October 20, 2015
…of the chemotherapy treatment programs for many of the most common types of cancer. This important drug has now been shown to play an unexpected role in blocking one of the pathways most commonly involved in driving the growth of cancers, according to a recent study by researchers at the…
January 17, 2019
…has created a new program for underrepresented UC San Diego students based on life experiences that resulted in his own academic success. Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Widening the Pathway to a STEM Career Drawing from an impoverished upbringing, neurobiologist Gentry Patrick launches an innovative STEM program for…
August 8, 2022
UC San Diego School of Medicine is the recipient of a three-year $1.87 million grant from the Foundation for California Community Colleges to create a Regional Hub of Healthcare Opportunity (RHHO) in San Diego and Imperial Counties as part of the new California Medicine Scholars Program.
May 7, 2015
Diverse Undergraduates Discover Pathway to Ph.D. through McNair Program The youngest of a Salvadorian family of seven, Franklin Mejia’s goal is to pursue a doctorate in educational psychology, which is why he joined the UC San Diego McNair Program. The program provides low-income, first-generation undergraduate students and students from groups…
February 1, 2024
UC San Diego scientists are working to flip the script on drug addiction with a $1.3 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation. Their new approach, called negative feedback chemogenetics, works by leveraging the body’s biochemical feedback processes to disrupt pathways associated with addiction.
September 18, 2019
Studying natural defenses in maize, a staple of diets around the world, UC San Diego biologists describe how they combined an array of scientific approaches to clearly define six genes that encode enzymes responsible for the production of key maize antibiotics known to control disease resistance.
December 15, 2021
UC San Diego has launched new master’s and doctoral degree programs at the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI), the university’s hub for all things data science.
March 28, 2024
School of Medicine welcomed 51 community college students to the second cohort of the California Medicine Scholars Program, a premedical pathway in which community college students receive mentorship, skills development and community building to facilitate health care-related opportunities.
October 14, 2013
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has awarded Thomas J. Kipps, MD, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, with a 5-year, $6.25 million Specialized Center of Research program grant to support research on chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
December 5, 2018
University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers engineered sensors to detect and measure the metastatic potential of single cancer cells. Metastasis is attributed as the leading cause of death in people with cancer.
