April 22, 2021
…that’s doing to our health Tarik Benmarhnia didn’t plan on ending up here, in an office overlooking the pier at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. As a young student in France, he started out studying environmental engineering, with an interest in soil decontamination. During his schooling, he developed…
June 19, 2012
…new frontier in neonatal health A stamp-sized wearable patch of tiny circuits, sensors, and wireless transmitters that sticks to the skin like a temporary tattoo could replace bulky wires currently used to monitor infants in the NICU. Photo courtesy of UC San Diego Health System Anyone who has seen a…
March 20, 2012
…house and moved to San Diego with her three young daughters to attend the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and, ultimately, achieve her dream of becoming a doctor. “We gave up a lot to get here,” she said. “Here” was the Learning Center on the ground floor…
May 17, 2018
UC San Diego researchers have developed a test to screen for pancreatic cancer in a drop of blood. New Blood Test Rapidly Detects Signs of Pancreatic Cancer Pancreatic cancer is expected to become the second deadliest cancer in the United States by 2030. It is tough to cure because it…
November 7, 2019
Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Mobile Food Pantries Pop Up Across Campus Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week to Be Recognized on Campus Nov. 11–15 A series of events will be held in recognition of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, part of a national advocacy initiative. Featured events include:…
April 23, 2015
…Phan. Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Grad SLAM Challenges Students to Put Complex Research into Plain English First place winner to participate in UC system-wide competition May 4 How do you explain—in just three minutes and to someone outside of your field—why you are researching the brain’s unconscious…
May 16, 2024
…the spirit of Mental Health Awareness Month, check in on your own well-being and explore five free CAPS programs that can be especially helpful at this time of year. Whether you want to talk one-on-one, connect to a community or take a self-guided approach, CAPS has a resource for you.
August 27, 2020
UC San Diego Pharmacist’s Work Helps Save Lives Across the Globe Jennifer Le, professor in the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at UC San Diego. Jennifer Le thought of her many distant colleagues at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Vietnam when she read a news article about…
February 12, 2019
By examining how mammary cells respond in a stiffness-changing hydrogel, researchers discovered that several pathways work together to signal breast cells to turn cancerous. The work could inspire new approaches to treating patients and inhibiting tumor growth.
December 6, 2011
…Cell ‘Collaboratory’ Opens on UC San Diego Campus New facility allows researchers from five institutions to work under one roof Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Stem cells are tiny things, microscopic in fact. It’s the power of their pluripotency, their ability to become any kind of cell in…
