April 18, 2019
…California Seaweed Company, a startup she co-leads with former student Brant Chlebowski that seeks to sustainably cultivate top quality culinary seaweeds. She is well aware of the challenges that she will face with her latest venture. “Asparagopsis is a complicated seaweed and little is known about its biology, so that…
June 1, 2017
…a degree and a startup—a digital health technology company called Braykion, which seeks to reduce the spread of preventable hospital-acquired infections in patients through wearable devices. As a clinical assistant professor of plastic surgery at the UC San Diego Health, Wilensky became interested in bridging the gap between medicine and…
January 8, 2024
A message from Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla
September 19, 2011
Five bioengineering Ph.D. students from the University of California, San Diego whose research is aimed at improving human health are among the 2012 recipients of the annual Siebel Scholars awards.
October 4, 2018
…them better navigate the campus. Aira is an alumni-founded startup that leverages wearable technology, artificial intelligence and live, human agents to deliver real-time visual description to seeing-impaired students, staff and faculty.
October 23, 2014
…In 2012, he founded Hera Therapeutics (his fourth biotech startup after Vical, Triangle Pharmaceuticals and Chimerix) to develop a topical agent to treat HPV. He hopes to launch its phase 1 clinical trial in about a year. “I should have retired 10 years ago, but I still have ideas,” he…
March 19, 2024
There’s a new bot on campus. Meet TritonGPT—UC San Diego’s specialized artificial intelligence-powered information and resource assistant.
March 21, 2023
Once a sophomore embarking on his first trip to the Middle East, UC San Diego Anthropology alumnus Neil Smith now co-directs QI’s Center for Cyber-Archaeology & Sustainability.
April 20, 2023
Across the University of California, there’s a commitment to increase sustainable food procurement to help reduce the university’s carbon footprint. Here at UC San Diego, we’ve sparked a sustainable change that has rippled throughout the campus.
July 23, 2020
…Prototyping Lab, a local startup with multiple 3D Markforged printers was brought into the fold to begin producing the swab sticks in greater numbers. Grant continued to work with the company on improving the workflow where appropriate and identify any bottlenecks to their process. He designed and manufactured more than…
