April 23, 2024
April 23, 2024 —
Grad SLAM campus champion Iris Garcia-Pak will take her three-minute research talk entitled “The Brain: An Exclusive VIP Club” to the UC Grad SLAM Final Round in San Francisco on May 3.
September 16, 2014
September 16, 2014 —
A trip to the Guatemalan jungle usually nets a few souvenirs: Photographs of Maya ruins, bragging rights about encounters with venomous snakes, perhaps a bug bite or two.
July 12, 2016
July 12, 2016 —
The University of California is first in the Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents Ranking for 2015. The report, which was released today, is published by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO). The ranking utilizes data acquired from the U.S. Patent and…
May 6, 2021
May 6, 2021 —
…’09 Marine Biology, Scripps Institution of Oceanography An accomplished scientist, researcher and NASA astronaut, Jessica Meir, PhD ’09, has brought scientific exploration to the most extreme environments on and off the planet Earth. A member of the first all-female spacewalk, Meir is also a tireless proponent of science education, committed…
April 10, 2012
April 10, 2012 —
…works with neuroscience and human computer interaction artificial intelligence to attempt to understand how the mind is constructed through the interactions of brain, body and world. The display was showcased by graduate students in the department including cognitive science Ph.D. candidate Jeremy Karnowski “I think that when students here at…
October 3, 2019
October 3, 2019 —
…the alumna of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and two multinational crew members launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on a Russian Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft. "It feels like home already," Meir told NASA in a live interview just moments after entering the space station located more…
May 22, 2014
May 22, 2014 —
…with KD develop coronary artery aneurysms – balloon-like bulges of heart vessels – that may eventually result in heart attacks, congestive heart failure or sudden death. “What I learned is that the first ten days is the ideal window to get treatment, but that coronary damage can happen anytime. I…
June 9, 2022
June 9, 2022 —
…the second-most applied to institution for undergraduates in the country and the university celebrates top-10 national and top-20 global rankings in a wide array of disciplines across campus. Adding to its prestige and distinction, UC San Diego has also raised an impressive $3 billion through its comprehensive Campaign for UC…
July 21, 2022
July 21, 2022 —
…department at the same institution. Lisa Poulikakos, Photo courtesy of L’Oréal USA For Women in Science. Poulikakos and Morimoto were selected from a pool of more than 220 applicants after a three-part review by a panel of scientific experts. The awardees exemplify the Beckman Foundation’s mission of supporting the most…
November 14, 2023
November 14, 2023 —
As the antibiotic-resistance crisis widens, researchers seek new therapies. To learn about intriguing viruses called bacteriophages that fight bacteria, an innovative first-year biology class led to new findings, co-led by 28 undergraduates, on how bacteriophages protect themselves against bacteria.