October 15, 2015
…Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Like many faculty members at UC San Diego, Gentry Patrick arrived on campus with sterling academic credentials: An undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley, a Ph.D. from Harvard University and a postdoctoral fellowship from Caltech. But his rapid success as an up-and-coming neurobiologist…
April 9, 2014
A team of UC San Diego biologists and engineers has developed a “rapid and tunable post-translational coupling for genetic circuits.”
December 8, 2015
Biologists at UC San Diego have found that a method they developed to identify and characterize new antibiotics can be employed to screen natural products quickly for compounds capable of controlling antibiotic resistant bacteria.
November 17, 2017
University of California San Diego alumnus and Qualcomm co-founder Franklin Antonio is donating $30 million to the university in support of programmatic expansion of the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.
June 11, 2021
UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers discovered gene expression patterns associated with pandemic viral infections, providing a map to help define patients’ immune responses, measure disease severity, predict outcomes and test therapies — for current and future pandemics.
November 7, 2019
…Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Mobile Food Pantries Pop Up Across Campus Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week to Be Recognized on Campus Nov. 11–15 A series of events will be held in recognition of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, part of a national advocacy initiative. Featured events include: Nov. 11:…
September 13, 2024
Spike-in normalization helps molecular biologists ensure the accuracy of their results, but the technique is easily misused. New study suggests new guidelines for use of this valuable technique.
April 22, 2016
Solar cells that are stretchable, flexible and wearable won the day and the best poster award from a pool of 215 at Research Expo 2016 April 14 at the University of California San Diego. The winning nanoengineering researchers aim to manufacture small, flexible devices that can power watches, LEDs and…
March 12, 2015
…Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications One hundred undergraduates, 80 Ph.D. students and 20 postdoctoral scholars all received a big boost to their careers – and UC San Diego made a big investment in the future of interdisciplinary research – through recent competitive awards by the Frontiers of Innovation Scholars Program.…
November 3, 2016
…Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Tackling Changes and Challenges With Robotics More than 200 engineers and scientists take part in Contextual Robotics Institute Forum on Campus An increasing number of self-driving cars and delivery drones. An aging, and sometimes ailing, population. More complex and automated factories. These are just some…
