July 20, 2016
July 20, 2016 —
…and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have come up with a strategy for using synthetic biology in therapeutics. The team engineered a clinically relevant bacterium to produce cancer drugs and then self-destruct and release the drugs at the site of tumors. The approach enables continual production and release of…
January 28, 2020
January 28, 2020 —
University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers created a new type of brain cancer model for glioblastoma using stem cells, CRISPR and gene sequencing.
January 21, 2021
January 21, 2021 —
…the National Institutes of Health, is aimed at providing simple, affordable and reliable surveillance for COVID-19 infections that can be done daily and easily implemented in resource-poor settings. It is part of the NIH’s Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics Radical (RADx-rad) program for COVID-19. “In many ways, masks are the perfect…
January 3, 2022
January 3, 2022 —
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine pinpoint the regions of the brain and neural mechanisms responsible for normal or impaired development of a child’s response to baby talk and why infants with autism do not typically respond well.
October 16, 2023
October 16, 2023 —
Researchers from University of California San Diego have identified a new biomarker that can predict whether or not neurons will regenerate after an injury. The findings could help scientists develop regenerative therapies for spinal cord injuries and other neurological conditions.
November 30, 2017
November 30, 2017 —
…Tseng uses Learning Glass technology at EdTech to draw a chart as supplemental material for UC San Diego’s circadian rhythm undergraduate course. Photo Courtesy BioClock Studio. The course material created from the BioClock Studio each winter quarter is integrated into the syllabus for a specialized circadian rhythms undergraduate course offered…
June 16, 2022
June 16, 2022 —
…bank with expertise in technology, media and the digital economy. LionTree was founded by UC San Diego alumnus Aryeh B. Bourkoff, who also serves as the firm’s CEO. LionTree’s gift is the largest ever received by UC San Diego Athletics, establishing the LionTree Endowed Scholarship Fund to support scholar-athletes. The…
May 1, 2024
May 1, 2024 —
The Design and Innovation Building is a modern 74,000-square-foot space that integrates rigorous education and industry collaboration across its four distinct floors, each uniquely designed and positioned to propel thinkers, dreamers and doers upward as they progress through each level.
October 13, 2016
October 13, 2016 —
…in areas ranging from health care to global policy, and from climate change to the arts.” The Chancellor’s Medal is given annually to select community leaders and philanthropists whose longstanding contributions and involvement have supported promising students, furthered meaningful research, and helped the campus and local region grow and prosper.…
March 16, 2017
March 16, 2017 —
…more female STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) graduates than any other college in the U.S. with one in three women graduating from the university with a degree in these fields. Yet, physics remains a male-dominated field. The proportion of women at the graduate and postgraduate level is just over…