November 1, 2018
…their UC San Diego memories. Who was your favorite professor? Join the conversation here. And so it went—Homecoming weekend. Just a start of the new campus-wide tradition to come, with plans for a bigger and better Homecoming 2019. Judging by the enthusiastic feedback from alumni, students, parents and friends, Tritons…
April 30, 2019
A team of scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) has developed a new way to produce kainic acid, a natural seaweed neurochemical and powerful reagent used in brain research.
April 1, 2021
…School of Medicine in memory of her father, Omar Jaspering, and in honor of Dr. Simerjot K. Jassal, a primary care physician at VA San Diego Healthcare System and director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at UC San Diego School of Medicine. This scholarship is intended to help ensure…
October 26, 2011
…Cohn; Darlene Shiley, in memory of Donald Shiley; Amylin Pharmaceuticals; Ann and Bob Dynes; Audrey S. Geisel/Dr. Seuss Foundation; Peter, ’67, and Peggy Preuss; Ann and Joel Reed; UC San Diego Emeriti Association; UCSD Alumni; Elizabeth Van Denburgh, ’78; Andrew and Erna Viterbi; UC San Diego Retirement Association; Julia Brown;…
September 25, 2015
Researchers at the Qualcomm Institute are exploring ways to improve cognitive networking so that device-to-device communication is more efficient and effective.
April 30, 2024
A new type of bioplastic could help reduce the plastic industry’s environmental footprint. Researchers have developed a biodegradable form of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) filled with bacterial spores that, when exposed to nutrients present in compost, germinate and break down the material at the end of its life cycle.
July 1, 2015
There may be far fewer galaxies further out in the Universe then might be expected, suggests a new study based on simulations conducted using the Blue Waters supercomputer at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, with resulting data transferred to SDSC Cloud at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the…
June 29, 2022
Using brain organoids, UC San Diego researchers discover mutational commonalities between muscular dystrophy type 1 and Rett syndrome, suggesting the potential of a similar treatment for both.
July 22, 2013
A surfer and San Diego resident at the time, Kary Mullis won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1993 for his invention of the polymerase chain reaction, considered one of the monumental scientific techniques of the 20th century. That year, Mullis also became the founding honorary chair of the Luau…
April 23, 2024
Using state-of-the-art microscopy techniques developed on campus, researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine have shed new light on the underlying mechanisms driving Alzheimer’s disease.
