October 10, 2013
…fields transmitted by every cell in our bodies, and he claims they can be increasingly measured in scientific ways. “[You can] correlate states of consciousness with states of biology using mathematical algorithms and correlate that with crime, with hospital admissions, with traffic accidents, with social unrest, with quality of leadership,”…
February 19, 2020
A team of researchers at the University of California San Diego describe in a new study the successful use of an analysis tool that uses artificial intelligence to identify chemical compounds, including ones with potential benefit as cancer drugs or antibiotics, within seconds.
April 16, 2020
…the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in the lab of Edward Callaway, who is also adjunct professor in the Department of Neurosciences at UC San Diego. Patiño’s research involves improving and developing molecular and genetic neurotechnology that can be used to help attain a detailed understanding of brain structure and…
October 31, 2013
…Allen Associate Professor, Marine Biology Research Division and Molecular Biology Section “Decoding Our Microbial Planet: From Habitats to Human Health” Tell us a bit about your background: I am an associate professor of marine biology and molecular biology at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Division of Biological Sciences at…
February 16, 2023
Five UC San Diego graduate students will soon join the ranks of the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, a distinguished organization that applauds scholars whose commitment to diversity, leadership and academic excellence pushes the boundaries of doctoral education.
April 25, 2017
…colleagues at the U.S. Navy Medical Research Center – Biological Defense Research Directorate (NMRC-BDRD), Texas A&M University, a San Diego-based biotech and elsewhere, have successfully used an experimental therapy involving bacteriophages — viruses that target and consume specific strains of bacteria — to treat a patient near death from a…
April 20, 2023
Across the University of California, there’s a commitment to increase sustainable food procurement to help reduce the university’s carbon footprint. Here at UC San Diego, we’ve sparked a sustainable change that has rippled throughout the campus.
June 4, 2012
An international team of researchers, led by scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, suggest that inactivation of two specific genes related to the immune system may have conferred selected ancestors of modern humans with improved protection from some pathogenic bacterial strains, such as Escherichia coli…
May 10, 2018
…millions of olfactory receptor cells located at the back of the nasal cavity—bloodhounds have 300 million; humans have 220 million. The sense of smell, linked to emotion and memory in humans, is a vital way for many organisms to interact with their environments. This is why researchers at the University…
November 5, 2015
The Healthy Aging Initiative (HAI), a campus-wide effort to investigate and address the diverse challenges and needs of the nation’s aging population, has announced its inaugural research and education seed grants to seven University of California, San Diego faculty members
