Ambitious Project to Understand Cellular Evolution Underway
October 6, 2020
Project focuses on lipids (fat molecules) as the starting point to understand the evolution of eukaryotic cells, carrying implications for human health and disease
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UC San Diego, Point Loma Nazarene University Announce 2023 Kyoto Prize Symposium
February 9, 2023
UC San Diego and Point Loma Nazarene University will host the 22nd Kyoto Prize Symposium to celebrate and honor the 37th annual laureates of the Kyoto Prize, Japan’s highest private award for global achievement, March 15-17.
SDSC’s Comet Helps Replicate Brain Circuitry to Direct a Realistic Prosthetic Arm
May 11, 2017
By applying a novel computer algorithm to mimic how the brain learns, a team of researchers – with the aid of the Comet supercomputer based at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego – has identified and replicated neural circuitry that resembles the way an unimpaired brain…
Growing Graduate Students in STEM
March 10, 2022
…she created numerous professional development and research opportunities for other undergraduate students. “I wanted to work on something that touched people’s everyday lives, “Dela Cueva shared when asked about what drew her to her field. “Initially, I enrolled in structural engineering with the purpose of designing shelters for people…however, I…
New Merkin Fellowship Program Expands Global Research Opportunities
April 13, 2023
A new fellowship program has been established at UC San Diego through the generous support of Richard Merkin, MD, making it possible for graduate students to collaborate across continents to advance translational medicine.
Extrachromosomal DNA is common in human cancer and drives poor patient outcomes
August 17, 2020
The multiplication of genes located in extrachromosomal DNA that have the potential to cause cancer drives poor patient outcomes across many cancer types, according to a Nature Genetics study published Aug. 17, 2020 by a team of researchers including the University of California San Diego.
Scientists Find New Way to Map Differences in the Brain
August 10, 2017
…the Salk Institute for Biological Studies has, for the first time, profiled chemical modifications in the DNA of individual neurons, giving the most detailed information yet on what makes one brain cell different from its neighbor. The novel approach enabled the team to sort neurons into subtypes and create new…
Viruses Found to Use Intricate ‘Treadmill’ to Move Cargo across Bacterial Cells
June 13, 2019
Biologists have provided the first example of cargo within bacteriophage cells transiting along treadmill-like structures. The discovery demonstrates that bacteria have more in common with sophisticated human cells than previously believed.
UC San Diego Researchers Receive Funding to Address Critical Issues Facing California
January 17, 2019
…discovery, and a new evolutionary path for viruses could lead to innovative approaches to teaching and research. University of California San Diego faculty members are leading three separate research projects to explore these issues, each involving faculty from across the 10-campus University of California system. Additionally, UC San Diego researchers…
The History of Insects Living on the Open Ocean Tracks with the History of the Currents They Ride
September 8, 2021
UC San Diego researchers and colleagues examined the genetics of three ocean skater species across the eastern Pacific Ocean. The results of the study reveal that the skaters became specialized on different current systems, as those currents changed into their modern configurations.
