Don Cleveland Wins a Trifecta of Recognition
January 31, 2023
In the span of just a few weeks, Don Cleveland, a leading researcher in the study of neurodegenerative diseases like ALS and Alzheimer’s, has received three major awards.
Your search for “Traumatic Brain Injury” returned 68 results
A Career Cultivated in Watermelon Fields
April 16, 2020
…a detailed understanding of brain structure and circuit function necessary to improving how we treat, prevent, and cure diseases of the brain. Her accomplishments recently caught the eye of The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans program, which awarded her a $90,000 graduate school fellowship for outstanding immigrants…
NSF Awards $15 Million to Create Science Gateways Community Institute
July 29, 2016
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a five-year $15 million grant to a collaborative team led by the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego to establish a Science Gateways Community Institute to accelerate the development and application of highly functional, sustainable science gateways that address the…
Study to Explore Whether Cannabis Compound Eases Severe Symptoms of Autism
April 26, 2018
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine are preparing a first-of-its-kind, multidisciplinary investigation to determine if and how cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive compound found in the cannabis plant, provides therapeutic benefit to children with severe symptoms of autism spectrum disorder.
The Explorers: A Passion for Science Leads to New Territory
April 6, 2023
After decades of working in industry and academia, biophysicists Alex Savtchenko and Elena Molokanova still have big dreams.
Stem Cell ‘Collaboratory’ Opens on UC San Diego Campus
December 6, 2011
…as cancer, spinal cord injury and type 1 diabetes. “We don’t just give money away,” said T. Denny Sanford, the South Dakota businessman and philanthropist who pledged $30 million to the consortium that now bears his name. “People like Malin Burnham, Irwin Jacobs, John Moores and myself invest in projects…
In Conversation with Ramesh Rao: Visualizing the Invisible with MEG (video and transcript)
February 26, 2024
Qualcomm Institute Director Ramesh Rao chats with Roland Lee and Mingxiong Huang, who co-direct QI’s new Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Center on the underpinnings of the advanced brain imaging technique, the making of the new facility, and MEG’s contributions to research and patient care.
UC San Diego Raises $3.05 Billion as Campaign for UC San Diego Concludes
July 14, 2022
…an intestinal perforation, a brain hemorrhage, jaundice and a blood infection. “The challenges ahead were great, but with a treatment plan in place, the help of the Jacobs Medical Center team and the resilience of our son, we were released earlier than expected,” said Sathrum. “Although we spent over half…
