December 6, 2022
Researchers from a broad range of fields at the University of California San Diego are making waves as they push the boundaries of science and medicine to develop groundbreaking, real-world solutions to longstanding health inequities.
June 2, 2022
…within Darren’s rights to use my injury to gently walk me out of the lab,” Kleinschmidt shared. “Instead, he doubled down on my well-being and remained in constant communication with my family.” Now that he’s nearing graduation, Kleinschmidt is ready to chase his dreams. After volunteering as a tutor with…
April 25, 2023
The U.S. News & World Report 2023-2024 Best Graduate Schools rankings named nine of UC San Diego’s graduate programs among the top 10 in the nation.
October 2, 2014
…natural product research and drug discovery and development. His keen interest in these areas will help bring together cross-disciplinary researchers on campus and in the community—in global health, infectious diseases, biology and chemistry and drug development programs.Cristina Della Colleta, Dean of Arts and HumanitiesFormerly Professor of Italian and Associate Dean…
November 3, 2016
…so that everyone can use them. That means that home care robots, for example, need user interfaces that are simple and intuitive. Intuitive does not necessarily mean making robots human-like, said Ayse Saygin. An associate professor in the Department of Cognitive Science and director of the Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology…
April 2, 2020
…innovations that can be used to manage disease. He also covers the need to consider evolution when developing treatments, since future therapies will have to include comprehensive strategies that go beyond treating disease and also factor the evolutionary potential of pathogens. Meyer has been teaching the class, one of the…
May 2, 2019
…company to accelerate new drug discovery in the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to becoming Dean of Biological Sciences, Pogliano served as dean of UC San Diego’s Graduate Division. What drew your interest in becoming Dean of Biological Sciences? Biological Sciences is a fantastic division. We have amazing faculty who perform novel,…
March 20, 2012
…the safety of prescription drugs in the era of Internet pharmacies and looking at how climate change affects animal and plant life in California. They shared research that could expand our understanding of how human languages are structured, how media shapes our worldview and the way we use reading and…
December 6, 2011
…develop valuable tools for use in cell replacement therapies. Eugene Yeo Eugene Yeo, , assistant professor of cellular and molecular medicine in the School of Medicine, studies how adult differentiated cells can be “reprogrammed” to revert to earlier stages of development, where they exhibit properties similar to hESC. These reprogrammed…
February 11, 2021
…lab-developed tests and Emergency Use Authorization Institutional Review Boards are being bypassed. In the process of swabbing people’s nasal cavities during COVID-19 diagnostic tests, methods like “SwabSeq” generate genome sequence data. While this wealth of data is revolutionary for drug or vaccine development, it can be misused. For example, Vertex…
