What Happens When We Sunburn
July 9, 2012
…and elsewhere in the July 8, 2012 Advance Online Publication of Nature Medicine.
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White Blood Cells Mediate Insulin Resistance
August 6, 2012
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say neutrophils, an abundant type of white blood cell typically tasked with attacking bacteria and other foreign invaders, also plays an unexpected role in mediating insulin resistance – the central characteristic of type 2 diabetes, which afflicts an estimated…
Communications Pioneer Andrew J. Viterbi Gives UC San Diego $50 Million to Support Ophthalmology
August 23, 2018
…a lasting legacy in health care through a philanthropic gift of $50 million to the University of California San Diego. Inspired by his father, an ophthalmologist, Viterbi’s gift will name The Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology and The Viterbi Family Vision Research Center, and create six new endowed chairs for…
$5.6 Million Grant Renewal Expands Research in Kidney Failure
September 24, 2013
…the National Institutes of Health – has renewed a grant shared by the University of California, San Diego and the University of Alabama at Birmingham Schools of Medicine. The five-year, $5.64 million renewal will extend and expand research into acute kidney failure, or acute kidney injury, which kills 70 to…
New Imaging Tool Advances Study of Lipid Biology
March 14, 2024
From flies to humans, there are many types lipids operating at once. Now, a team led by UC San Diego bioengineers presents what they believe is the first method for distinguishing multiple lipid subtypes in cells and tissue samples by using nondestructive label-free optical imaging methods.
CIPRES Awarded Two Federal Grants to Support Innovations in Biological Research
August 23, 2018
The CIPRES science gateway, which supports major discoveries about evolutionary relationships among our planet’s living creatures, has been awarded grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that will provide more than $2.8 million to sustain and enhance the gateway.
Bioengineering Study Finds Two-Cell Mouse Embryos Already Talking about Their Future
November 26, 2014
San Diego, Calif., Nov. 25, 2014—Bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that mouse embryos are contemplating their cellular fates in the earliest stages after fertilization when the embryo has only two to four cells, a discovery that could upend the scientific consensus about when embryonic cells…
UC San Diego and TSRI Launch New Consortium to Create ‘Virtual Cell’
September 17, 2015
Visible Molecular Cell Consortium will build bridges between disciplines and institutions to assemble and simulate a virtual model of a cell, down to an atomic level of detail.
Changing Lives: Carol Vassiliadis Names Hospital with $8.5 Million to Jacobs Medical Center
October 16, 2014
…Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications People give to the University of California, San Diego for many different reasons, but for local philanthropist Carol Vassiliadis, her reason is simple. “It’s the people,” she said. “The people at UC San Diego truly believe in what they are doing. And if, with the…
Raising the Bar
October 24, 2013
…Bar UC San Diego Health System Reaches New Heights with ‘Topping Out’ of Jacobs Medical Center Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications The University of California, San Diego today celebrated the “topping out” of UC San Diego Jacobs Medical Center, the largest hospital project in southern California. UC San…
