Unexpected Impact: Concussion Derails Football Dreams, Experts Help Ignite Hurdles Talent
August 13, 2024
A traumatic brain injury ended Caden Taffe’s ability to play football, yet he has channeled his talents into running hurdles.
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Like Film Editors and Archaeologists, Biochemists Piece Together Genome History
July 25, 2019
UC San Diego biochemists discovered a large-scale molecular movement associated with RNA catalysis that provides evidence for the origin of RNA splicing and its role in the diversity of life on Earth.
Overlooked ‘Housekeeping’ Gene Plays Unexpected Role in Seizures
August 26, 2020
Molecules known as tRNAs are often overlooked in study of disease processes. Researchers have now found that a mutation in a tRNA gene called n-Tr20—expressed only in the brain—can disrupt the landscape of entire cells, leading to chain reactions that alter brain function and behavior.
Alexander Khalessi, MD, Named Chair of Neurosurgery Department at UC San Diego Health
January 24, 2018
After a national search, Alexander Khalessi, MD, has been named chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at UC San Diego Health and chief of the Division of Neurosurgery in the Department of Surgery at University of California San Diego School of Medicine.
Chancellor Khosla Powers Up Incoming Tritons
September 26, 2013
Chancellor Khosla Powers Up Incoming Tritons Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Throngs of students crowded Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla on Ridge Walk Monday to exchange a smile, pose for a photo and receive a chocolate chip cookie as a personal gesture of hospitality during Welcome Week. As he…
Study Identifies Religious Bias Against Refugees
October 10, 2019
When you hold constant national origin, religion is the most powerful source of discrimination against refugees to the United States – mattering more than gender, age, fluency in English or professional skill. Also: anti-Muslim bias prevails across the board in the U.S. but differs across subgroups.
A Quantum Leap for Molecular Simulations on GPUs
June 3, 2021
Developing improved materials for things such as energy storage and drug discovery is of interest to researchers and society alike. Quantum mechanics is the basis for molecular and materials scientists who develop these useful, futuristic products.
Scientists Create a Noninvasive Wearable System to Monitor Stomach Activity Throughout the Day
March 22, 2018
A team of researchers has developed a wearable, non-invasive system to monitor electrical activity in the stomach over 24 hours—essentially an electrocardiogram but for the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract. Applications include monitoring GI activity for patients outside of a clinical setting, which cuts down costs. Monitoring for longer periods of time…
Facebook Beats Books - and Faces - in Memory Test
January 15, 2013
If this were a Facebook post, you would remember it – better than a stranger’s face or a line from a published book.
$450,000 Gift from the Robertson Foundation for Government Continues to Create Opportunities for UC
October 11, 2011
For University of California, San Diego graduate student Chas Culverwell, the only thing that made his summer internship with the U.S. State Department at the American Institute in Taiwan even more extraordinary was the fact that he was able to take his wife, 2-year-old son and 4-month-old daughter with him.
