their names forever associated with an organism’s barcoded data. Student commentary on the project reflects…
May 20, 2016
The National Microbiome Initiative is one of many large-scale global and national research programs that UC San Diego has played a key role in developing. Two months before the historic climate negotiations held in December in Paris, for example, a smaller group of climate experts and politicians gathered at Scripps…
January 8, 2024
As part of ongoing efforts to understand the scale of the environmental impact from industrial waste dumping off the coast of Southern California, researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography revisited two industrial undersea dumpsites in April 2023.
March 11, 2021
…being copied from your DNA. They then go out into the main part of the cell where proteins are made and tell the cell’s protein production machinery what proteins to make. Once the instructions are read, the mRNA decays and its pieces are recycled to the nucleus to make new…
May 13, 2021
…systems. She models how DNA behaves and changes in these high-frequency environments. After graduating in 2022, Casebeer plans to earn a doctorate in biological physics, and continue conducting research in experimental and computational biophysics. At UC San Diego, Casebeer is also a supplemental physics instructor through the Teaching and Learning…
October 31, 2013
…market opportunities. The L2M sequence centers on the skills and knowledge needed to become an innovative, opportunity-driven, entrepreneurial manager for both emerging and established companies. Students are taught how to identify scalable new ideas that fill a market need and that add social and economic value. Unique among business schools,…
January 21, 2021
…the first person to sequence DNA in space. “Studying microbiology on station is very similar to the earth, except for you’re floating, maybe doing the same experiment but you’re conducting it on the ceiling because that’s a convenient place to work,” said Rubins, in a NASA video introducing the Artemis…
December 6, 2011
…will emerge in the “sequencing era:” systems biology (which gene networks define life?); synthetic biology (can we synthesize life? Can we build things with genes and proteins?); and quantitative biology (what fundamental equations define biology?). A deeper understanding of biological systems, he said, will lead to biology-based solutions to societal…
October 5, 2017
…said Rabsatt. She performed DNA extractions and polymerase chain reaction (PCR, which amplifies the DNA) on seawater samples she collected from the bay. These samples were later sent to a lab for sequencing, so Rabsatt and other researchers can determine the genres and types of bacteria found within the collection…
