November 11, 2014
With the help of mouse models, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and the “tooth fairy,” researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have implicated a new gene in idiopathic or non-syndromic autism.
April 25, 2022
The University of California San Diego is once again ranked one of the top 10 public universities in the country, according to the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR).
April 30, 2015
…learn more in the STEM fields,” said Bink Cook, the San Diego Rotarian who leads the education committee for the organization. That spark was certainly on display on a recent afternoon during a technology class for fifth graders at Adams Elementary. Students worked in groups of four. Sometimes they were…
October 2, 2023
UC San Diego Human Milk Institute names Mitra Hooshmand, PhD, as its Executive Director. Hooshman will lead strategy and operations at the innovative research institute.
October 20, 2016
Although only 10 percent of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) cases are hereditary, a significant number of them are caused by mutations that affect proteins that bind RNA, a type of genetic material. University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers studied several ALS cases with a mutation in a…
February 14, 2012
…number of women in STEM. If we had continued to enroll mostly men in STEM, we would have today at most half of the population to choose from to become our future innovators and researchers. We would be missing, at a minimum, half of the ideas, half of the creativity,…
February 17, 2022
…to participate and expand their skills while advancing our STEM outreach efforts.” To learn more about the team and get involved in this project or their ongoing STEM outreach efforts, visit the FIRST website.
May 4, 2023
Chemistry professor Alexis Komor’s lab designed the Genome Editing Technologies Program as a way to educate high school students on gene-editing technologies and expose them to a possible career in STEM.
June 29, 2018
It is with great and wrenching sadness that we announce the passing of Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science Jeffrey L. Elman, who died suddenly on Thursday, June 28. He was 70.
March 16, 2016
The 2017 edition of U.S. News and World Report’s Best Graduate Schools guidebook, released today, highly ranks the University of California, San Diego’s professional schools and programs in engineering and medicine.
