December 7, 2017
…cellular and molecular medicine, neurosciences and medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine, McKernan, professor of mathematics at UC San Diego, and Chory, a plant biologist at Salk Institute and an adjunct professor in the Division of Biological Sciences at UC San Diego, were honored as recipients of the…
October 10, 2011
…Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience, who studied the EKG’s of drivers to see if brain signals can help monitor the state of the driver. “Are they tired, are they angry, are they depressed?” asks Trivedi. “All of those states can play a role in being safe on the road or…
June 21, 2013
The academic landscape is changing rapidly, due in no small part to recent advances in technologies to enable, enhance and deliver teaching and learning to a worldwide audience.
March 8, 2018
…Mark Ellisman, professor of neurosciences and bioengineering. Mark Ellisman, professor and director of the National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research (NCMIR) at UC San Diego School of Medicine Ellisman joined the UC San Diego School of Medicine faculty in 1977. In 1988, he founded what is now the National…
June 12, 2014
…linguistics, psychology and cognitive neuroscience, she assessed how children participate, socialize and acquire knowledge at science museums. Since finishing her dissertation in October, Renner has taken on the role of director of the Art of Science Learning—Incubator of Innovation, a local program that uses the arts to spark creativity and…
November 22, 2024
The career counselors in the UC San Diego School of Social Sciences are specialized professionals who are deeply attuned to the unique needs of students in their respective disciplines.
November 12, 2020
…Shaner, associate professor of neurosciences, and others are carrying on his legacy at UC San Diego School of Medicine. Shaner, original developer of the GFP-related “fruit series,” continues to engineer and optimize fluorescent proteins for use with newer imaging techniques. Zhang has devised a new set of fluorescent biosensors. “Our…
April 16, 2014
In 2013, Qualcomm Institute director Ramesh Rao extended an offer to provide support for development of as many as 10 massive open online courses (MOOCs) – especially those experimenting with different types of online course production and delivery.
January 17, 2024
Sensors built with a new manufacturing approach are capable of recording activity deep within the brain from large populations of individual neurons–with a resolution of as few as one or two neurons–in humans as well as a range of animal models.
May 5, 2015
Dr. John Wooley, the long-time associate vice chancellor for research and professor of pharmacology at the University of California, San Diego, passed away in April after a long battle with cancer.
