September 15, 2020
UC San Diego Health is the first hospital on the West Coast to perform heart transplant surgery from a donor after circulatory death using a new portable organ care system. The investigational procedure could significantly decrease transplant waiting list times and improve patient outcomes.
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.
February 14, 2012
…of the Center for Brain and Cognition at UC San Diego. Sanromán designed the exhibition with the campus community in mind: “I hope this exhibit will appeal to UCSD artists and scientists alike,” she said, “and generate conversations across departments.” The exhibition is free and open to the public and…
March 17, 2022
UC San Diego study shows neuroendocrine cells in the lungs drive a developmental lung disease, and a similar brain-lung interaction may contribute to COVID-19 symptoms. The findings suggest neuropeptides may be a promising therapeutic target for conditions with excess lung fluid.
November 12, 2015
…the long-term disability of brain disorders. With this in mind, in September 2014, the university’s Department of Psychiatry implemented the UC San Diego College Mental Health Program, led by Health Sciences clinical professor Nancy Downs. The gift from Edelman, a 1978 graduate from the university, will support a program that…
March 15, 2023
UC San Diego scientists and colleagues have developed a way for computers to sift through sounds collected by field acoustic recording packages and process them faster than even the most trained human analysts. The method represents a major advance in the field of signal processing.
December 19, 2018
Engineers have developed a neuroinspired hardware-software co-design approach that could make neural network training more energy-efficient and faster. Their work could one day make it possible to train neural networks on low-power devices such as smartphones, laptops and embedded devices.
August 9, 2017
Microbiome researchers Rob Knight, PhD, University of California San Diego, Jeffrey Gordon, MD, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and Norman Pace, PhD, University of Colorado Boulder, will share this year’s Massry Prize, splitting the $200,000 honorarium. These researchers lead a field that works to produce a detailed…
November 20, 2014
…the study of the brain, behavior and computation. And it was here that Jovanovic said she learned to approach a problem both scientifically and from multiple angles. “Cognitive science teaches you to think in multidisciplinary ways,” she said. “Bringing a product to market is nothing if not multidisciplinary.” The Nixie…
October 18, 2018
…study the mind and brain.” Many of this year’s notable awards help fund interdisciplinary studies throughout UC San Diego, including Moores Cancer Center. An $18 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine will fund a clinical trial for a novel combination drug therapy for B-cell cancers. The trial…
