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Growing Graduate Students in STEM

March 10, 2022

…give patients suffering from neurodegenerative diseases or brain injury the ability to communicate—fascinated him; he decided to continue in the lab as a first-year Ph.D. student. The ability to translate some of his engineering aspirations into real-world and self-sufficient solutions is both what drew him to and keeps him at…

A Look Back at 2022

December 15, 2022

As we look forward to the upcoming new year, UC San Diego Today invites readers to take a look back at some milestones from 2022.

Eyes Provide Peek at Alzheimer’s Disease Risk

August 23, 2021

Amyloid plaques found in the retinas of eyes may be an indicator of similar plaques in the brain, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, and may provide a more visible biomarker for detecting disease risk.

UC San Diego’s Astrobiotechnology Hub to Drive Drug Discovery in Space

February 28, 2023

UC San Diego’s new Astrobiotechnology Hub brings together leaders in academia, biotechnology and aerospace industries under a united mission to advance stem cell science and commercialization in space.

Top Stories of 2020

December 18, 2020

…neurons could eliminate Parkinson’s disease in mice, signaling what could one day be a new therapeutic approach for Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. That same month, epidemiologist Dr. Cheryl Anderson was named founding dean of The Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, and will lead…

Dysfunctional Endosomes are Early Sign of Neurodegeneration

April 11, 2016

…to axonal dysfunction and degeneration of neurons in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Down syndrome (DS).

Shooting for the Stars

January 23, 2024

UC San Diego scientists are sending cells into space and health science into the future.

SDSC’s Triton Resource Helps “Track” How Kinesin Molecules Move

December 6, 2011

…and how they sometimes come to a halt, causing diseases such as Alzheimer’s.

Genetic Assessment Developed to Determine Risk for Age-Associated Alzheimer’s Disease

March 21, 2017

An international team of scientists, led by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and University of California San Francisco, has developed a novel genetic score that allows individuals to calculate their age-specific risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD), based upon genetic information.

New UC San Diego Center to Empower Entrepreneurship and Innovation

May 11, 2023

The Rady School of Management at the University of California San Diego proudly celebrated the Robert S. Sullivan Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation on May 8. The center is focused on continuing to cultivate the Rady School’s legacy and impact in entrepreneurship and innovation.

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