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Critical Earthquake Monitoring Network Continues Operation with Private Funding

November 12, 2015

A key earthquake monitoring network operated by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography will continue with funding support from Seismic Warning Systems Inc. The $700,000 gift will sponsor operations of the ANZA Seismic Network, which features earthquake monitoring stations in San Diego and Riverside counties. The state-of-the art system…

Pepper Canyon Amphitheater Breaks Ground in Exciting New Entrance to the Campus

December 3, 2020

…into the creation of technology at the Design and Innovation Building should spark interest and excitement upon arrival to the campus.” A new art installation close to the UC San Diego Blue Line Trolley extension will be experienced by walking along a spine poem that can be read in both…

Scientists Discover New Genetic Forms of Neurodegeneration

January 30, 2014

In a study published in the January 31, 2014 issue of Science, an international team led by scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report doubling the number of known causes for the neurodegenerative disorder known as hereditary spastic paraplegia.

Genetics Overlap Found Between Alzheimer’s Disease and Cardiovascular Risk Factors

April 16, 2015

An international team of scientists, led by researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, have found genetic overlap between Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and two significant cardiovascular disease risk factors: high levels of inflammatory C-reactive protein (CRP) and plasma lipids or fats. The findings suggest the two cardiovascular…

Research Growth Tops $1.76B With Tremendous Portfolio of Discovery and Invention

August 8, 2023

University of California San Diego earned $1.76 billion in research funding last fiscal year, a 6 percent increase over the previous year.

Researchers Induce Alzheimer’s Neurons From Pluripotent Stem Cells

January 25, 2012

Led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, scientists have, for the first time, created stem cell-derived, in vitro models of sporadic and hereditary Alzheimer’s disease (AD), using induced pluripotent stem cells from patients with the much-dreaded neurodegenerative disorder.

Researchers Boost Body’s Inflammation-Reduction Mechanism to Combat Obesity-Fueled Disease

June 8, 2015

Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and University College Dublin (UCD) have found that augmenting a naturally occurring molecule in the body can help protect against obesity-related diseases by reducing inflammation in the fat tissues. The study, published June 4 in the journal Cell Metabolism, focused…

A World Without Color – Researchers Find Gene Mutation That Strips Color, Reduces Vision

June 1, 2015

…Medicine and Shiley Eye Institute at UC San Diego Health System have identified a previously unknown gene mutation that underlies this disorder.

Ready for Liftoff

April 15, 2021

…areas such as medical technology, human health and materials to benefit life on Earth, before returning in the fall of 2021. The crew for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission are pictured during a training session at the SpaceX training facility in Hawthorne, California earlier this year. From left are, Mission Specialist…

Accelerating Science from Idea to Publication with Bold National Research Platform

July 15, 2021

The NSF Awards $5M to the San Diego Supercomputer Center for its Prototype National Research Platform, a first-of-its-kind cyberinfrastructure ecosystem intended to help science drivers expedite science and enable transformative discoveries.

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