December 19, 2017
The 31st annual conference on Neural Information Processing Systems attracted nearly 8,000 attendees, including a large delegation from Computer Science and Engineering as well as three other UC San Diego departments.
October 26, 2011
…wake of a scandal stemming from a sexually suggestive photograph of himself that he linked to via his public Twitter account. “In the tech world,” added Williams, “we tend to see the positive outcomes and downplay the negatives. If you were inventing table saws and thought most people were going…
May 23, 2013
…part of the discoveries stemming from UC San Diego faculty. “UC San Diego is a world-class research institution that in the past 50 years has accomplished more than any other university in that timeframe,” Khosla said. “In the next 50 years, we will keep up that momentum. Private support will…
April 3, 2014
…to work with individuals stemming from other fields. “Engineering degrees prepare you to get the right answer,” said Fry. “However, when thinking about scaling teams, there is often not a definite or right answer. Often the outcome of research is more research. Yet, at a certain point, you have to…
November 5, 2020
…had for each other stemming from the challenges we were all facing. We were a support group of strangers who quickly became friends.” “It really is a team effort to ensure each family receives the comprehensive care and resources they need—every day at any time,” said Capozzi. In addition to…
November 19, 2020
…Directors and CEO of StemoniX who studied mechanical engineering at UC San Diego. “I honed skills from serving in student groups to the tennis team, and my closest friends today are relationships that began 25 years ago! I’m consistently in awe of the caliber of students and the discoveries that…
June 6, 2013
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and colleagues report that the herpes simplex virus type-1 (HSV-1), which affects an estimated 50 to 80 percent of all American adults, exploits an immune system receptor to boost its infectivity and ability to cause disease.
August 18, 2014
Experts agree that the ability to navigate a neighborhood or built space is one of the first human faculties to suffer at the onset of cognitive decline. They also agree that early intervention is crucial for stemming the further ravages of dementia.
February 10, 2016
Alcohol itself can directly damage liver cells. Now researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report evidence that alcohol is also harmful to the liver for a second reason — it allows gut bacteria to migrate to the liver, promoting alcohol-induced liver disease. The study, conducted in…
February 11, 2016
A single human gene can produce many different proteins. In the first large-scale study of its kind, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and McGill University report that most of these sibling proteins encoded by the same gene — known as protein isoforms…
