April 24, 2024
A thin film that combines an electrode grid and LEDs can both track and produce a visual representation of the brain’s activity in real-time during surgery–a huge improvement over the current state of the art. The device is designed to provide neurosurgeons visual information about a patient’s brain to monitor…
January 30, 2014
…Moira Décima, now a postdoctoral scholar at Scripps, also participated in the Scripps Classroom Connection program as a Scripps graduate student. After partnering with high school teacher Stephen Halpern, Décima worked with ninth and tenth grade earth science students at San Diego High School. Décima recalls her classroom experience as…
August 19, 2020
An elusive protein that many consider the key of fully understanding the causes of genetic Parkinson’s disease has come much more clearly into focus. Impacting millions around the world, Parkinson’s is a neurological disorder that progressively attacks motor functions.
May 30, 2023
UC San Diego’s Class of 2023 looks forward to diving into their future. Their passions range from international environmental equity to artificial intelligence and from biosustainability to lasers and optics. Read more about some of our stunning graduates here.
June 25, 2020
…and Antal is a postdoctoral fellow at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. “As scientists, we were not only reading all the studies we could find on MoMo twins, but we were now learning all we could about COVID-19,” said Yeo. Tarsa said based on current evidence, most pregnancies are…
May 22, 2012
…got James Gregory, a postdoctoral researcher in Mayfield’s laboratory, wondering if a complex protein to protect against the malarial parasite could also be produced by Chlamydomonas. Two billion people live in regions where malaria is present, making the delivery of a malarial vaccine a costly and logistically difficult proposition, especially…
September 10, 2024
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group has selected UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography to receive a four-year, $10 million grant to establish the Allen Discovery Center for Neurobiology in Changing Environments. The center’s goal will be to understand how climate change may impact the nervous systems and behavior…
May 17, 2018
…science and engineering, and postdoctoral researcher Daniel McDonald discuss data from The American Gut Project, which was published in an open-access journal earlier this week. Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications American journalist Michael Pollan meticulously rolled a cotton-tipped swab across a piece of used toilet paper. His sample…
April 18, 2016
The Laboratory for Intelligent and Safe Automobiles (LISA) at UC San Diego had a presence at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as part of a Qualcomm automotive pavilion and demo. It was the lab’s second CES-related demo in three years.
May 7, 2020
…staff, faculty and all postdoctoral scholars who can access telehealth services such as counseling, support groups, organizational support, and management consultations through the top-rated program at no cost. To make an appointment, call 858-534-5523 or visit the FSAP website. Throughout May, CAPS and the Tritons Flourish Initiative have partnered with…
