January 8, 2015
…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, UCSD), founder, chairman and CEO of…
January 16, 2020
…unravel the structure of DNA. “I study all kinds of things,” he said. “Molecules in plants, fish, corn, rice…red meat.” But it wasn’t until he watched his brother struggle to get access to cataract surgery that Chang realized he could be using his expertise on tiny structures to have a…
February 23, 2023
Get to know the rich history and future plans of new vice chancellor for Health Sciences, John M. Carethers.
March 15, 2018
…‘Who was where?’—including through DNA analysis, fingerprinting, and by talking to witnesses,” said Kapono. By combining the detection of microbial and chemical signatures, we’ve created another method that can detect trace amounts of molecules—not all forensics tools can do that. It’s really about checks and balances.” But, this isn’t just…
January 23, 2024
UC San Diego scientists are sending cells into space and health science into the future.
October 22, 2015
…attending a conference on DNA at the Exploratorium in San Francisco. In high school she began to explore the possibilities of a career in public health prevention. As an undergraduate at UC San Diego, she studied biology and spent two years as a research assistant at the Salk Institute for…
February 21, 2019
…as the “mother of DNA,” ribosomes are a central component behind all life and the targets for the action of many antibiotics, yet most people know little about them. The Nobel laureate describes to audiences the bumpy, twisting road he traveled on the road to scientific prominence. From the beginning…
June 9, 2016
…say it’s in human DNA to be go-getters and problem solvers which we call entrepreneurship,” he recently told Biz News.com. “I believe human beings are born with unlimited creative capacity.” He echoed similar sentiments in an interview with the Huffington Post. “Today, our education system produces job seekers, ending up…
April 9, 2020
…the planet, which feature DNA genomes. RNA genomes in coronaviruses are positive-sense, which are similar to the cell’s own messenger RNA and allows these viruses to immediately hijack the protein synthesis machinery of host cells. This feature enables these viruses to quickly and effectively take over host cells and rapidly…
May 17, 2018
…chips that use alternating electric currents to isolate nanoparticles, DNA and other molecules directly from blood and other biofluids. In the current ACS Nano paper, UC San Diego researchers used the exosome-isolating capability of Biological Dynamics technology to develop a custom assay for pancreatic cancer detection.
